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Boogeyman (2005)

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Reviews Counted: 85 Fresh: 12  Rotten:73 Average Rating: 3.5/10
 
Consensus: The plot is been-there done-that generic, and none of the shock effects can do anything to build up suspense. The plot is been-there done-that generic, and none of the shock effects can do anything to build up suspense. more
 
Rated: PG-13
Runtime: 89 mins
Theatrical Release: Feb 4, 2005 Wide
Box Office: $46,363,118
Synopsis:
Stephen T. Kay's stylish thriller, BOOGEYMAN, takes one of horror's mythical figures and transports him into the 21st century. Though Tim Jensen (Barry Watson) is a successful magazine editor with a beautiful girlfriend (Tory Mussett), his childhood continues to haunt him. When he was... [More]
Stephen T. Kay's stylish thriller, BOOGEYMAN, takes one of horror's mythical figures and transports him into the 21st century. Though Tim Jensen (Barry Watson) is a successful magazine editor with a beautiful girlfriend (Tory Mussett), his childhood continues to haunt him. When he was only eight years old, Tim watched his father get eaten by the Boogeyman, or at least that's how he remembers it. Of course, no one believed him then--not even his mother (Lucy Lawless), who has just recently passed away. Wracked with guilt for not having been there to say goodbye, Tim decides to spend the night in his childhood home and confront the Boogeyman once and for all. But before that happens, he reunites with his old friend Kate (Emily Deschanel) and meets a young girl (Skye McCole Bartusiak) who is holding onto a dark secret of her own. Kay and cinematographer Bobby Bukowski pack BOOGEYMAN with enough tension for several films, finding terror in every doorknob and around every corner. Watson and Deschanel deliver grounded performances even as the supernatural insanity swirls around them. The result is a work that relies more on shocks and thrills than actual blood and guts in order to frighten its audience. [Less]

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Starring: Lucy Lawless, Skye McCole Bartusiak, Barry Watson, Philip Gordon, Emily Deschanel

Director: Stephen Kay
Screenwriter: Eric Kripke, Stiles White, Juliet Snowden
Producer: Rob Tapert, Sam Raimi
Composer: Joseph LoDuca

DVD Info

Release:

May 31, 2005

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English, French
  • Subtitles - English - Closed Captioning
  • Subtitles - French, Chinese - Optional

Additional Release Material:

  • Alternate Ending
  • Behind the Scenes - 1. Animatics
  • 2. Visual Effects Progessions
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Featurettes - (2) Making-Of Featurettes

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03/14/08 03:15 AM
Nell Minow
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A thinly plotted clothesline of shock effects.

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07/23/07 06:35 PM
Rob Gonsalves
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10/03/06 09:27 AM
Joseph Proimakis
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06/24/06 04:03 AM
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04/01/06 04:05 AM
Empire Magazine
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This film does cause shivers, creeps, scares, and jumps.

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12/17/05 03:58 AM
Heidi Martinuzzi
Film Threat
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Few films benefited that much from being so short.

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12/04/05 04:40 AM
Dragan Antulov
Draxblog Movie Reviews
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For a good, healthy PG-13 scare, Boogeyman is fun for the whole family -- just don't bring kids who are too young.

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10/15/05 03:55 AM
Michael Szymanski
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09/26/05 03:16 AM
Onion AV Club
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So boring, derivative and patently inane that hate is entirely too strong an emotion to attribute to it. You're either in the target demographic or you're not.

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08/16/05 03:03 PM
Jonathan R. Perry
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Teenagers will probably have a blast with the cheap scares and simplistic story, but for horror veterans or those looking for something new, this is not the film to see.

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06/15/05 08:40 AM
Bill Clark
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Director Kay provides the trappings, but if you want horror, you'll need to bring your own.

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06/12/05 03:07 PM
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)
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Boogeyman is that bull’s eye example which begins its immediate downfall once Barry Watson of “7th Heaven” misfortune appears on screen.

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05/21/05 10:35 PM
Rory L. Aronsky
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Fright fans expecting anything more than the occasional jolt will be sorely disappointed.

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05/11/05 03:15 AM
Kevin Crust
Los Angeles Times
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When the theater lights come up, this Boogeyman is nothing but a bad memory.

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04/30/05 06:52 PM
John Larsen
Light Views
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I spent most of the movie struggling not to throw something at the screen or disrupt the other patrons by screaming in frustration.

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04/27/05 03:15 AM
Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel
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O título brasileiro desta produção (O Pesadelo) sintetiza perfeitamente o que significa a experiência de ser obrigado a assisti-la.

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04/23/05 11:06 PM
Pablo Villaca
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It opens with one of the most effective scare sequences in recent memory, one that recalls us to the fears of childhood and sets the tone for the rest of the picture.

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04/23/05 04:00 AM
Jeremy C. Fox
Pajiba
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A bland affair with none of the imagination that distinguishes the best horror movies.

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03/24/05 10:16 PM
Ethan Alter
Film Journal International
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Confusing, badly written, poorly acted horror film that trots out a few clichés and eventually throws some semi-decent effects at them, in the mistaken belief that the audience won't be bored to tears.

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03/05/05 10:45 PM
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