Boogeyman
Tags: psychological, flashback

Plot synopsis:
On the surface, Tim Jensen (Barry Watson) seems to be a normal person, with a steady job and a good relationship with his girlfriend Jessica. However, a terrifying event that he witnessed as a child (Aaron Murphy) has left him traumatized, where his father (Charles Mesure) was taken by the Boogeyman (Andrew Glover), an evil creature which lives in all closets worldwide. Since then, he has taken precautions to ensure that the Boogeyman cannot get to him, such as sleeping on a mattress on the floor, and removing all closets from his home and keeping all his clothes in a dresser drawer.After a Thanksgiving trip with Jessica (Tory Mussett) to her parents' house, Tim has a premonition in which his Mother (Lucy Lawless), presently imprisoned at a madhouse, tells him to return to the family home. Tim awakes and won't relax until he finds out what happened with his mother. When he rings the hospital, he discovers his mother has died. Upon returning to the psychiatric ward where he grew up after his father died, he discovers that one of the patients, a young girl, is being threatened by the Boogeyman, which this time lives in her attic.Upon a suggestion by his psychiatrist that returning to his family home to spend the night in that house would be a good idea, Tim returns to his old Victorian style house in the open country, where he relives memories of his mother telling his father that the Boogeyman does not exist and therefore cannot possibly harm Tim. Tim is briefly attacked by the Boogeyman when he enters the downstairs closet. However, despite enjoying a reunion with Kate Houghton (Emily Deschanel), his childhood friend, he becomes convinced that he is being watched by the same entity that has terrorized him his entire life.Soon the Boogeyman starts showing up in various unexpected places, including Kate's house. Tim attempts to warn Kate of the danger she is in, but she freaks out when Tim begins acting paranoid and strange. Frustrated at Tim's refusal to tell her what is really wrong with him, Kate claims that the person Tim saw in her house was in fact her deaf father. Upon returning to his house, Tim meets a young girl in his woodshed, named Franny Roberts (Skye McCole Bartusiak) who wants to know that if it's true that the Boogeyman murdered Tim's father. Tim does not know where she heard this information, and he firmly tells her that the Boogeyman cannot exist. However, when Tim reenters the house, he discovers a disturbing file of Missing Person lists and documents, and upon flicking through them, he discovers a collection of missing children whom were all taken by the Boogeyman. The Boogeyman has been taking various children throughout history. When Tim looks down from a photo of a missing boy, he discovers the same missing boy standing before him. When he looks around, Tim discovers a huge crowd of the missing children moving towards him, their faces deadly white and ghostly pale. The children all come up and start brushing Tim, who faints. When he awakes, he is alone again in the house.Jessica, his girlfriend, abruptly shows up and she takes Tim out of the house for a night in a quiet hotel, where she is murdered by the Boogeyman, who spies at her through the closet in the bathroom before dragging her into the bath.Tim appears and enters the hotel bathroom, and then finds that Jessica is missing. He realizes what has occurred, and stumbles blindly into a closet, and then walks out into his family home, just as Kate, his friend, has returned to his home and, upon hearing noises from the closets, was about to open the door herself. She is momentarily frightened by Tim's mysterious appearance, but then begins to worry when Tim panics about Jessica, a woman she never met, and then Tim drags Kate back to the hotel, where they find the empty bath; this time with blood on the side. They both wonder what has happened; Kate thinking that Tim might've harmed Jessica; but Tim angrily denies it. They return to the house, and Tim meets Franny once more, who leads him to a ward full of proclamations describing the Boogeyman. There is a chair in the middle of the room facing a closet. Tim remembers this room as being the home of a doctor whom everyone thought insane. Franny then reveals herself to be one of the dead kids whom the Boogeyman murdered, and disappears, telling Tim he'd best go to the place where it all started.Tim does so and returns to his bedroom just as his Uncle Mike (Philip Gordon) arrives home. Mike is attacked and killed by the Boogeyman who wraps him in plastic sheeting and drags him into a closet. Kate joins Tim upon hearing the commotion and then she also sees the Boogeyman. Tim attempts to sit in the chair and face the Boogeyman but the Boogeyman thwarts his efforts. Tim is attacked by the Boogeyman who drags him under a bed and he awakes in the hotel which he stayed in with Jessica, revealing that closets and beds are portals after all. Tim sees Jessica being drowned by the Boogeyman, who attacks Tim, dragging him back under a bed where he reunites with Kate at his house. The Boogeyman chases Tim upstairs to his bedroom where Tim begins to fend off the Boogeyman. The monster turns into various toys Tim was afraid of, such as a ball of electricity in a glass case, and a murder of crows, and then a humanoid figurine which stood on Tim's bedside table. The Boogeyman attempts to drag Tim back into a closet to kill him, but realising that the monster is only posing as a figurine, Tim picks up the figurine and slams the toy against a dresser, smashing the torso to pieces, causing the Boogeyman to suffer the same injury. Tim then kicks the Boogeyman back into the closet. The Boogeyman resurfaces however causes a vortex of winds, trying to draw Tim into the closet once more, clawing at Tim's legs, but Tim and Kate cling onto grounded objects in the room and Tim punches the Boogeyman in the jaw, causing him to fall back into the closet and into an ethereal pit.With the Boogeyman gone, Tim hopes that his and Kate's lives will be safer. Morning dawns and Tim already feels better and the credits roll. However, a post-credits scene reveals a young girl being tormented by the monster, revealing that the Boogeyman has resurfaced out of the closet.

