I have not seen the first one, so I am judging this movie solely on being an independent movie and not a sequel. The movie, as far as the boogeyman goes, isn't that bad. I'm not really familiar with the actually boogeyman story, but this was pretty interesting. The setting of the movie is somewhat your typical horror film (a hospital/clinic), but doesn't take back anything. It has a fair amount suspense, gore, character development, and eye candy. The acting was surprisingly above average, and actually really well done, especially from the main actress (who I've not seen before). Now, the movie isn't everything great either. Some of the scenes are somewhat over the top and corny, and there is some predictability. Overall, its not bad though, something to watch when you're bored. I rate it 6/10. Unrated (my rating): R for Strong horror violence and terror, language, some sexuality/nudity, and brief drug content
60 Reviews
The Makers Of This Movie Deceived Me. :(
Mr_Saxon25 December 2007
Have you seen the first "Boogeyman" movie? I have. It was one of those movies that you watch once and don't really ever think about again. 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. In fact, I feel quite deceived. More on that later.
After a quite tense opening sequence where Laura (Renee O'Connor) first encounters the Boogeyman as a child, the movie moves onto the main storyline. Whereas the first movie was a man confronting his childhood demons in his family home, this movie is set in hospital where the main character also attempts to overcome her childhood fears. 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. You'd say "Huh? This isn't anything like the first movie. I wanted to see a supernatural horror movie, not another Terminator clone!". You'll see exactly what I mean if you've seen "Boogeyman" and then watch "Boogeyman 2" (unfortunately, I can't be any more specific as it would be a spoiler). In fact, "Boogeyman 2" has so little to do with the first "Boogeyman" that I'm surprised they even share the same name. It also features one completely unnecessary scene of graphic nudity - whether this is a good thing or not depends upon whether you're still in high school. I left high school a while ago and found myself wondering why the scene needed to exist at all. Oh well.
In summary then, this is a very average little horror movie. 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".
This is not the movie I expected. In fact, I feel quite deceived. More on that later.
After a quite tense opening sequence where Laura (Renee O'Connor) first encounters the Boogeyman as a child, the movie moves onto the main storyline. Whereas the first movie was a man confronting his childhood demons in his family home, this movie is set in hospital where the main character also attempts to overcome her childhood fears. 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. You'd say "Huh? This isn't anything like the first movie. I wanted to see a supernatural horror movie, not another Terminator clone!". You'll see exactly what I mean if you've seen "Boogeyman" and then watch "Boogeyman 2" (unfortunately, I can't be any more specific as it would be a spoiler). In fact, "Boogeyman 2" has so little to do with the first "Boogeyman" that I'm surprised they even share the same name. It also features one completely unnecessary scene of graphic nudity - whether this is a good thing or not depends upon whether you're still in high school. I left high school a while ago and found myself wondering why the scene needed to exist at all. Oh well.
In summary then, this is a very average little horror movie. 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".
Good one
Gunnar_Runar_Ingibjargarson18 June 2008
I was actually surprised at how much fun I had watching this flick. Some of these direct to DVD time killers are better than what's being thrown at us in the theaters. I'm still struggling with trying to watch the first bore-fest but this little gem got me hooked right away. This is a straight up slasher with some supernatural flavor used more as a decoy than for major thrills. If you like these films then get yourself a copy and you will definitely enjoy yourself. They spent less money this time but the addition of Tobin Bell (Today's Vincent Price) is perfect. I recommend this one for fans of the slasher genre, Mr. Bell, and cheesy little DVD. Check Tobin out in Buried Alive also.
Another disappointment
loser_200012 January 2008
Warning: Spoilers
1. There is no way the nurse would ever go into the dark basement by herself to look and see if the problem with the phones "might" be there.
2. Only three people left, an obvious problem going on, and they all split up.
3. NO WAY would there EVER be that large of a facility and such a small amount of staff and residents. If funding was short, the state wouldn't bother with the operating expense.
