| "Boogeyman"
Barry
Watson. Emily Deschanel. Horror.
Synopsis:
A young man goes back to the house in which he was tormented
by the Boogeyman as a child, in an attempt to face his fears.
Review:
The trailers proclaim that this is the 'scariest movie ever.' It
probably is, if you're afraid of spending $6 on a horrible movie.
But even by those standards, Alone in the Dark would then reign
supreme.
Tim has
spent his life being afraid of closets. In fact, at his apartment,
none of the closets or cupboards have doors. His father was abducted
by the Boogeyman when he was 10, but everyone told him that he made
up the story, that he just couldn't deal with his father leaving.
Anyway,
it's 15 years later, and Tim is traveling to his old stomping grounds
for Thanksgiving when his mother dies. This is the impetus
to get him back to his childhood home, where he intends to (yawn)
confront his childhood demon.
I have
to admit that for about 10 minutes during the middle of this film,
I thought that the screenwriter had created a somewhat unique twist
to the whole Boogeyman mythos, and that this was going to accelerate
rapidly into a great film. But once again, I overestimated
the filmmakers' intelligence, while they insulted mine.
This movie
covered so many horror clichés - children's mental ward,
check; abandoned country house, check; funeral, check - that I was
almost disappointed when the film ended and I hadn't seen the obligatory
black cat jump out from behind a closed door.
OVERALL
GRADE: D- |
