Boogeyman
Dir: Stephen T. Kay
Cast: Barry Watson, Emily Deschanel, Lucy Lawless
He's scared of closet
monster inside kidnapped dad
great if you're fourteen
Perhaps the scariest thing about this movie is that it was the Number 1 film at the Box Office in the US and has just achieved the same feat here in the UK. Actually, I'm being a little harsh; after the rubbish I sat through last week I was expecting the worst from Boogeyman but in fact it was a reasonably entertaining slice of horror. Obviously there's nothing original in the plot, but it's played straight and the fact that the lead actors are all in their twenties (rather than in their teens) gives the film a little more weight and credibility than you might have expected. The director uses every cliche in the book to good effect and seems hellbent on making the audience jump at every opportunity - I would imagine that if you're fourteen years old (just under the film's BBFC rating) then this is probably the scariest movie you've ever seen! Sadly the film runs out of steam towards the end and the final battle with the boogeyman character just kinda happens without any attempt to explain what's actually happening on screen. I imagine the production company are already dreaming up ideas for a sequel as I sit here typing this...
soulmining rating: ***
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Hmm... if there's a sequal, i hope its a good 1. Coz i dun understand d ending at all. Dunno how d boogeyman died. Did he died or juz gone?
However, my bf think its a good story. Can u c how different we r? Thanx 4 d info. It helps! :)
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