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The Bye Bye Man

  • 20172017
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 36m
IMDb RATING
4.3/10
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Three friends stumble upon the horrific origins of the Bye Bye Man, a mysterious figure they discover is the root cause of the evil behind man's most unspeakable acts.
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Three friends stumble upon the horrific origins of a mysterious figure they discover is the root cause of the evil behind unspeakable acts.Three friends stumble upon the horrific origins of a mysterious figure they discover is the root cause of the evil behind unspeakable acts.Three friends stumble upon the horrific origins of a mysterious figure they discover is the root cause of the evil behind unspeakable acts.
IMDb RATING
4.3/10
25K
YOUR RATING
    • Stacy Title
    • Jonathan Penner(screenplay by)
    • Robert Damon Schneck(based on "The Bridge to Body Island" by)
  • Stars
    • Douglas Smith
    • Lucien Laviscount
    • Cressida Bonas
    • Stacy Title
    • Jonathan Penner(screenplay by)
    • Robert Damon Schneck(based on "The Bridge to Body Island" by)
  • Stars
    • Douglas Smith
    • Lucien Laviscount
    • Cressida Bonas
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 319User reviews
    • 192Critic reviews
    • 37Metascore
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    Official Trailer
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    Trailer #1
    Trailer 1:42
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    Whispers
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    Honesty
    Clip 0:35
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    Just Doing My Job
    Clip 1:55
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    Admit It
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    Seance
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    Erased
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    The Bye Bye Man: Just Doing My Job
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    The Bye Bye Man: Seance
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    The Bye Bye Man: Admit It
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    Photos56

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    Doug Jones and Lucien Laviscount in The Bye Bye Man (2017)
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      • Jonathan Penner(screenplay by)
      • Robert Damon Schneck(based on "The Bridge to Body Island" by)
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    • Trivia
      The story on which the film is based, "The Bridge to Body Island," has a much more complex mythology for the Bye Bye Man: He was an albino born in New Orleans in 1912 who ran away as a child and became a derelict who lived in a train yard. After going blind he began murdering people and cutting out their eyes and tongues, which he sewed together and brought to life using voodoo. The resultant creature became the Bye Bye Man's literal seeing-eye dog, helping him hunt his prey. Several elements from the story- notably the dog and the motif of trains-- were retained for the movie, though their purpose is left undefined.
    • Goofs
      When the group first visits the old house and enters the basement there's a light bulb flickering. When you look closer you can see that it's a new model without the old wire type which used to cause the disconnection and therefore the flickering. Which means the flickering light you see is fake.
    • Quotes

      Elliot: No, Kim! There's a train, a real train!

      Train Driver: No!

    • Alternate versions
      An unrated cut was released on home video in April of 2017. It is 99 minutes long compared to the original cut of 96 minutes.
    • Connections
      Featured in Fuck You, It's January!!!: Fuck You, It's Forever!!! (2017)
    • Soundtracks
      Psychotic Reaction
      Written by Craig Atkinson,Sean Byrne (as John Byrne), Roy Chaney, Ken Ellner and John Michalski

      Performed by Count Five

      Courtesy of The Bicycle Music Company

    User reviews319

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    4/10
    Don't think it, don't say it, don't watch it.
    What has happened to this genre? Years ago it seemed a similar type of film would be hitting the big screen on an almost bimonthly basis, now when we get a horror, it always feels as if something is missing somehow.

    The Bye Bye Man begins well enough, and has a fairly interesting concept, trouble is the direction is so poor, it fails almost entirely to so the basic premise of a film, and tell a story, it's lazy somehow, we get no backstory, no real conclusion, and certainly no real tension.

    The acting was fair I guess, but none of the cast were treated well in terms of script.

    Overall, a total disappointment, some wonderful ideas, just badly realised, and way too predictable, you always seem to know what's coming next. 4/10
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    • Sleepin_Dragon
    • Feb 11, 2019

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    • Release date
      • January 13, 2017 (United States)
      • United States
      • China
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      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Berea, Ohio, USA
    • Production companies
      • Huayi Brothers Media
      • Intrepid Pictures
      • Los Angeles Media Fund (LAMF)
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    • 1 hour 36 minutes
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