4. No maintenance personnel whatsoever.....
5. No one ever hears anyone else scream...
6. The doors would not automatically "lock down" with no alternate means of escape. That would be a total violation of fire and safety codes. Not too mention the total lack of communication with the outside. I don't care how secluded the place was, or how crappy the funding, there WOULD be other alternatives for contacting outside agencies.
7. If the stoner was that afraid of the dark, I don't care how good the pot was, he wouldn't go down to the basement alone to smoke it.
8. After the stoner died, everything was business as usual, no investigations by police, no safety code people, no state investigators..
When I watch a horror movie, I want to at least have some intelligence involved.
2. Only three people left, an obvious problem going on, and they all split up.
3. NO WAY would there EVER be that large of a facility and such a small amount of staff and residents. If funding was short, the state wouldn't bother with the operating expense.
4. No maintenance personnel whatsoever.....
5. No one ever hears anyone else scream...
6. The doors would not automatically "lock down" with no alternate means of escape. That would be a total violation of fire and safety codes. Not too mention the total lack of communication with the outside. I don't care how secluded the place was, or how crappy the funding, there WOULD be other alternatives for contacting outside agencies.
7. If the stoner was that afraid of the dark, I don't care how good the pot was, he wouldn't go down to the basement alone to smoke it.
8. After the stoner died, everything was business as usual, no investigations by police, no safety code people, no state investigators..
When I watch a horror movie, I want to at least have some intelligence involved.
Weak
marinescu_c30 December 2007
Warning: Spoilers
This is not what you would expect when you see the front cover of the DVD. Actually, it's not even close. It's just a "Scream" kind of film where a masked guy chases some frightened teenagers through an isolated mental hospital.
From my point of view the first film was way better than this one. The first puts the accent on the horror part, this one emphasizes the bloody, cruel and disgustful part.
As for the plot, it's a little bit incoherent because you actually don't know who killed the children's parents in the beginning of the movie.
Anyway, "Boogeyman 2" is definitely not a horror fan's movie and I am a little disappointed in it's shallow approach of the Boogeyman subject.
From my point of view the first film was way better than this one. The first puts the accent on the horror part, this one emphasizes the bloody, cruel and disgustful part.
As for the plot, it's a little bit incoherent because you actually don't know who killed the children's parents in the beginning of the movie.
Anyway, "Boogeyman 2" is definitely not a horror fan's movie and I am a little disappointed in it's shallow approach of the Boogeyman subject.
I gave this 2 stars.
ericclarkus11 January 2008
Warning: Spoilers
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. Even on top of that the "Boogyman" looked like he stole his costume from slipknot.
It started off with potential...but seemed to just go down hill extremely fast. It snowballed and the movie ended leaving me more disappointed than the first one.
I was gonna give this a 3 out of 10...but I couldn't think of anything else good about this movie in which I enjoyed.
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. Even on top of that the "Boogyman" looked like he stole his costume from slipknot.
It started off with potential...but seemed to just go down hill extremely fast. It snowballed and the movie ended leaving me more disappointed than the first one.
I was gonna give this a 3 out of 10...but I couldn't think of anything else good about this movie in which I enjoyed.
the best one of the trilogy
trashgang31 August 2010
I guess that the producers really had learned their lesson with part 1, the use of CGI was a complete letdown in part 1 but here we have a real boogeyman. It is even so that the boogeyman is more a real killer which gives us the fact that we are in the era of the slashers. The start of the movie learns us that two children witness the killing of both parents. The boy was already afraid and guessed that it was the boogeyman due the fact that the killer was never captured. For that reason they watched the children closely in psychiatry. Next stop, 10 years later. The boy tells his sister that he has to go. His sister is back in therapy but suddenly one after one people in her neighborhood get killed. She suspect the boogeyman is back in business. Once the killings start it's old school slasher style. I have seen the 93 minutes version in stead of the European version and I can say that the unrated version isn't afraid by showing the killings. It's mostly done in a bloody way or sometimes even in a gory way. The fact that the effects used are without CGI makes it all worth watching. It is also funny to see Tobin Bell as Dr Mitchell. I guess the director made an ode to SAW by putting in a device to rip open a chest. Anyway, Bell is excellent as all others who are really believable. You can guess easily who's the killer but the plot change gives it all worth watching. And for the ones wandering if all elements are in it to say it's a slasher, yes, Chrissy Griffith does show her milky ways in close up a few times. Sadly, part 3 was back to the imagination of the boogeyman in CGI, but the red stuff made it second best.
