Boogeyman 2

Plot synopsis:
As young children, Laura Porter and her brother Henry witness their parents' brutal murder by a hooded man, whom they believe to be the Boogeyman. As an adult, Henry has attended group therapy, improving such that he is instead currently looking for work. Laura joins this group as he leaves, meeting the other members: nyctophobic Mark, germaphobic Paul, masochistic Alison, agoraphobic and commitment-averse Darren, and Nicky, a bulimic girl who fears extreme weight gain.
Upon her joining, however, the members of the group are targeted and murdered one by one. All of their deaths relate to their fears: Mark falls down an elevator shaft, trying to escape from the darkness when the lights go out, and is torn in half. Paul accidentally consumes a cockroach while eating a bag of chips; he is given cleaning solution by a masked figure, and upon drinking it, burns a hole in his throat. Laura begins to suspect these deaths are not accidental. The hospital loses power, leaving Laura, Alison, Darren, Nicky, Dr. Jessica Ryan, and the receptionist Gloria in the dark. Gloria goes to the basement to turn the lights back on, but once the patients return to their rooms, Alison is tied to her bed by the Boogeyman. He places maggots on her arms, which burrow into her skin via her self-inflicted incisions, and she kills herself attempting to cut them out.
Dr. Ryan goes to the basement to check on Gloria, but is electrocuted by the Boogeyman while standing in a puddle of water. Laura finds a file on her brother and those of other patients with bogyphobia (phobia of the Boogeyman). She learns that all bogyphobia patients - including Tim Jensen, the protagonist of the first film - have committed suicide after being treated by Dr. Mitchell Allen. Darren and Nicky have sex in the locker room as Laura finds Alison; she alerts them to Alison's corpse, but they find upon returning that the blood and maggots have been cleaned up, leading them to believe that Laura is hallucinating. Darren and Nicky go to his room, where they argue about the viability of their relationship. Darren forces Nicky out of his room, and is then attacked by the Boogeyman, who disembowels him and removes his heart.
Laura finds Nicky on a basement table with hoses attached to her, pumping bile into her body until she explodes. The Boogeyman chases Laura through the hospital; along the way she finds Gloria's body and Dr. Ryan, barely alive and mumbling in a trance-like state. She also runs into Dr. Allen, who believes Laura committed the killings. He tries to sedate her, but is stopped by the Boogeyman, who stabs him and shoves two needles into his eyes. The Boogeyman is revealed to be Henry; Dr. Allen had locked him in a closet in an attempt to treat him of his bogyphobia, and the Boogeyman possessed Henry at that time. The chase ends when Laura decapitates the Boogeyman with gardening shears. The police arrive and discover that under the Boogeyman mask was Dr. Ryan; after killing Dr. Allen but prior to chasing Laura, Henry put the mask on the doctor and escaped. Laura realizes that Henry is running free and is arrested for the murder of Dr. Ryan.
In a post-credits scene, the Boogeyman looks at a picture of Laura and Henry as adults before disappearing.

Tags: violence, murder

Review:
The setting of the movie is somewhat your typical horror film (a hospital/clinic), but doesn't take back anything.
However, I liked the idea behind it and I'm a big fan of supernatural horror movies so, when I heard there was a "Boogeyman 2" I thought I'd check it out.This is not the movie I expected.
As well as finding herself in the worst staffed hospital of all time, one of Laura's doctors is none other than Jigsaw himself (the wonderful Tobin Bell, who is as creepy here as in the "Saw" movies).
Things aren't looking good for her.Once each of her fellow patients has revealed their fears in various non-too-subtle ways ("I'm not changing the light in your closet because I'M SCARED OF THE DARK!" "I'm not shaking your hand because I'M SCARED OF GERMS!" etc), they all begin to be killed by the evil Boogeyman who (surprise...surprise) uses their fears against them.
I actually quite liked some of the deaths here which were suitably graphic and disturbing - I'm sure a lot of ketchup must have been used in the making of this movie.However, I ultimately felt deceived by "Boogeyman 2".
The makers actually trick you in a very naughty way - kinda like going to watch a "Nightmare On Elm Street" sequel only to discover that Freddie is no longer the evil spirit of a child murderer but is now an evil robot from the future.
I can't say I was particularly scared by any of it but it was nicely acted and had some cool death scenes (some of which reminded me a little bit of "Saw" if truth be told - no wonder Tobin Bell turned up!).
