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Boogeyman (2005) 4.1
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4.1/10 from 24,875 users
Metascore: 32/100
Reviews: 388 user | 139 critic | 19 from Metacritic.com A young man tries to deal with the childhood terror that has affected his life. Director:Stephen Kay |
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Cast
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Uncle Mike
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Plot Summary
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Plot Synopsis
Storyline
Every culture has one - The horrible monster fueling young children's nightmares. But for Tim, the BOGEYMAN still lives in his memories as a creature that devoured his father 16 years earlier. Is the BOGEYMAN real? Or did Tim make him up to explain why his father abandoned his family? The answer lies hidden behind every dark corner and half-opened closet of his childhood home - A place he must return to and face the chilling unanswered questions... Dies the BOGEYMAN really exist?
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You thought it was a just a story... but it's real.Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of horror and terror/violence, and some partial nudity | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
4 February 2005 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Babaroga See more »Filming Locations:
Albert Park, Princes Street, Auckland Central Business District, Auckland, New Zealand See more »Box Office
Budget:
$20,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$19,020,655 (USA) (4 February 2005)Gross:
$103,542 (South Africa) (20 May 2005)Company Credits
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Tim: For fifteen years, everybody told me I was making it up. Everyone said it was just a story. There's no such thing as the Boogeyman. But I was right.
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Written by Ali Dee (as Ali Theodore) and Zach Danziger
Performed by Boomish
Courtesy of Dee Town Entertainment, Inc.
By Arrangement with Format
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Did You Know?
Trivia
Eric Kripke, who wrote the screenplay for this film, would go on to reference the film in an episode of his show Supernatural (2005). See more »Goofs
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. See more »Quotes
[from trailer]Tim: For fifteen years, everybody told me I was making it up. Everyone said it was just a story. There's no such thing as the Boogeyman. But I was right.
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Crazy Credits
In the theatrical version, after all of the credits have rolled there is a scene shot from inside of a closet looking out into a darkened room with a boy sleeping. The boy awakes and asks his mother (not pictured) to shut the closet door. Footsteps are heard as she approaches the door, but as she closes it, there is a huge slam noise and the screen cuts to a blue screen displaying, "This film was rated PG-13". See more »Connections
Featured in The Super Phelous Angry Reviewing Meta-Show or Something...: Phoogeywoogeyman 3 (2011) See more »Soundtracks
BodegaWritten by Ali Dee (as Ali Theodore) and Zach Danziger
Performed by Boomish
Courtesy of Dee Town Entertainment, Inc.
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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 ****