A Sequel that has no connection to the first
djdea200323 December 2007
Warning: Spoilers
When i was watching this i presumed it would be the sequel to the 2005 Boogeyman.. a horror film.. 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.. who knows it might actually have the Boogeyman in it this time.
Fair play for not taking the usual "hey lets throw in a heap load of CGI", but it was just wrong to call this a sequel.
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.. who knows it might actually have the Boogeyman in it this time.
Fair play for not taking the usual "hey lets throw in a heap load of CGI", but it was just wrong to call this a sequel.
boogeyman 2
rivertam264 January 2008
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. Wheather it be for the good in which its unintentionally laughable or the other good in which its actually good and your not sure why this film ended up here or the bad in which you just shut it off. Well I must say I found Boogeyman 2 plesantly surprising. Although the first one was not a good movie at all I have to admit that it pretty much scared the crap out of me. So although I can't really recommend that film because most of those scares were due to sound FX I have to say i was a little siked going into this film. one 'o'clock in the a.m. just me and my boy watching with the lights off. And I must say it was pretty darn good. This time around it tells the story of two young kids who see there parents murdered in a hugely grotesque fashion. The brother overcomes his fear of the dark ten years later and leaves the lil sis in a mental institution where all the inmates start dying in relaly brutal ways depending on what there fears are. I won't give anything away but some gimmicks include, roaches, maggots, acid and just crazy buckets of goo. This film is so successful in its execution because it acknowledges its plot and dives headfirst into it. It's gory as hell and offers up everything and hungry horror fan could hope for. There are crazy ass death sequences, gore by the gallon, some T&A plus you get to watch the kid from 7th heaven smoke a joint. And it's actually pretty scary and has...wait for it....wait for it...A pretty good screenplay although it's slightly predictable the performances are pretty good and the twists are quite effective. So conclusion equals crazy gore, lots of scares, hot guys, kick ass heroine, pretty good plot. Kick ass sequel. I can see why it wasn't released in theatres as it would have been trimmed down and not nearly as effective and also because it lacks the professionalism in it's look that even most the bad horror flicks have. But what it lacks for in professionalism it makes up for in sheer spunk. This movie is so friggin fun!
***.5/5
The wonderful thing I love about S2DVD sequels of craptacular movies is that you are always so surprised. Wheather it be for the good in which its unintentionally laughable or the other good in which its actually good and your not sure why this film ended up here or the bad in which you just shut it off. Well I must say I found Boogeyman 2 plesantly surprising. Although the first one was not a good movie at all I have to admit that it pretty much scared the crap out of me. So although I can't really recommend that film because most of those scares were due to sound FX I have to say i was a little siked going into this film. one 'o'clock in the a.m. just me and my boy watching with the lights off. And I must say it was pretty darn good. This time around it tells the story of two young kids who see there parents murdered in a hugely grotesque fashion. The brother overcomes his fear of the dark ten years later and leaves the lil sis in a mental institution where all the inmates start dying in relaly brutal ways depending on what there fears are. I won't give anything away but some gimmicks include, roaches, maggots, acid and just crazy buckets of goo. This film is so successful in its execution because it acknowledges its plot and dives headfirst into it. It's gory as hell and offers up everything and hungry horror fan could hope for. There are crazy ass death sequences, gore by the gallon, some T&A plus you get to watch the kid from 7th heaven smoke a joint. And it's actually pretty scary and has...wait for it....wait for it...A pretty good screenplay although it's slightly predictable the performances are pretty good and the twists are quite effective. So conclusion equals crazy gore, lots of scares, hot guys, kick ass heroine, pretty good plot. Kick ass sequel. I can see why it wasn't released in theatres as it would have been trimmed down and not nearly as effective and also because it lacks the professionalism in it's look that even most the bad horror flicks have. But what it lacks for in professionalism it makes up for in sheer spunk. This movie is so friggin fun!