If you like watching teens running around dark corridors before losing their vital organs (and your DVD collection consists of movies such as "Halloween: Resurrection" and "Jason X"), then it's probably worth a rental.
However, if you really enjoyed the first movie and want more of the same (or, like me, you're just looking for a good supernatural horror movie), I'm willing to bet that you'll be disappointed with "Boogeyman 2"..
BOOGEYMAN 2 BOOGEYMAN 2: Sony/Ghost House 2007 color 93m Horror/Thriller Tobin Bell Daniell Savre, Matthew Cohen, David Gallagher, Mae Whitman and Renee 'O' Connor Written by Brain Sieve Directed by Jeff Betancourt N/R contains graphic violence, language, gore, sexuality, nudity and drug use.The wonderful thing I love about S2DVD sequels of craptacular movies is that you are always so surprised.
The acting was good, as were the effects, cool imagination on the kill scenes, I even enjoyed the ending which can let down most halfway decent movies.
This movie is nothing like the first and everyone knows that a good thing.They did what they need to do after the failure of Boogeyman in 2005!
The story is about a young Woman named Laura Porter with a life-long phobia of a supernatural boogeyman, in this case a demon that lives in her closet and springs out at night to attack her.Trying to face up to her terror and get some help, she voluntarily checks herself into a mental health facility under the care of Dr.Jessica Ryan (Renée O'Connor) with the hope of conquering her overwhelming fears.Then she soon find out that everyone in the a mental health facility as see the bogeyman!
Soon they are being killed off one by one by the boogeyman The deaths scene is this movie are really creative also they are a bit like Saw deaths scene.They have added some Nudity scene, here and there wss Some really good Twist and Turns in this movie,Acting was really good for a sequel!
This is the "hot young stars of the WB" version.It stars Danielle Savre of such shows as "Grounded for Life" and "Summerland." She did her first real movie the same time as this where she was "Teenage Girl #2." She did a good job here and I was really impressed with her potential in the genre.The other characters come from such shows as "South of Nowhere," "State of Grace," "American Dragon: Jake Long", or "Xena: Warrior Princess" I only mention all these shows as I have not seen one of them.
Just been watching this movie Boogeyman 2 and for me it was not anything I will watch again.Alltough I must say the good looking cast was OK and some of the gore scenes fine.Much more gore than I expected as the first Boogeyman from 2005 is pretty dry.Plot is OK..but nothing more.Starts with two children watching the Boogeyman killing their parents and then go forwards 10 years and they both at a clinic to overcome their fears for the Boogeyman.Some scenes really bloody and not for the sensitive ones.Maybe worth a rental but not a film I will buy to my DVD collection.If you like your film bloody and a movie not any different than many other horror films coming out these days maybe this is a film for you.I give this film 3/10..
well guys, i don't want to spoil anything for you - so i'm just saying this after watching the movie - if you like a nice thrill and or likethe saw movies - give this movie a chance.this movie has nothing to do with the original one nor the remake of 2005...watch this movie as a "Saw the Boogeyman" - kind of movie...this is really way better than you'd expect by a straight to DVD release- watch the movie and you should know what i am talking about!
I just don't understand why so many people criticize this movie.I loved this movie,I thought it was interesting and so well made but a bit disturbing.The first thing i have to say is that i completely loved Dnielle savre she is so good at horror movies.She should act in another horror flick.Well OK..OK it could have stolen ideas from jeepers creepers and nightmare on elm street 3 but very few.I thought this movie is one of the best horror movies ever made but really...don't connect it with boogeyman 1 and 3 those are awful.Well i say that this movie is bloody good.The deaths are awesome,the characters are believable and the chase scenes are suspenseful.I loved when Nicky exploded and all the blood sprayed on Laura(Danielle Savre).My rating:10\10.If you are a sensitive viewer or under 17 don't watch this film.It is very bloody and gory..
When I started watching this movie I expected another crappy PG-13 movie with stupid CGI, like the first Boogeyman.
So if you want a good gore slasher with a twist in the end, you should check this out.
The first Boogeyman film was pretty awful, but it must have made enough money to warrant a direct-to-video sequel.
