Boogeyman (2005)

I've recently gained a desire for horror films, and for some reason now enjoy being scared, having watched this I must admit there are more scares watching episodes of Scooby Doo. This film is proof that reviews generally work, and the fact that this film has generally dire reviews is no accident. The basic story of the film, a young guy Tim, who has a vivid imagination and a fear of the Boogeyman sees his father carried off by the Boogeyman, and is haunted in later life by the fiend, but does he exist, or was he just a coping mechanism? The trouble is that after ten minutes of the film you simply couldn't care less, a very weak story, poorly devised characters and absolutely no scares.Do yourself a favour and ignore it, I wish I had!! 3/10

A young man (Barry Watson) tries to deal with the childhood terror that has affected his life.Is Emily Deschanel the poor man's Deschanel? In 2005, this might have been the case. Sister Zooey was already huge with films like "Elf". But soon, you know what? Emily would go on to do over 200 episodes as the lead character in "Bones". (Though her name is still probably not as well known, her success is not debatable.) This film seems to have terrible ratings... and yet they made some sequels? It's not actually a bad movie. If anything, maybe people were disappointed that we see so little of this "boogeyman" monster... but that should not be a strike against it. Rather than scare us outright, they worked on building the suspense. And that, to me, is the more challenging approach.

I had high hopes for this movie and for the first 10 minutes it seemed to live up to them but it eventually lost its way, and towards the end became a little messy.Great camera work, clearly made on a good budget, good acting - but to my surprise, considering it was written Eric Kripke, it was the structure of the story that let it down. Started off promisingly but I lost interest after about 1/3 of the movie as it stumbled along clumsily and never regained momentum. If you're a fan of the genre it is worth a watch but I don't consider it to have any re-watch value at all.

A cliché title of the monster in the closet, a young man living in the countryside is traumatized by the terrible events of his past he experienced in his childhood bedroom. He decides to face the fears of this monstrous creature by returning to his childhood home.Though the movie's title sounds cliché, this film actually has a nice, flowing plot that is full of suspense that will keep the audience engaged. Even the subplot of the main character's family and his girlfriend is intriguing. The acting was decent and the horror elements and sequences of the Boogeyman will actually give you quite a scare and have you hold the handle of your seat a few times. One of the more scarier and better horror movies i've seen.Grade B-