Boogeyman (film)

• Barry Watson: Tim Jensen
• Emily Deschanel: Kate Houghton
• Skye McCole Bartusiak Franny Roberts
• Tory Mussett: Jessica
• Andrew Glover: Boogeyman
• Lucy Lawless: Tim's mother
• Charles Mesure: Tim's father
• Philip Gordon: Uncle Mike
• Aaron Murphy: Tim as a child

Boogeyman - The black man. . ( Original title: Boogeyman ) is an American- New Zealand - German horror film from 2005, it is a remake of The Boogey Man of 1980 directed by Stephen T. Kay, wrote the screenplay Eric Kripke, Juliet Snowden and Stiles White.

Action

Tim Jensen did a good job as a journalist and has a relationship with Jessica. When he was a child, his father was dragged from the boogeyman in the closet. Since then, Jensen has been traumatized. He spent some time in a mental institution.

Jensen's mother dies, after which he returns to the origin. There, he meets Kate Houghton, with whom he was friends at school. A psychologist advised him to spend some time in the former family home, which should help him to overcome his anxiety. In the end, it turns out that the Boogeyman feeds on human fear. Jensen overcomes his fear, which he defeated him.

Reviews

Kevin Crust wrote in the Los Angeles Times on February 7, 2005, the film offers neither entertainment nor originality. He would disappoint the fans of the genre strong.

The lexicon of international film wrote that the " confused horror film" fiddle " with any bits and pieces of various genre classics, without telling a meaningful story." He tries to compensate " the absent horror with a highly strenuous, trimmed to shock sound carpet ".

The magazine wrote Cinema, the film was a " conventional but highly exciting thriller with creepy - good sound and diabolical staccato cuts ". He mixed elements of Jeepers Creepers and Nightmare - Elm Street, which he may provide " a lot of adrenaline ."

Background

The film was in Auckland, Waikato (New Zealand) and filmed in Savannah (Georgia ). His cost of production was estimated at 20 million U.S. dollars. He played worldwide about 67.2 million U.S. dollars, including about 46.4 million U.S. dollars in the cinemas of the United States. In Germany, almost 136 thousand moviegoers were counted. In March 2005, the film on the Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Films was shown in January 2006 the French followed Gerardmer Film Festival.

Continuations

In 2008 in the U.S. Boogeyman 2 - When the night Your enemy is published as a direct-to- DVD production. With this film, the editor Jeff Betancourt made ​​his debut as a director. The album was produced again Sam Raimi and Robert G. Tapert. The focus of the film is the young wife, Laura Porter, played by Danielle Savre, which is threatened by a boogeyman during the nights.

A third part, Boogeyman 3, was released in January 2009 in the U.S. on DVD. This came in the German rental in June 2009.