***.5/5
Pretty Good!
amgee-8955124 February 2019
Pretty Good Sequel. Its more enjoyable than the first one. It's always fun to see Tobin Bell in a horror film. Some of the kills was very creative. It had it all for a slasher flick gd kills,sex scene & a nice plot twist. The acting was terrible. The blood & gore make up effects was pretty good especially for a low budget slasher flick. 5/10
more of the first movie?? yeah right!
rikslick8129 July 2008
All those who wanted more of the first movie are weird!!! I'm glad they did a new take on Boogeyman, it kicked ass,creepy,gory great effects............ pretty predictable twist but hey, there's only so many ways a horror can end right? 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. If all sequels were as good as this, I'd never bother with the first movies! This flick even had my horror freak of a wife hiding behind her hands at one point!! I recommend this movie to anyone that wants a good old gore infested creep show!!!!!
HUGE improvement
atinder29 December 2007
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! She want to talk to them, they don't want to talk about it, they are all acting little strange as they are afraid of the boogeyman.
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 movie a HUGE improvement of first boogeyman man movie! I give this movie 7/10
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! She want to talk to them, they don't want to talk about it, they are all acting little strange as they are afraid of the boogeyman.
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 movie a HUGE improvement of first boogeyman man movie! I give this movie 7/10
The boogeyman is real.
lastliberal26 October 2008
There are so many movies that feature the boogeyman, and there are several with Boogeyman as the title. There are even duplicates of Boogeyman 2, and Boogeyman 3. How to keep track of all if them? This is not the video nastie titled Boogeyman II or Revenge of the Boogeyman as an alternate title. 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. This was a characterless movie with the exception of Tobin Bell, who did this in between Saw II and IV. His character played a small, but important role, and he did a good job.
The movie's rating is based upon the action. The use of fears to torture is reminiscent of 1984, and worked effectively. I really was watching for what came next and overlooked many of the flaws the movie had as they really didn't detract from the action. I was especially taken with the ending. Good job there.
Worth seeing even if these "stars" are unfamiliar.
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. This was a characterless movie with the exception of Tobin Bell, who did this in between Saw II and IV. His character played a small, but important role, and he did a good job.
The movie's rating is based upon the action. The use of fears to torture is reminiscent of 1984, and worked effectively. I really was watching for what came next and overlooked many of the flaws the movie had as they really didn't detract from the action. I was especially taken with the ending. Good job there.
Worth seeing even if these "stars" are unfamiliar.
Crazy
kosmasp8 March 2013
The filmmakers really wanted to tell a story with this one. And to a degree they succeeded. Casting Tobin Bell in a mysterious role is always a good catch too. Unfortunately most of the other actors do not completely live up to the task. Not to mention that the story is pretty weak if you think about it.
The death scenes are nicely shot and you'll also have a sex scene inter-cut with a horror scene (which seems to be a favorite for many horror fans). So there are a few nice bits and pieces here and there (make-up is good too, for a small budget movie like that. You can have fun with this, because they did put a lot of effort into it, to make it look good too. Depending on your expectations, you'll either like it or hate it. Especially towards the end, it'll be splitting people/viewers
The death scenes are nicely shot and you'll also have a sex scene inter-cut with a horror scene (which seems to be a favorite for many horror fans). So there are a few nice bits and pieces here and there (make-up is good too, for a small budget movie like that. You can have fun with this, because they did put a lot of effort into it, to make it look good too. Depending on your expectations, you'll either like it or hate it. Especially towards the end, it'll be splitting people/viewers
OK..but nothing more
gialli29 December 2007
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.
pointless waste of my time
cortic18 December 2008
I can not believe they called this boogeyman '2', did the director even bother to watch the first Boogeyman? This film has absolutely nothing to do with the first one, its a different reality entirely.