Review: At best, they may leave us to find an easier target, but they usually get what they want.I was not impressed at all with this movie; I'm even more disgusted by the fact that they had a lot of good actors/sets/technologies to work with.
For instance, the character of Franny Roberts (Skye McCole Bartusiak), a mysterious, attractive, but oddly troubled twelvish-year-old girl who seems to know what's going on, was by far a more interesting character in this film than the 'Boogeyman.' In fact, she was the most interesting character in the movie: weirdly sad, melancholy, yet somewhat a tomboy -- like a lost childhood friend we forgot about and kinda miss.
Soooo I ended up seeing this film at the cinema cos my half brother is a moron who only likes bland Hollywood movies...
There have certainly been scarier movies than Boogeyman, but I sure got my share of thrills, jumps, and scares out of it.Sure, there are some unanswered questions at the end but I find that often in this genre like stuff that doesn't make sense, why did that happen, and what happened to...?
The reason you watch a horror movie is to be scared, thrilled, and frightened and with this movie you will be.The best thing I liked seeing was that this movie didn't have to resort to all the blood and gore that most horror movies seem to have just to be scary.
The one genuinely scary moment in director Stephen Kay's laughable excuse for a horror film occurs during the end credits, when the audience discovers that it actually took three professional screenwriters to pen this abominable nightmare.
The movie has many "fast" scary scenes, which made me remember my childhood fears and this is the main reason why I enjoyed watching it.
scarier then hide and seek one of the best movies of the year...except they shouldn't have showed the "boogeyman," especially when Tim was at the bottom of the steps...he looked like someone in a 'halloween' costume, or from a 'gossebumps' movie.
The acting was bad, the story line was bad, the direction was bad, the editing was bad, the writing was bad, the special effects were bad, and the short clip of the children in the house that were suppose to be victims of the Boogeyman could have been left out of the movie.
Years later, after he's moved away, he must return home due to a family tragedy, and once again, it's time to face his childhood fears head on.In many ways, Boogeyman exists solely as a sequence of build-ups to shock or scare scenes.
As a horror fan, I go into most movies expecting a couple of cheap jump scenes, but at least a genuine fright or two after a few minutes of being kept on the edge of my seat.
By the third or fourth time it happened, I wasn't evenly remotely scared.I could also rant about the acting, or the lack there of, but come on, we are talking about a no-substance horror movie here.
Then he decides stay the night into creepy home and confronting the monstrous Boogeyman.This eerie film displays bone-chilling scenes, suspense, tension and several images have you on the edge of your seat.
However they didn't and Boogeyman ends up being a ridiculous and disappointing horror film.
In the end, while better than The Grudge, this lame horror film is still not really worth watching.
I mean, I'm not a kid anymore & ain't usually scared by the darkness, noises & stuff like that, but sometimes those childish fears are back & I feel that something bad is near me, in the closet, on the attic, in the basement or in the adjoining room.
Boogeyman is pretty much your standard horror movie which tries too hard to be different, but in reality, is about the same as every mediocre new horror movie that comes out nowadays.Barry Watson stars as Tim Jensen, who since he was a young child, has been afraid of the Boogeyman that not only lives in his closet, but seems to be able to beam himself to any closet in the world and he uses that power to take those who Tim loves.
The entire movie is basically Tim running from the dark, similar to Darkness Falls in a way.Boogeyman does do some things right, however.
Vapid, convoluted non-sensical mess of alleged 'horror' film about a young man (vanilla Watson) making a reluctant homecoming to face his fears in the form of the urban legend of the closet monster that may (or may not; frankly who cares??!!!) have killed his father years ago.
The context in which you watch this film and your expectations will contribute to your enjoyment of this movie.If you are looking for just another clone of 'Scream', 'I know what you did last summer', etc, etc and the rest of those tedious teen shockers then you will be disappointed.The film is more in the style of Ring, or Dark Water, but with plenty of trouser filling jumps (in fact more then any other film I can remember).