Overall, the story isn't that good and it's not all that scary, but for a low budget horror film, it does boast some excellent gory (PRACTICAL) special effects, which was enough to hold my interest..
this movie has nothing to do with the first one.it's gorier than the first,though it's not the goriest movie i have seen,by a long shot.i liked it as much for the most part.gore hounds should be satisfied enough to keep watching.it certainly borrows from other movies,but i didn't mind that much.the acting was OK,though nothing spectacular.the movies hums right along,and it's not boring.but the one thing that drags this movie down is the ending,which i thought was stupid and illogical and almost a blatant rip off form another horror movie.normally,i would have rated this movie higher,but,because of the ending,i would give it a 6/10.
The first one was deep and twisted and really made you think about the world and colliding realities, it was such an inspiring film and it still gives me a cold shiver thinking about that little girl saying 'you can't save me, you can only save yourself'..But this one is just cheap and boring, a steaming pile of wannabe 'slasher' movie with no plot that makes any sense, no surprises, just really dull.
As young children Laura and Henry Porter witness the bloody murder of their parents at the hands of a faceless,hooded psychopath.Years later they remain highly disturbed,but Henry has recovered far more than his sister due to a stint in a mental hospital under the care of a respected psychiatric doctor named Dr Mitchell Allen.When Henry gets the opportunity to work thousands of miles away,his sister Laura decides that she too must finally confront her demons and voluntarily commits herself into the same facility.Soon her fellow patients begin to die..."Boogeyman 2" is the sequel that is almost entirely better than its laughably tame predecessor.There is a decent amount of blood and gore and the acting is not bad with "Saw" star Tobin Bell having a relatively small role.The film relies on slasher clichés,there are some huge lapses in logic and the ending is hysterically stupid.Still I rather enjoyed this suitably gory teen slasher.6 out of 10..
The blood & gore make up effects was pretty good especially for a low budget slasher flick.
Now I really didn't like Boogeyman (2005), found it very disappointing, so I was relieved to find that this was by far a much better film.
Years after a horrible accident, a woman still terrified of the Boogeyman checks into a mental facility to get over it, but when someone starts killing off the residents she realizes it's here to prey on her fears and tries to overcome them in hopes of dealing with the demon.This was a highly enjoyable and entertaining slasher.
To sum up, if you enjoy good quality horror and are looking for a film that surpasses most of the releases out there at the moment then check this out.
Boogeyman 2 is the sequel to one of the worst horror films I have seen during the last 10 years.This sequel is better than the first part...but it also is a pathetic crap.Besides of the adequate performances from Tobin Bell and Reneé O' Connor,there is nothing to recommend in Boogeyman 2.The screenplay is horribly bad,the characters are completely generic and the movie is tremendously tedious from its first scene to its last one.Jeff Betancourt,who was the editor of some very competent movies (like The Good Girl or The Ruins),made his first work as a director in this movie,and it would be better if he goes back to editing movies,because the direction from Boogeyman 2 is pathetic for many reasons,but mainly,because it never finds a good tone and it is very chaotic.Boogeyman 2 belongs to the worst kind of horror cinema and I suggest you to avoid this big piece of crap.As I said,it's better (or,more properly,less bad) than the first part,but it's still unbearable and painful to watch..
I absolutely hated the original BOOGEYMAN, which I still consider to be one of the very worst movies I've ever sat through, so it was with some reluctance that I sat down to watch this sequel when I saw it was on television.
Sure, the cast are a bunch of unknowns and their acting is only moderately effective, but it could be a lot worse.Director Jeff Betancourt cut his teeth as an editor on the likes of THE EXORCISM OF EMILY ROSE, so he knows his stuff and does a good job.
So there are a few nice bits and pieces here and there (make-up is good too, for a small budget movie like that.
Horror movies that are releasing now is only with gore, violence, sex & bloody scenes.
It seems that this was one of those movie of which the script had been lying around for years until someone picked it up and decided to put "Boogeyman 2" on it because horror sequels sell.It's funny how this movie is being different from the first one but is still suffering from some of the same weaknesses.
The movie centers on a young woman with a long-term phobia of the Boogeyman, who voluntarily checks herself into a mental health facility with the hope of conquering her overwhelming fears.
Might as well make a generic serial killer movie not related to the first film.One could wonder why this isn't a sequel to the "Saw" movies, especially since it resembles much with them, including Tobin Bell (no wonder he decided to be in the movie!).