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. what a magnificent waste of time, can I have my money back now?
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. what a magnificent waste of time, can I have my money back now?
Surprisingly effective asylum-set slasher
Leofwine_draca12 December 2015
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. Thankfully, it's an unconnected sequel and an entirely different kind of movie. It's not a brilliant film by any means, but it works as a solid low budget horror and is a lot more effective than a lot of dross out there.
To be honest, this film doesn't have to do a lot to succeed. It's set in an asylum, and history has shown us that asylum-set horror films are usually very effective at conjuring up a spooky atmosphere. It's a slasher film, quickly adopting the usual template – about ten minutes waiting around until a gruesome death, then a face-off between sole survivor and killer at the climax – but as I haven't watched any slashers in a while I didn't mind that at all. 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. Plus, the film provides work for two veteran actors – Tobin Bell, best known as Jigsaw in the SAW franchise, and Renee O'Connor, best known for her portrayal of Gabrielle in '90s TV series XENA: WARRIOR PRINCESS. The mention of SAW brings me to another point: this film's deaths. They're as gruesome as anything you'll witness in those bloody horror films, and actually seem to have been modelled on the type of nasty, in-your-face torture found in the SAWs. Bodily dismemberment, self harm, and explosion are the order of the day. Okay, so this film does have one of the most obvious 'twist' endings ever – one of those ones you'll guess right at the very beginning – but don't let that put you off. BOOGEYMAN 2 is a horror effort that offers chills and gore in equal amount.
To be honest, this film doesn't have to do a lot to succeed. It's set in an asylum, and history has shown us that asylum-set horror films are usually very effective at conjuring up a spooky atmosphere. It's a slasher film, quickly adopting the usual template – about ten minutes waiting around until a gruesome death, then a face-off between sole survivor and killer at the climax – but as I haven't watched any slashers in a while I didn't mind that at all. 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. Plus, the film provides work for two veteran actors – Tobin Bell, best known as Jigsaw in the SAW franchise, and Renee O'Connor, best known for her portrayal of Gabrielle in '90s TV series XENA: WARRIOR PRINCESS. The mention of SAW brings me to another point: this film's deaths. They're as gruesome as anything you'll witness in those bloody horror films, and actually seem to have been modelled on the type of nasty, in-your-face torture found in the SAWs. Bodily dismemberment, self harm, and explosion are the order of the day. Okay, so this film does have one of the most obvious 'twist' endings ever – one of those ones you'll guess right at the very beginning – but don't let that put you off. BOOGEYMAN 2 is a horror effort that offers chills and gore in equal amount.
So unremarkable as to become forgettable
dbborroughs28 December 2007
Direct to video sequel to the Boogeyman about a brother and sister traumatized by the killing of their parents by the boogeyman. The sister finds herself in a psyche ward and well...you can figure out the rest.
Unremarkable but okay horror story is okay if you find nothing else to watch but if you've seen one of these films before for you've seen them all. The problem is that the film, while well made simply doesn't have anything in it that makes it stand out. This is probably as middle of the pile as you can go and has had the life crushed out of it from the stuff above and below it. I can't recommend it but can't say not to see it ether.
Unremarkable but okay horror story is okay if you find nothing else to watch but if you've seen one of these films before for you've seen them all. The problem is that the film, while well made simply doesn't have anything in it that makes it stand out. This is probably as middle of the pile as you can go and has had the life crushed out of it from the stuff above and below it. I can't recommend it but can't say not to see it ether.
