Don't Look Under the Bed (1999)

A teen enlists the help of an imaginary friend named Larry Houdini to deal with a prank-playing bogeyman, who's framing her for his dastardly deeds.

Director:

Kenneth Johnson

Writer:

Mark Edward Edens

Stars:

Erin Chambers, Ty Hodges, Robin Riker

1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Erin Chambers	...	Frances Bacon McCausland
Ty Hodges	...	Larry Houdini (as Eric 'Ty' Hodges II)
Robin Riker	...	Karen McCausland
Steve Valentine	...	Boogeyman
Mary Parker Williams	...	Ms. Readle
Geoff Hansen	...	Mr. Kepler
Barry Yourgrau	...	Principle Gribben
Stephen Tobolowsky	...	Michael McCausland
Nathan Stevens	...	Bert McCausland
RuDee Sade	...	Joanne Smith (as RuDee Lipscomb)
Rachel Kimsey	...	Zoe
Ruth Hale	...	Old Zoe
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Cody Cowdell	...	Library Child #1
Frank Gerrish	...	Driving Instructor
Travis Holt Hamilton	...	Johnny - Student

Storyline

A teen enlists the help of an imaginary friend named Larry Houdini to deal with a prank-playing bogeyman, who's framing her for his dastardly deeds.

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Plot Keywords:

horror for children | leukemia | boogeyman | imaginary friend | prank | 

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Genres:

Family | Fantasy

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 October 1999 (USA)

Also Known As:

Don't Look Under the Bed

Filming Locations:

Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Walt Disney Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Black and White (one scene) Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

Viewers almost got a much scarier Boogeyman as depicted in early concept drawings for the film. In those, the Boogeyman was depicted as a very dark and crow like creature that was hardly visible and it had quills sticking out. Ultimately, director Kenneth Johnson decided he didn't want the Boogeyman to be too dark and made him look more Victorian and made him speak in rhymed couplets to give the Boogeyman a more poetic and light-hearted quality.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Frances Bacon McCausland: [narrating] Middleberg is a middle-sized town in the middle of the country. Middleberg is where I live, and so does something... else. Some people said that Middleberg was dull, that nothing ever happened here. Well, they were very wrong.

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Connections

Featured in Disneycember: Don't Look Under the Bed (2018)

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Soundtracks

Boogie Wonderland
Written by Jon Lind (as John Land) and Allee Willis
Performed by Earth Wind & Fire

User Reviews

Not bad...

This is actually a pretty good TV movie. It's both serious and comic. I saw this one night when I was bored and had nothing to do. At first, I thought it was just going to be stupid, immature movie, but I watched it all the way through, and I was pretty impressed. It's a good movie for the entire family.