Boogeyman 2 (2007)

A young woman attempts to cure her phobia of the boogeyman by checking herself into a mental health facility, only to realize too little too late that she is now helplessly trapped with her own greatest fear.

Director:

Jeff Betancourt

Writers:

Brian Sieve, Eric Kripke (characters)

Stars:

Danielle Savre, Matt Cohen, Chrissy Calhoun

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Danielle Savre	...	Laura Porter
Matt Cohen	...	Henry Porter (as Matthew Cohen)
Chrissy Calhoun	...	Nicky (as Chrissy Griffith)
Michael Graziadei	...	Darren
Mae Whitman	...	Alison
Renée O'Connor	...	Dr. Jessica Ryan (as Reneé O'Connor)
Tobin Bell	...	Dr. Mitchell Allen
Johnny Simmons	...	Paul
David Gallagher	...	Mark
Lesli Margherita	...	Gloria
Tom Lenk	...	Perry
Sammi Hanratty	...	Young Laura
Jarrod Bailey	...	Young Henry
Lucas Fleischer	...	Mr. Porter
Suzanne Jamieson	...	Mrs. Porter

Storyline

A young woman with a long-term phobia of the boogeyman voluntarily checks herself into a mental health facility with the hope of conquering her overwhelming fear. However, much to her horror, she discovers that some things are terrifying on purpose, and confronting her demons was not the best course of action.

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Plot Keywords:

second part | freaking out | mental health facility | tape over mouth | teen slasher | 

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Taglines:

Fear. In The Flesh.

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Genres:

Drama | Horror | Thriller

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Certificate:

Unrated

Did You Know?

Trivia

Lucy Lawless, who was the star of Xena: Warrior Princess (1995), was in Boogeyman (2005), while her Xena costar, Renée O'Connor, was in this sequel. The producers of Xena, Rob Tapert and Sam Raimi, are the producers of the Boogeyman films.

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Goofs

Before she runs to the basement, Laura's chest and neck are completely covered in blood. Once she's in the basement, only her breasts and jaw have blood on them.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Laura Porter: [voice-over] All kids are afraid of the boogeyman. Henry and I were no different, even before that night.

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Crazy Credits

the maggot "Timmy" is credited as a "stunt maggot".

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Connections

Followed by Boogeyman 3 (2008)

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Soundtracks

Fugoid
Written and Performed by Mike Wigglesworth, Brett Heet, Jesse Laird and Matt Just

User Reviews

boogeyman 2

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

Details

Official Sites:

Sony [United States]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 January 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

Boogeyman 2

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$4,500,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$1,798,418

Company Credits

Production Co:

Destination Films, Ghost House Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1