Surprisingly decent little straight-to-DVD slasher flick.
poolandrews2 January 2008
Warning: Spoilers
Boogeyman 2 starts as 8 year old Laura (Sammi Hanratty) & her 11 year old brother Henry Porter (Jarrod Bailey) witness the brutal killings of both their parents by an unknown 'boogeyman'. 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. With the help of Dr. Jessica Ryan (Renee O'Connor) & other's who suffer from a wide range of phobia's Laura hopes to stop having constant nightmares, however a fellow patient Mark (David Gallagher) who is afraid of the dark is found sliced in half. 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. The film finished with several twists & turns not all of which make perfect logical sense but they work well enough & quite liked them. Teen slashers aren't know for their deep character's but that's one of Boogeyman 2's strength's, while they aren't exactly likable & you won't mind or care when they get killed off the character's here have a little bit more to them than one might expect. With the fact that they all have individual fears that affect them them in different ways it gives them a little bit more personality & help them stand out a bit more than than the usual annoying teenager who populate slasher films. At about 90 odd minutes it moves along at a decent pace, there's a steady stream of gory & quite inventive murders & is certainly one of the better low budget slasher films I've seen made this millennium.
Director Betancourt does a decent job here, while it's nowhere near as bad as The Blair Witch Project (1999) he always keeps his camera moving, even when it's just shot's of people talking the camera sways from side to side. The whole film reminds me of an episode of Dawson's Creek (1998 - 2003) with very autumnal colours & that shaky hand-held type cinematography although I'm not sure if the comparison is a compliment or not! There are some pleasingly gory & over-the-top murder scenes too, a guy is literally gutted as his intestines splat on the floor, there are knives in throats, someone is cut in half & hung up, someone is filled with fat which makes their skin expand & eventually explode, there's a cool bit when someone has their chest forced open & their heart is pulled out, there's a bit which made me queasy (not easy to do these days) where a girl has maggots crawling all over her arm & burrowing into cuts before she grabs a scalpel & slices her arms open to get them out & a really cool decapitation via garden shears (chrome plated no less!) which surely was inspired by the classic slasher The Burning (1981). 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. A lot like Wrong Turn 2: Dead End (2007) in fact only not as good. This is probably one of the few recent horror flicks not to have any noticeable CGI computer effects, it's good old fashioned fake blood & proper make-up effects all the way. 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. OK sure it isn't any sort of masterpiece but for what it is I liked it & thought it worked surprisingly well. Worth a watch especially if you like horror films. Not to be confused with either of the Ulli Lommel films The Boogeyman (1980) or it's sequels Boogeyman II (1983) & Return of the Boogeyman (1994).
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. The film finished with several twists & turns not all of which make perfect logical sense but they work well enough & quite liked them. Teen slashers aren't know for their deep character's but that's one of Boogeyman 2's strength's, while they aren't exactly likable & you won't mind or care when they get killed off the character's here have a little bit more to them than one might expect. With the fact that they all have individual fears that affect them them in different ways it gives them a little bit more personality & help them stand out a bit more than than the usual annoying teenager who populate slasher films. At about 90 odd minutes it moves along at a decent pace, there's a steady stream of gory & quite inventive murders & is certainly one of the better low budget slasher films I've seen made this millennium.
Director Betancourt does a decent job here, while it's nowhere near as bad as The Blair Witch Project (1999) he always keeps his camera moving, even when it's just shot's of people talking the camera sways from side to side. The whole film reminds me of an episode of Dawson's Creek (1998 - 2003) with very autumnal colours & that shaky hand-held type cinematography although I'm not sure if the comparison is a compliment or not! There are some pleasingly gory & over-the-top murder scenes too, a guy is literally gutted as his intestines splat on the floor, there are knives in throats, someone is cut in half & hung up, someone is filled with fat which makes their skin expand & eventually explode, there's a cool bit when someone has their chest forced open & their heart is pulled out, there's a bit which made me queasy (not easy to do these days) where a girl has maggots crawling all over her arm & burrowing into cuts before she grabs a scalpel & slices her arms open to get them out & a really cool decapitation via garden shears (chrome plated no less!) which surely was inspired by the classic slasher The Burning (1981). 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. A lot like Wrong Turn 2: Dead End (2007) in fact only not as good. This is probably one of the few recent horror flicks not to have any noticeable CGI computer effects, it's good old fashioned fake blood & proper make-up effects all the way. 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. OK sure it isn't any sort of masterpiece but for what it is I liked it & thought it worked surprisingly well. Worth a watch especially if you like horror films. Not to be confused with either of the Ulli Lommel films The Boogeyman (1980) or it's sequels Boogeyman II (1983) & Return of the Boogeyman (1994).
