The Boogeyman - Movie Review

A 90 film based on the 12 page short story by Stephen King....kind of. Here's my review for THE BOOGEYMAN!

[Macapta]

If they’re gonna make movies of Stephen King shorts, why not do an anthology with multiple stories?

[JoyaLewisTheMusician]

I love how expressive your thumbnails are. Like they’re not crazily edited or weird-looking - it’s just you exuding how you feel about each piece of content, and us absolutely understanding that the moment we see it!

[HeisenbergFam]

1:05 "This is creepy, im in"
Jeremy gives the vibe of the neighbour's kid in adult form and I respect that

[joshhunt]

What I really liked in the film is that there were no cheap scares. Every scare was meaningful and genuinely scary. There wasn’t jump scare for the sake of jump scare. The characters are great as is the acting… and Im not sure how the fact that you can’t see what’s chasing them is a negative? I could see they were running from something but I couldn’t see what and tbh I never wanted to. Imagination is scarier than whatever the thing was. Anyway, really enjoyed it. Better than Smile

[ardent]

Jeremy's reviews for bad movies is the reason why I subscribed in the first place

[tryan]

Director: “Great job Vivian. What did you think of to get you so terrified?”

Vivian Lyra Blair: “I thought about doing Obi-Wan season 2”

[d_]

You can do a dark scene right. The movie with the blind dude nailed it.

[ilash]

I may be in the minority here but I really enjoyed this. I thought it was actually solidly scary thanks to, yes, the sound design and most especially the acting. Little Princess Leia, in particular, really, really sells the horror. I didn't really have much trouble with the final act either as the rest of the film managed to get its hooks into me. That said, you really don't want to think about the movie too much - the plot holes are not insignificant.

[NavajoNinja]

Red Eye is an awesome horror flick with A+ suspense and acting.

[Jcage]

i really enjoyed this movie personally. i loved all the call backs i made in my head to things like Annihilation, Dead Space, Silent Hill, Resident Evil, and Stranger Things! The monster to me was super cool and definitely not what i expected!

[patrickrobinsob]

I KNEW this movie was NOTHING like the short story!! I’ve read the story so many times and it’s frustrating that this clearly a loose adaption. Thank you Jeremy for proving what I was worried about with this movie.

[nathanslay]

Jeremy, I just wanna say that I enjoy listening to your reviews. I appreciate your honest opinion. You don’t pander to anyone and you’re just also entertaining to listen to.
Good review here. Too bad the movie cannot make up its mind on what kind of horror film it wants to be.

[Juicyfear]

I’m just happy to hear this movie isn’t bad

[jonwalsh]

To answer Jeremy’s question: Us. Us started out very tense and had great pacing and acting. However, once the “tethered” showed up, it completely fell apart. Nothing made sense, it was dumb, and worst of all, it wasn’t scary. And don’t tell me that the symbolism behind it is what made it good. I went into a horror movie wanting to be scared and it failed at that. Get Out and Hereditary both scared the shit out of me, and their symbolism was great, and perfectly balanced with the horror

[shurickster]

Just came back from watching it. The start was indeed one of the best intros to a horror movie i have seen. VERY creepy and unsettling. The ambience kept strong through the movie great tense camera shots, especially revolving the doors. The only thing that made me go huh? in the movie was the scenes in the older if the entire point was to light up the hallways so it wont show up - why was it so easy for it to snuff out the light? seems pointless to try and light it then..

[AJ_]

Lights out, and Darkness Falls did monster only visible in the dark SO MUCH better.

[matthieucote]

I saw it last week too (and also got to interview Sophie Thatcher!!), it was surprisingly good and fucking scary at times, especially for a PG-13.

[ricoallaroundinfo]

I think the movie is 💯 percent a great movie it was more physiological then horror it was about letting go of disturbing issues in your past or mentally you can destroy your family and yourself, it was ment to CLOSE THE DOOR TO YOUR PAST Instead of leaving things unfinished

[walterdbrown]

I expected nothing from it. The fact that I enjoyed 60-70% of it left me satisfied.

[DrSpectrum]

This is actually how Barbarian was for me. I was more intrigued by the first part of that movie rather than the second part, not to spoil the movie for anyone. Still, overall, I enjoyed the movie, but the third act just became a bit by the numbers for me with everything being predictable.