Boogeyman (2005) Critic Reviews

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Boston Globe | Wesley MorrisAdd Critic to Favorites

A horror film whose only scare is that it was made at all... As with so many stupid horror movies in these post-''Scream" times, this one is at such a creative loss that all it can do is make its audience feel duped for having purchased a ticket.Read the full review

Entertainment Weekly | Lisa SchwarzbaumAdd Critic to Favorites

This is strictly substandard stuff, with imitative creepy noises, vertiginous camera angles, and long pauses.Read the full review

Los Angeles Times | Kevin CrustAdd Critic to Favorites

Has little to offer in the way of entertainment or originality.Read the full review

San Francisco Chronicle | Peter HartlaubAdd Critic to Favorites

An otherwise passable horror film that delivers more than enough cheap thrills to forgive the plot holes.Read the full review

The Hollywood Reporter | Frank ScheckAdd Critic to Favorites

It suffers from a lack of genuine chills or suspense that renders its slight virtues rather moot.Read the full review

The New York Times | Anita GatesAdd Critic to Favorites

The filmmakers are smart enough to keep the monster out of sight for a long time and then to show only glimpses, but a similar tactic of providing only glimpses of plot and character is disastrous.Read the full review

The Onion (A.V. Club) | Keith PhippsAdd Critic to Favorites

Mostly Boogeyman remains content to be a film about a boogeyman who hides in closets and under beds and gobbles people up. And for that, it deserves a certain amount of respect. On the other hand, the film could hardly be any sillier.Read the full review

Variety | Joe LeydonAdd Critic to Favorites

Trendy influence of insidiously creepy Japanese horror pics is felt in almost every frame of Boogeyman. The effectively atmospheric and unusually involving thriller tells the story of a distraught young man's protracted duel of wits with the eponymous evildoer.Read the full review

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