Boogeyman (2005)

This movie has copped serious abuse online so I decided to check out how true the online reviews were. Boogeyman is not as bad as they claim and quite an interesting view on childhood fears but its def no classic. A young man called Tim goes back to his childhood home after his father was taken by the title monster and his mother dies to get her things but cant escape from the boogyman who wants him and those who are close to him. The acting is the strongest part of the film thou Lucy Lu is badly miscast as the mum in the film. The direction starts off well but simply resorts to the same old plot twists seen in better ghost stories. The scares mainly come from the sound effects turned up high but theres a few jumps to be had. The effects are pretty awful with cheap CGI and some plot points are simply downright stupid like one of Tims friends disappers and all he can say is "he took him/her" without showing what happened which reeks of bad film making but the climax is rather exciting when Tim goes head to head with boogyman. Not bad but it could had been something really classy if they fixed some story points and didnt go all cheap with others

Another movie with potential that was never fully explored. It wasn't a bad movie but had gaping plot holes and no explanation or closure at the end.

Not as good as I was hoping, had plenty of chills and jumps but was missing a good storyline, the ending also felt rushed, could have been so much more but just missed the mark, still worth a watch in saying that, you'll enjoy if you liked "the ring" etc.

I remember the preview being so good. I was looking forward to see this film and unfortunately, it disappoint the hell out of me. Good title but the movie is crap especially the ending.

The film was pretty average for me. I would have put it on my 2Buy list but the ending was a bit disappointing as far as I'm concern. Don't say I didn't warn you.

A very good movie - full of suspense and kept you waiting for what was going to happen next, but despite the suspense it didn't have much of a storyline and continuity. It spent too much time going backwards and forwards between the present and the past and one tended to lose the plot a bit, but still very enjoyable.

Far more interesting and entertaining is something like The Exorcism of Emily Rose. This movie started on quite the spooky entertaining premise but lost it in the final third. I suppose Hollywood is running out of things to do/places to go.

I liked this movie alot. It wasn't that scary, but it had a few more jumps than most other "scary" films. I loved the part of Lucy Lawless. You can hear, if you listen closely, glimpses of the Xena voice you should damn well know by now. But mostly it's a good night time film for those who love or hate the dark, scary closet.