Boogeyman keeps you on the edge of your seat until the very end.While the movie may boast many similarities to other films in recent years it still holds it's own in the horror/suspense genre..
After all the premise-what is it that little children are scared of at night which could come out of the cupboard-is a good one,not totally original,but not too familiar either.After a genuinely scary opening,we have our usual setting up of plot and build up for a while,than the scares start again.
Still,at least the monster is only shown briefly,making it more effective.You could do probably do worse than see Boogeyman,it holds the attention for the first half at least and it's a good one for teenagers who want to be scared a bit but not actually disturbed.
And yes, there are some gaping plot holes you could drive a truck through, but if you ignore these, you can enjoy it.The acting of SOME characters was head on, while other needed to be cut entirely (i.e. the uncle, mysterious man entering hotel, possibly the unfinished "mother" portion) For a while there in the middle, the plot takes on a bit of a physiological thriller feeling, and starts to drop horror and suspense...i personally liked how it was changing, but most were disappointed.The overall tone was suspenseful, (using a nice camera filter and nicely placed music) and some good jumps, but over all, this was advertised as horror, and it was not.
THAT was this films biggest downfall (kinda like The Village)The camera work itself could have been improved, it kind of had that home made feel to it, and the CGI was far from scary.THings i DID like include the overall moral and point of the plot, Barry Watsons internal conflict with his paranoia, and, you have to be with me on this one...They Did NOT leave it open for a Sequel!.
if you like mild horrors then this is a good film to watch.
There are a number of suspenseful scenes that may make you jump, especially if you already have a thing about closets/boogeymen/The-Thing-Under-The-Bed. There is some very brief nudity.The Bad: The main character has no real personality other than being traumatized by the boogeyman, and he doesn't even do that well.
His existence is not explained by the film, and the motivations and actions of the creature seem rather random from within the story, making sense only from the external perspective of "It would be scary for __________ to happen next..."Overall, I give this movie a 5 out of 10 on my personal scale of 10 being perfection and 1 being Ang Lee's Hulk.
Boogeyman is another disappointing movie disguised as a horror thriller among many like One Missed Call, The Grudge, and the Happening to name few.
The trim running time of 89 minutes made the movie feel rushed but I'm not complaining because Boogeyman isn't worth watching for any longer than that.
Overall Boogeyman joins a long line of other horror films that have a little suspense and decent performances but end up being major letdowns compared to better ones out there..
All that is is a convention, that makes movies easier to understand.I watched this film (on DVD, but I also saw it in the theaters) right after watching _The Forsaken_, and found great humor in that all the visual techniques that were being tried in _The Forsaken_ -- which were not quite working, often because of timing, often because of execution -- were used also in _Boogeyman_, but so much more effectively and successfully.
So if you've let that put you off watching this film stop right now.Here you have the story of Tim, (a hit and miss performance by Barry Watson) who suffers mental stress due to strange events in his childhood, where he believes the demon in the closet took his father.
My newfound acceptance could be due to the lack of good horror on offer today; or worst yet, I've grown accustomed to the bad elements of this style of horror film which today's directors use in overabundance - such as the swooping camera's and crescendo sounds to startle not scare.The thing I loved most was the demon, though the director, Stephen Kay, should have left the CGI alone; it was mainly the essence of the demon I loved, thank you Eric Kripke who wrote the story and screenplay.
a secondary person who had seen the Boogeyman.There's quite a bit of story weaved into this hour and a half film, enough to keep you engaged, and if you like your horror to be at a break-neck pace then this should be right up your street.
I had high hopes for this movie and for the first 10 minutes it seemed to live up to them but it eventually lost its way, and towards the end became a little messy.Great camera work, clearly made on a good budget, good acting - but to my surprise, considering it was written Eric Kripke, it was the structure of the story that let it down.
(I am sure we all can relate to that scenes, i don't know how many times I thought of that when I was kid), To me, that as got to be one of the best start to a horror movie, then dad comes into movie telling him everything is okay, then the kids see's thr dad get killed by something in the closet.Then the movies moves on to 20 year later, now the boy is older male, who still scared of the Boogeymam.As the movie keeps going on, it's lose the creepiness it had at the start, however there was another scene that I really liked, was that little girl who was screaming in the hospital, that scene was really intense.Acting in this movie not outstanding but still really good.It's not the worst movie, I have ever seen, it could have been a lot better too however it's the weakest of series, the sequels are much better.I going to give this movie 5 out of 10.
However, whilst the movie is visually pleasing (I appreciated the use of colour, the weird camera angles and the soundtrack), it totally sucks when it comes to what truly makes a good movie: The story.It's convulsed, all over the place, pointless, stupid, at times even idiotic (I won't even mention the ending...), and for god's sake - if you plan on spending a nice evening with a horror movie, don't make the same mistake I did: Don't watch Boogeyman.
