Synopsis
Every culture has one – the horrible monster fueling young children's nightmares. But for Tim, the Boogeyman still lives in his memories as a creature that devoured his father 16 years ago. Is the Boogeyman real, or did Tim make it up to explain why his father abandoned his family?
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Cast
- Barry WatsonTim
- Emily DeschanelKate Houghton
- Lucy LawlessTim's Mother
- Skye McCole BartusiakFranny Roberts
- Tory MussettJessica
- Louise WallaceJessica's Mom
- Andrew GloverBoogeyman
- Charles MesureTim's Father
- Robyn MalcolmDr. Matheson
- Philip GordonUncle Mike
Recommendations
- 70
Variety
Trendy influence of insidiously creepy Japanese horror pics is felt in almost every frame of Boogeyman. The effectively atmospheric and unusually involving thriller tells the story of a distraught young man's protracted duel of wits with the eponymous evildoer. - 60
Film Threat
This film does cause shivers, creeps, scares, and jumps. It may even make you scream a bit. - 50
San Francisco Chronicle
An otherwise passable horror film that delivers more than enough cheap thrills to forgive the plot holes. - 40
Los Angeles Times
Has little to offer in the way of entertainment or originality. - 38
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
A film willing to cheat whatever way necessary to scare you... The good news is that once you leave the theatre, you'll never think of Boogeyman again. - 38
Philadelphia Inquirer
While stylishly filmed and edited, Boogeyman is filled with every imaginable fright cliche... It's like a meal consisting entirely of airy hors d'oeuvres. - 30
The New York Times
The filmmakers are smart enough to keep the monster out of sight for a long time and then to show only glimpses, but a similar tactic of providing only glimpses of plot and character is disastrous. - 25
New York Post
The MPAA's rating explanation for this PG-13-rated snoozer misleadingly claims it contains "intense sequences of terror/violence"; it would be more accurate to state that Boogeyman contains "virtually every horror-movie cliché of the past 30 years."
