A film that seems to rely on jump scares more than anything else. The first half hour is a slow burn and nothing really happens. Guy sees a therapist and his first response is to call a hospital to unburden his patient on to them instead. His daughter tries to confide her feelings to him and he says "you have a therapist dr soandso right? You should tell her about it (instead of me although I am meant to be a therapist too and your dad). Ok so that's the first half hour of the film with a few vague jump noises and creepy music but you are wondering where is this leading to. Lots of references to a monster in a closet which might be scary to any 8 yr old watching this. If you are older than 8 yrs you might as well skip the first half hour. Considering that's already 1/3 of the film we aren't really off to a good start are we? The daughters therapist then has her session with the daughter claiming if we are scared of something the best thing to do is face it. How clichee and outdated. I am already bored to death and thinking what century was this directed in but ok at least it leads to a creepy atmosphere even though I completely disagree with that kind of approach to good therapy at least it should provide a good horror film. But does it? No idea, next 10 minutes are too dark to make out anything properly with us getting introduced to the dark thing next whatever that is since it is too dark to see it even if they showed it. Ok so half way through the film and still nothing has happened. The dark thing is identified as the boogeyman next. It needs to dark to stay hidden. That follows since this whole film has been complete darkness so far. I watched till 2/3 of the film then gave up. Complete waste of time. Maybe something meaningful happens in the last 30 minutes but I doubt it. To sum it up if you can sit through the whole film without falling asleep you deserve a medal. That would be the only reason to watch this atrocity.
Review of The Boogeyman
