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Boogeyman
Tagline: You thought it was a just a story... but it's real. Plot Outline: Stephen T. Kay's stylish thriller, BOOGEYMAN, takes one of horror's mythical figures and transports him into the 21st century. Though Tim Jensen (Barry Watson) is a successful magazine editor with a beautiful girlfriend (Tory Mussett), his childhood continues to haunt him. When he was only eight years old, Tim watched his father get eaten by the Boogeyman, or at least that's how he remembers it. Of course, no one believed him then--not even his mother (Lucy Lawless), who has just recently passed away. Wracked with guilt for not having been there to say goodbye, Tim decides to spend the night in his childhood home and confront the Boogeyman once and for all. But before that happens, he reunites with his old friend Kate (Emily Deschanel) and meets a young girl (Skye McCole Bartusiak) who is holding onto a dark secret of her own. Kay and cinematographer Bobby Bukowski pack BOOGEYMAN with enough tension for several films, finding terror in every doorknob and around every corner. Watson and Deschanel deliver grounded performances even as the supernatural insanity swirls around them. The result is a work that relies more on shocks and thrills than actual blood and guts in order to frighten its audience.
Also Known As: Boogeyman - Der schwarze Mann (Germany) MPAA: Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of horror and terror/violence, and some partial nudity. Runtime: 89 min Country: USA / New Zealand / Germany Language: English Color: Color Sound Mix: DTS / Dolby Digital / SDDS Certification: Argentina:13 / Australia:M / Brazil:14 / Canada:G (Quebec) / Canada:PG (Ontario) / Finland:K-15 / Germany:16 / Hong Kong:IIB / Ireland:15A / Netherlands:16 / Norway:15 / Philippines:PG-13 / Singapore:PG / Sweden:15 / UK:15 / USA:PG-13 (certificate #41008) / Greece:K-17 Quotes: Tim : When you're afraid, close your eyes and count to five. Sometimes it works for me. Franny Roberts : What happens when you get to six? Comment: Since movies began, thrillers have depended on a door just slightly ajar, with a narrow slit of darkness that promises to hold your worst fears. In the first five minutes of Boogeyman, a young boy's father is violently sucked into a closet, scarring the boy so badly that he grows up to be blank-faced Barry Watson (7th Heaven), who plays Tim, an editor at a newspaper or a magazine or something. Tim, to impress his girlfriend's parents, wears a coat and tie but doesn't shave his sexy stubble. A premonition of his mother's death drives him back to his childhood home so he can exorcise his phobias. From there...well, there's lots of atmospheric cinematography, regular jolts of loud music, and many quick edits. What actually happens is pretty obscure and, really, not worth unobscuring. The obsession with doors and doorknobs verges on the avant-garde. Also featuring a brief glimpse of Lucy Lawless (Xena: Warrior Princess), wearing some truly terrible old-age makeup. |
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UPC 043396012691
