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Boogeyman (2005) -- A young man tries to deal with the childhood terror that has affected his life.
Boogeyman (2005) -- A young man tries to deal with the childhood terror that has affected his life.
Boogeyman (2005) -- A young man tries to deal with the childhood terror that has affected his life.
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Overview

User Rating:
3.8/10   13,139 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Eric Kripke (story)
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Release Date:
4 February 2005 (USA) more
Tagline:
You thought it was a just a story... but it's real.
Plot:
A young man tries to deal with the childhood terror that has affected his life. full summary | full synopsis
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Barry Watson ... Tim

Emily Deschanel ... Kate Houghton

Skye McCole Bartusiak ... Franny Roberts

Tory Mussett ... Jessica
Andrew Glover ... Boogeyman

Lucy Lawless ... Tim's Mother
Charles Mesure ... Tim's Father
Philip Gordon ... Uncle Mike
Aaron Murphy ... Young Tim
Jennifer Rucker ... Pam

Scott Wills ... Co-Worker
Michael Saccente ... Jessica's Dad
Louise Wallace ... Jessica's Mom
Brenda Simmons ... Jessica's Grandma
Josie Tweed ... Jessica's Sister
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Boogeyman - Der schwarze Mann (Germany)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of horror and terror/violence, and some partial nudity.
Runtime:
89 min
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Continuity: When Tim goes swerves around the truck on his way to the house you can see a hubcap rolling off the left side of his car. Both hubcaps are on the left side of his car in following scenes. more
Quotes:
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Katie: Listen to me Tim. It's time to grow up. Nothing supernatural happened. These feelings you're having, they're going to get worse unless you face this. Go home Tim. Spend one night in that house. It will help.
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130 out of 239 people found the following review useful.
Hollywood insults the audience again, 5 February 2005
1/10
Author: Matt..377 from United States

Yep, it's official. Overproduced garbage is what Hollywood considers horror thrillers these days. Another in the long line of generously funded but substantially lacking horror films somehow finds distribution, this time it's "Boogeyman".

A young man must content with his childhood fears of the Boogeyman, who has seemingly "stolen" his father and others close to him. Without giving anything away, that's the extent of the nonexistent plot. There are no surprised or character development, which culminates in a ho-hum ending.

As others have pointed out, the director must've thought he was filming a video for MTV, which camera swoops and shakes (not to mention loud bangs) passing for scares.

Save your money and your time and rent a low-budget horror film instead, the reward will be much greater.

* out of ****

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