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Boogeyman
Generally unfavorable reviews
Based on 19 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 30 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Drama | Horror | Mystery | Suspense/Thriller
Written by:
Eric Kripke (also story)
Juliet Snowden
Stiles White
Directed by: Stephen T. Kay
Release Date:
Theatrical: February 4, 2005
DVD: May 31, 2005
Running Time: 86 minutes, Color
Origin: USA / New Zealand
Summary
RATING: PG-13 for intense sequences of horror and terror/violence, and some partial nudity
Starring Barry Watson, Emily Deschanel, Skye McCole Bartusiak, Lucy Lawless, Tory Mussett, Robyn Malcolm, Charles Mesure, and Louise Wallace
In this chilling horror movie, Barry Watson stars as Tim, a young man who must return to his childhood home and confront the terrifying visions that have haunted him all his life. (Screen Gems)
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Variety Joe Leydon
Trendy influence of insidiously creepy Japanese horror pics is felt in almost every frame of Boogeyman. The effectively atmospheric and unusually involving thriller tells the story of a distraught young man's protracted duel of wits with the eponymous evildoer.
Read Full Review >Dallas Observer Luke Y. Thompson
Director Stephen T. Kay (The Last Time I Committed Suicide) busts off some cool shots, and Eric Kripke's story is pretty sound until the finale. Worth a look for horror fans, but nothing classic.
Read Full Review >The Hollywood Reporter Frank Scheck
It suffers from a lack of genuine chills or suspense that renders its slight virtues rather moot.
Read Full Review >Film Threat Heidi Martinuzzi
This film does cause shivers, creeps, scares, and jumps. It may even make you scream a bit.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle Peter Hartlaub
An otherwise passable horror film that delivers more than enough cheap thrills to forgive the plot holes.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Kevin Crust
Has little to offer in the way of entertainment or originality.
Read Full Review >Empire Dan Jolin
An opportunity to exploit childhood nocturnal fears is missed in a second-rate horror.
Read Full Review >Philadelphia Inquirer David Hiltbrand
While stylishly filmed and edited, Boogeyman is filled with every imaginable fright cliche... It's like a meal consisting entirely of airy hors d'oeuvres.
Read Full Review >The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Stephen Cole
A film willing to cheat whatever way necessary to scare you... The good news is that once you leave the theatre, you'll never think of Boogeyman again.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum
This is strictly substandard stuff, with imitative creepy noises, vertiginous camera angles, and long pauses.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club) Keith Phipps
Mostly Boogeyman remains content to be a film about a boogeyman who hides in closets and under beds and gobbles people up. And for that, it deserves a certain amount of respect. On the other hand, the film could hardly be any sillier.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Anita Gates
The filmmakers are smart enough to keep the monster out of sight for a long time and then to show only glimpses, but a similar tactic of providing only glimpses of plot and character is disastrous.
Read Full Review >New York Post Lou Lumenick
The MPAA's rating explanation for this PG-13-rated snoozer misleadingly claims it contains "intense sequences of terror/violence"; it would be more accurate to state that Boogeyman contains "virtually every horror-movie cliché of the past 30 years."
Read Full Review >TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
If you can't spell "bogeyman," you shouldn't make movies about him.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Joshua Land
It's difficult to remember a recent movie with less regard for spatial or temporal coherence. With the bar set so low, one wouldn't think the ending could possibly come as a letdown. Believe me, it does.
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov
Even the should-have-been-triumphant revelation of the Boogeyman arrives as a CGI letdown of epic proportions.
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Wesley Morris
A horror film whose only scare is that it was made at all... As with so many stupid horror movies in these post-''Scream" times, this one is at such a creative loss that all it can do is make its audience feel duped for having purchased a ticket.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 3.7 (out of 10) based on 30 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
adrian m gave it a2:
This movie is one of worse that I have seen stocks on fear there were some frights that they were nice and were plundering you, but the majorities of frights were giving laugh Nothing advisable to see before any movie that you have before that this.
Sol G gave it a0:
I thought this movie was going 2 be good but it wasnt it was not thought out well and very very bad acting like the boogeyman was not even scay.
chloe s gave it a0:
Its not scary at all i could watch it over and over again although the first half is the best bit.
M King gave it a7:
After all the reviews here I was expecting this to be terrible, but I really enjoyed it - it had some less-than-satisfying moments, but overall was a lot of fun.
Eddie Mac gave it a1:
This is easily the scariest movie ever; if of course the only other movie you've ever seen stars the Olsen twins. It is impossible to be scared by this movie. It had potential; I'll give you that, if only the people who made the trailer would have made the actual movie. I've seen a lot of bad movies, especially bad "horror" movies, and this one is right down there with Cabin Fever and Exorcist 4. Embarrassingly Awful!
Sam gave it a7:
Good movie. Not scary, but i bet if these people tried a bit harder they could make a scary movie, because the idea was fun, and it was eerie, just not scary. Pretty dang fun.
Chrystal gave it a3:
This movie was one of the worst I've seen lately. Not the scariest movie ever as some critics say. I wouldn't waste my money renting this one again. The effects were not good at all and the movie was slow and boring. The only part that was good was when it ended. Can anyone make a scary movie that actually scares you?
