Claim: Doug Jones works in movies.

The Bye Bye Man is a 2017 American supernatural horror film directed by Stacy Title and written by Jonathan Penner , based on the chapter `` The Bridge to Body Island '' in Robert Damon Schneck 's book The President 's Vampire . The film stars Douglas Smith , Lucien Laviscount , Cressida Bonas , Doug Jones , Carrie-Anne Moss , Faye Dunaway and Jenna Kanell .   Principal photography began on November 2 , 2015 , in Cleveland , Ohio . STX Entertainment released the film on January 13 , 2017 , received negative reviews and grossed $ 26 million worldwide on a budget of $ 7.4 million .