All in all i didn't think it wasn't that bad, it was good idea to bring 'The Boogeyman' to life as i'm sure nearly everyone has heard the stories, it is worth the look P.S. I really liked the song at the ending credits, i can't seem to find who it is, does anyone know?.
You could say that SAW and Hostel are killing the genre, but that's bullshit - if anything, those movies help give a tad bit of weight to it these days, whereas cotton candy-assed crap like this just makes it look bad.EDIT: That was kind of true when I first wrote this, but it isn't anymore.Horror isn't about campy, tweeny, Hot Topic ghost stories, nor is it about jumpy, fluttery "surprise!" scares that do nothing in the end but startle you.
It wraps up the film pretty good, but its just basically the camera violently moving around as Tim and Kate jump around.My overall opinion: 'Boogeyman' has effective jolts and builds up a great amount of suspense and is definitely worth your viewing if you enjoy easy horror movies.7.5 from 10 PG13; intense terror/horror violence, frightening sequences and some partial nudity..
So I think she wins the award for "Dumbest Person in a Horror Movie" Boogeyman wont haunt me when I'm asleep.
the worse 89 minutes of my life in front of a screen.What can I say this is the Worst movie ever done in this planet.Where does this man (the director) gets the money to finance this trash.I got to say it hurts me to rate this 1 but there isn't negative zero so they get away with that one; And the more surprising thing is that a sequel slowly approach from the sewer.Don't waste your time like i did i warn you this is by far the worst thing ever done with a decent budget and the monster look like a draw made with paint animated with powerpoint.Not even one second was scary and is so bad that it isn't even funny for the horrendous special effects , the disastrous plot , and the scene when the girl fall from a second floor and a man is passing whistling and happens to catch her ; this is by far i repeat the worse movie ever done in this universe and maybe in all others..
Turn the lights down, turn the volume up and grab yourself some popcorn; Boogeyman is a fun and brainless horror flick that tries and fails to be cleverer than it is, but it is certainly a lot more fun than some other horror movies made around the same time.Despite everything in the film being pretty average, the special effects, the cast, the direction and the story are all adequate and the movie certainly has plenty of frights and creepy moments to keep you entertained.There are better horror movies out there, but there are plenty that are worse too.
Sure there are a handful of decent atmospheric moments, but the characters were just hokey (what was that little girl all about?), the CGI is thigh-slappingly funny (not a good thing in a horror movie!), and a lot of the film is just plain boring and repetitive.
Don't pass it up, unless you are one of those people who have seen pretty well ever scary movie and don't get scared by mostly any horror film.
The Forgotten was pretty good, BUT again it really isn't a horror film, it was more like a thriller/suspense.
I think the people who do not like this movie just do not know a good horror movie when they see it.
I didn't hate Boogeyman because there are so many horror films that are so, so much worse.On the other hand it seems like there was some real talent involved in the film and a promising story and it seems like the people who could have taken a stronger hand with keeping the story tight and satisfying opted for just "getting it done and out there" so the investors would get their money.I'm not going to summarize the plot because it's already been done.The film gets off to a strong start: the scene with the little boy and his dad creates a lot of dread and tension and leaves you genuinely wanting to find out what happens next.I also thought Barry Watson's portrayal of the lead character was quite good.
Without the many camera effects and horror cues, you could probably film this movie in 20 minutes.
I don't understand why so many people here did not like it.I am a big fun of horror films, and this one did scare me quite a lot, even thought I am 30 years old; I had a hell of time watching it.
i saw this movie when it first came out then i pretty much forgot about it, but i recently stumbled across it again and decided to watch it again, the i enjoy most about this movie is the way they explain what the boogeyman will look like when you see him, it was such in awesome idea, also the acting didn't disappoint me even though the person whom i'd even heard of before was Emily Deschanel of TV's Bones, but surprisingly Barry Watson did good, and so did Skye McCole Bartusiak, one thing i hear from a lot of people whom don't like this movie is that they felt it left a lot of loose ends.
Despite the first 2-3 minutes being good, "Boogeyman" ends up descending into another boring, useless horror flick, with not many redeeming qualities, bad CGI monsters and a horrible ending.Tim (Barry Watson) is just a young boy when he sees his father swept into a closet, never to be seen again (when in fact his father just left).
Insert random flashes of light here and there to seem scary, then put in a couple of the "jump scares" that are so prominent in recent horror movies, and you've basically got "Boogeyman".The first scene actually starts out strong, with a little kid being haunted by the boogeyman.
More than likely, horror fans (and non) will want to pass on this film, because there's nothing here worth wasting your time on.
Also, the best scenes in the movie were the last fifteen minutes.Although not a good horror film, it's a decent film with great special effects and cinematography.