Boogeyman (2005)

Director:

Stephen T. Kay

Writers (WGA):

Eric Kripke (story)
Eric Kripke (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

4 February 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

You thought it was a just a story... but it's real.

Plot:

A young man tries to deal with the childhood terror that has affected his life.

Plot Keywords:

Childhood | Boogeyman | Fear | Hometown | Uncle

Cast

Barry Watson	...	Tim
Emily Deschanel	...	Kate Houghton
Skye McCole Bartusiak	...	Franny Roberts
Tory Mussett	...	Jessica
Andrew Glover	...	Boogeyman
Lucy Lawless	...	Tim's Mother
Charles Mesure	...	Tim's Father
Philip Gordon	...	Uncle Mike
Aaron Murphy	...	Young Tim
Jennifer Rucker	...	Pam
Scott Wills	...	Co-Worker
Michael Saccente	...	Jessica's Dad
Louise Wallace	...	Jessica's Mom
Brenda Simmons	...	Jessica's Grandma
Josie Tweed	...	Jessica's Sister

Also Known As:

Boogeyman - Der schwarze Mann (Germany)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of horror and terror/violence, and some partial nudity.

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

USA | New Zealand | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Taiwan:PG-12 | Malaysia:18SG | France:-12 | Portugal:M/16 | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Brazil:14 | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Finland:K-15 | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:IIB | Ireland:15A | Netherlands:16 | Norway:15 | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #41008) | Greece:K-17 | Iceland:16

Filming Locations:

Albert Park, Princes Street, Auckland Central Business District, Auckland, New Zealand

Company:

Screen Gems

Goofs:

Continuity: When Tim goes swerves around the truck on his way to the house you can see a hubcap rolling off the left side of his car. Both hubcaps are on the left side of his car in following scenes.

Quotes:

[from trailer]
Katie: Listen to me Tim. It's time to grow up. Nothing supernatural happened. These feelings you're having, they're going to get worse unless you face this. Go home Tim. Spend one night in that house. It will help.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Boogeyman 3 (2008) (V)

Soundtrack:

Bodega

Hollywood insults the audience again

Yep, it's official. Overproduced garbage is what Hollywood considers horror thrillers these days. Another in the long line of generously funded but substantially lacking horror films somehow finds distribution, this time it's "Boogeyman".

A young man must content with his childhood fears of the Boogeyman, who has seemingly "stolen" his father and others close to him. Without giving anything away, that's the extent of the nonexistent plot. There are no surprised or character development, which culminates in a ho-hum ending.

As others have pointed out, the director must've thought he was filming a video for MTV, which camera swoops and shakes (not to mention loud bangs) passing for scares.

Save your money and your time and rent a low-budget horror film instead, the reward will be much greater.

* out of ****