CORPORATE LINE: In this chilling horror movie, Barry Watson stars as Tim, a young man who must return to his childhood home and confront the terrifying visions that have haunted him all his life.
THE GOOD: It’s so bad that it’s good. Okay it’s not actually good. Honestly, the only good is that the Boogeyman only lasts for 86 minutes—certainly something to cheer about.
THE BAD: Where do we start? The Boogeyman isn’t entirely unlike Darkness Falls. There is such an attempt at producing contrived jump moments that they utterly fail miserably. The Boogeyman has all the elements of color-by-numbers scary with the cracks and creaks of an old house but because we see them coming a mile away most of us only laugh.
It’s interesting that Tim has a bullseye on his back and the Boogeyman is shooting for him. There are a billion children in the world and yet one kid (now adult) becomes the bane of the Boogeyman’s existence? Why? It’s not explained. It makes no sense. In fact, if I hadn’t spent 86 minutes watching it I’d almost be happy to let it go.
One last thing; could someone please make a scary movie where the characters don’t have flashbacks in there mind that run so fast that not even the audience can make sense of the scenes on the screen? Who has ever in their life had flashbacks that ran faster than the speed of light? This has become such a cockamamie part of the horror genre lately that everyone who makes a scary film lately seems to believe it must be added. It’s like peanut butter has to always come with jelly. We know it doesn’t. Horror movies are broken. I don’t recall the Exorcist going with the slick edits and hyper flashbacks. Give it a rest.
FRANKLY: Teenage girls will go to see Barry Watson—but they may leave wishing they hadn’t. The Boogeyman is like morning traffic—avoid it all costs. If you need to be scared by some wild and scary supernatural monsters then rent Evil Dead or Exorcist. Not only will you save money but 86 minutes of your life.
+ Charlie Craine
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