When will Hollywood give us horror film fans a good horror movie? I don't think we're being unreasonable. During the last couple of years, they have given us "Darkness Falls", "They", "The Ring 2", "The Grudge", "Hide and Seek" and poor remakes such as "The Haunting", "House On Haunted Hill", "Amityville Horror", "House Of Wax" (in-name only remake),"The Fog" and "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre". Not to mention the countless other horror atrocities that have gone directly to video/DVD.
To be fair the "Amityville" remake was technically better than the original and the newer "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" was a pretty good time- waster with some genuine thrills. Even some straight-to-video releases such as "Dead Birds" and "Toolbox Murders" had their moments but they were not on the same level as some of the earlier classics such as "Black Christmas", "Halloween", "The Shining", "The Exorcist", "Poltergeist", "Suspiria", "The Changeling", "The Howling", "An American Werewolf In London"... you get my point? Judging by Hollywood's recent track record, I'm getting the impression that today's film-maker's really don't give a darn about the "horror" genre. Which is a shame because there are millions of horror film fans out there just waiting for that one horror masterpiece.
The wait will continue because BOOGEYMAN isn't it. As a matter of fact, this film has got to be the worst horror film of the last 10 years.
The film stars a very stiff Barry Watson (whom I believe has no facial muscles since his expression does not seem to change for the duration of this film) who plays a traumatized magazine editor who returns to his childhood home to confront his childhood fear- the CGI created title character. Sounds interesting? It really isn't. Maybe with a different cast, different script and a different director, this may have been worth the while but everything about this film is "bottom-of-the- barrel". The entire adult cast including Lucy Lawless is stiff and uninspired. The child protagonist Skye McCole Bartusiak doesn't fare any better. I never thought the day would come that I'd utter these unfortunate words: "Dakota Fanning- where are you?"
As for the Boogeyman himself, once he's revealed to the viewer, he is as frightening as Gonzo from "The Muppet Show". But wait, even the muppets have more depth, more character than this flat, dreary, one-dimensional entity created using someone's laptop.
There is an obscure, low-budget, early 80's horror film called "The Boogeyman" starring the life-less (I am sensing a trend here) Suzanne Love and the always creepy John Carradine. Although it is no masterpiece and the film suffers greatly from it's obvious low-budget and bad acting, it is still a lot more entertaining and creative than this stinker. "Boogeyman"(2005) has nothing to recommend it. There's not one memorable scene or character. Even as a B-movie this fails.
If it's thrills, chills and action you're looking for then watch an episode of "Iron Chef-America" and thank me later.
Highly not recommended.
To be fair the "Amityville" remake was technically better than the original and the newer "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" was a pretty good time- waster with some genuine thrills. Even some straight-to-video releases such as "Dead Birds" and "Toolbox Murders" had their moments but they were not on the same level as some of the earlier classics such as "Black Christmas", "Halloween", "The Shining", "The Exorcist", "Poltergeist", "Suspiria", "The Changeling", "The Howling", "An American Werewolf In London"... you get my point? Judging by Hollywood's recent track record, I'm getting the impression that today's film-maker's really don't give a darn about the "horror" genre. Which is a shame because there are millions of horror film fans out there just waiting for that one horror masterpiece.
The wait will continue because BOOGEYMAN isn't it. As a matter of fact, this film has got to be the worst horror film of the last 10 years.
The film stars a very stiff Barry Watson (whom I believe has no facial muscles since his expression does not seem to change for the duration of this film) who plays a traumatized magazine editor who returns to his childhood home to confront his childhood fear- the CGI created title character. Sounds interesting? It really isn't. Maybe with a different cast, different script and a different director, this may have been worth the while but everything about this film is "bottom-of-the- barrel". The entire adult cast including Lucy Lawless is stiff and uninspired. The child protagonist Skye McCole Bartusiak doesn't fare any better. I never thought the day would come that I'd utter these unfortunate words: "Dakota Fanning- where are you?"
As for the Boogeyman himself, once he's revealed to the viewer, he is as frightening as Gonzo from "The Muppet Show". But wait, even the muppets have more depth, more character than this flat, dreary, one-dimensional entity created using someone's laptop.
There is an obscure, low-budget, early 80's horror film called "The Boogeyman" starring the life-less (I am sensing a trend here) Suzanne Love and the always creepy John Carradine. Although it is no masterpiece and the film suffers greatly from it's obvious low-budget and bad acting, it is still a lot more entertaining and creative than this stinker. "Boogeyman"(2005) has nothing to recommend it. There's not one memorable scene or character. Even as a B-movie this fails.
If it's thrills, chills and action you're looking for then watch an episode of "Iron Chef-America" and thank me later.
Highly not recommended.