That mask is ashaming
Fernando-Rodrigues11 February 2021
Warning: Spoilers
Here we have all the clichés everyone loves to hate, but it works as a distraction. Stereotyped and dumb characters, weak actings and make-up effects, a clinic with less than 10 patients (including the staff), and a weak plot twist (the killer ran away and dressed somebody else with his clothes. Valentine (2001) could never).
better than you'd expect
whatsoevernevernever-125 December 2007
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 like
the 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! have fun
so i'm just saying this after watching the movie -
if you like a nice thrill and or like
the 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! have fun
What a big Surprise!!!!!!!!!!
Sham3328 January 2008
When I started watching this movie I expected another crappy PG-13 movie with stupid CGI, like the first Boogeyman. But, this was a surprise to me. This movie was incredibly better than the original. OK, you don't need too much to be better than that horrible movie but I guess this is the only sequel to a bad movie that is actually great. The acting is good, the gore effects are great and Tobin Bell was great. He made me remember Dr. Loomis. So if you want a good gore slasher with a twist in the end, you should check this out. It's like "Halloween II" meets "A Nightmare on Elm Street 3". Forget this is Boogeyman 2. It has nothing to do with the original and that's a great thing!
Bad sequel is better than the awful original, but is still bad
a_chinn2 January 2018
The first Boogeyman film was pretty awful, but it must have made enough money to warrant a direct-to-video sequel. Although this horror film is not very good, it is better than the original, but not by much. The story here has a young woman checking herself into a mental institution to deal with her fear of the Boogeyman. A major change from the first film is that the Boogeyman is much more flesh and blood and much less supernatural, which is an odd choice for a supernatural thriller. One smart choice by the filmmakers was to forego the PG13 rating and go for a hard R rating, filling their film with loads of gory practical special effects instead of the much overused computer generate gory special effects (i.e. "Ghost Ship" or "The House on Haunted Hill"). This sequel also has a better cast than the first film, with Renée O'Connor and Tobin Bell Tobin as doctors at the institution. 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.
Waste, waste waste
kels-errific5 February 2008
The only reason I am giving a 2 is because some of the actors managed to pull through the script.How they managed half of these scenes without bursting into hysterical laughter is beyond me. They at least held up on their end of the bargain.So, where to start. I wasn't expecting much on a direct-to-DVD movie, but holy sh*t was I in for a crap storm tonight. The first boogeyman sucked, no denying. So, to remedy the problem, looks like cues were taken from other horror films * cough cough SAW, and infused with a special spoonful of terrible. Seeing people die in the most disgusting ways was a reminder about what crap costs these days. $5.34 at your local blockbuster. PASS!!!
Low budget sequel to the worst-ever horror movie
lajos-917 June 2008
Warning: Spoilers
This movie is a waste of material and precious time... avoid it if possible. All parts are trivial, no real horrors... The plot is plain as it can get, you know how it will end before it begins. The beginning is the opening to your trials: guts cut out, woman pinned to the wall with a knife. Donr by who? A guy in a hoodie. Dear mother of God you could score with it in 1984 but not in 2007!! Then all psycho wrecks are killed by facing their own fears... Again, who's the psychiatrist? The Saw guy... Who's the second doctor? Gabrielle from Xena... like what?! The almost-closing scene with those gardening tools is really gross and loosy.
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