Renee O'Connor and Tobin Bell play therapists at the hospital where individuals mysteriously start dying one night."Boogeyman 2" isn't bad and it's highlighted by curvy Danielle Savre, but it's a decidedly average slasher pic.
the 1st movie was "interesting" to say the least but this sequel i just don't know what to say about except maybe the title and thats predictable.so basically 2 siblings went to a asylum to get help from their fear of the boogeyman OK understandable, but you'd think that the so-called boogeyman himself would be an actual entity rather than laura's own brother who actually went deranged after his visit from the hospital but no they decided to stick with a slasher esque type of movie not supernatural.but the one thing i can't quite understand was that if the boogeyman was laura's brother (henry) all along then who (or what) killed their parents when they were 8 and 11 was it just coincidence or was there something in this movie that we overlooked all along?.
but instead all we got is another Scream type clone.The actors and directing is OK i suppose but whats the point of watching a sequel to a horror when its basically a completely different film and genre.
In my eyes it should've just been named something completely different or Called Boogeyman, without the 2 on the end.If you want a thriller, 'who's doing it' type of film then sure this might be for you, if you want a horror though i would wait and see if Boogeyman 3 has anything decent to offer..
1 for Tobin Bell whom I thought had a good character (And the only reason I watched it in the first place).2 for some of the death scenes which were quite grisly.Other than that...this movie appears to have stolen ideas from other movies such as Nightmare on Elmstreet, scream (or any other slasher picture), and lastly jeepers creepers.I say Jeepers Creepers because the "Boogyman" looked a lot like he could have been the Creepers' brother in this movie.
Jump forward 10 years later & Henry (Matt Cohen) has been a resident in the Hillridge psychiatric hospital, the day he gets out his sister Laura (Danielle Savre) checks in to try & overcome her phobia about the boogeyman just like her brother Henry has.
While officially it goes down as an accident Laura believes the boogeyman might have done it & as the bodies pile up it seems like she might be right...Edited & directed by Jeff Betancourt I went into the rather generic & uninspiring sounding Boogeyman 2 not expecting that much so I was pleasantly surprised to find a mildly effective Scream (1996) type teen slasher with a twist, now I have never seen the original Boogeyman (2005) but by all accounts it's terrible & this sequel has no connection to it other than in title alone.
Anyway, the script here by Brian Sieve takes itself very seriously & feels like a cross between A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) & Bad Dreams (1988) with it's mental hospital setting, it's string of set-piece gory murders & the basic story of some supernatural boogeyman stalking the patients used by someone else as cover for other motives.
All the usual horror tricks & clichés are used, lights not working, people jumping out of shadow's & a final fifteen minutes as the killer stalks the one remaining survivor through dark corridors.Technically the film is very good, it's much better than most straight-to-DVD horror.
The acting is alright & probably better than the average straight-to-DVD film, Tobin Bell is better know as Jigsaw from the Saw franchise while Renee O'Connor is perhaps better known as Gabrielle from over 130 episodes of Xena: Warrior Princess (1995 - 2001).Boogeyman 2 turned out much, much better than I had expected.
Worth a watch especially if you like horror films.
However, much to her horror, she discovers that some things are terrifying on purpose, and confronting her demons was not the best course of action.Boogeyman 2 is a film I've seen twice now, and have managed to enjoy each time, just as much.
Overall a good little movie with a decent looking Boogeyman and with some creative gory kills.
Low budget sequel to the worst-ever horror movie.
The 'boogeyman' preys on their fears and uses them against them in gory, creative ways.Throw in a plot twist & you have a solid, entertaining horror film!.
This is a sequel to the 2005 film "Boogeyman," where a young woman with a phobia of the Boogeyman checks herself into a mental hospital in hopes of conquering her fears, but only finding herself and her co-patients coming face-to-face with a masked perpetrator.Loosely connected to its prequel, I thought this film was actually going to feature a ghostly figure playing on the fears of its victims.
However, I thought the first film was more original and captivating than this one, as the first emphasizes the horror of a real Boogeyman that lives in closets, while this one ***spoiler ahead*** is just a twisted man with a knife taking on Boogeyman's name to stalk the patients.The story does leave much plot holes and unanswered questions; therefore by the end of the movie, you'll be left hanging.
Really good horror movie!.
Its few and far between these days that a horror movie comes along that is actually quite suspenseful and enjoyable and thankfully Boogeyman 2 fits the bill.I should start by saying that this movie has no connection whatsoever to the first Boogeyman but thats actually a good thing because the first one was pretty poor.We start out with a Brother and Sister witnessing the murder of their parents and then jump 10 years forward to where the Brother appears to be moving on with his life but the Sister still very traumatised and unable to move on.