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Boogeyman (2005)

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Reviews Counted:85

Fresh:11

Rotten:74

Average Rating:3.4/10

Consensus: The plot is been-there done-that generic, and none of the shock effects can do anything to build up suspense.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for intense sequences of horror and terror/violence, and some partial nudity

Runtime: 89 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

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... 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. [More]

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

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

Director: Stephen Kay

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

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A bland affair with none of the imagination that distinguishes the best horror movies.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
03/24/05
Ethan Alter
Ethan Alter
Film Journal International

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.

Full Review Source: ViewLondon | comment Comment
03/05/05
Matthew Turner
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon

There is not a scare to be found.

Full Review Source: Star-Democrat (Easton, MD) | comment Comment
03/04/05
Greg Maki
Greg Maki
Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)

A humourless trudge through haunted house cliches, it's unlikely to scare anyone old enough to get past the box office.

Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
03/01/05
Paul Arendt
Paul Arendt
BBC

It uses every canted angle and cartoonish zoom from Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead handbook, but the comatose screenplay just makes the stylish gymnastics look desperate.

Full Review Source: Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) | comment Comment
03/01/05
Mark Palermo
Mark Palermo
Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

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02/27/05
Rob Blackwelder
Rob Blackwelder
SPLICEDWire

There is nothing going on during these 86 minutes except a studio gunning for quick kill at the opening weekend box office.

Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com | comment Comment
02/27/05
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com

winningly combines the creaking ambiguities and psychological chills of They with terrain more familiar from a haunted house movie.

Full Review Source: Movie Gazette | comment Comment
02/26/05
Anton Bitel
Anton Bitel
Movie Gazette

A vaporous and vacuous horror film.

Full Review Source: Philadelphia Inquirer | comment Comment
02/19/05
David Hiltbrand
David Hiltbrand
Philadelphia Inquirer
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One could look at this as an exercise in building dread, but the only problem is there's no sense of dread accompanying it.

Full Review Source: Mark Reviews Movies | comment Comment
02/18/05
Mark Dujsik
Mark Dujsik
Mark Reviews Movies

Every jolt in this film involves crash editing and deafening noises, while nothing is made of the premise or the characters.

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02/17/05
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
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02/16/05
Steven Snyder
Steven Snyder
Zertinet Movies

gets to a point when you just want the Boogeyman to show up and kill everyone just to make things interesting.

Full Review Source: Gazette (MD) | comment Comment
02/16/05
Jeffrey Lyles
Jeffrey Lyles
Gazette (MD)

The problem is that Watson's performance is never interesting. It often seems as if he's not yet had his morning cup of coffee.

Full Review Source: Premiere Magazine | comment Comment
02/15/05
Kevin Allison
Kevin Allison
Premiere Magazine

None of this makes any sense whatsoever.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
02/13/05
Lou Lumenick
Lou Lumenick
New York Post
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Even the should-have-been-triumphant revelation of the Boogeyman arrives as a CGI letdown of epic proportions.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
02/13/05
Marc Savlov
Marc Savlov
Austin Chronicle

The movie’s worth a look for cheap thrills, but it’s no classic.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles CityBeat | comment Comment
02/13/05
Luke Y. Thompson
Luke Y. Thompson
Los Angeles CityBeat
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02/12/05
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02/12/05
Christy Lemire
Christy Lemire
Journal News (Westchester, NY)

The only thing scary about Boogeyman is the sheer ineptitude of the 'filmmaking' on display.

Full Review Source: Reel.com | comment Comment
02/11/05
Timothy Knight
Timothy Knight
Reel.com
 
 
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