The film picks up with Sadie Harper ( Yellowjackets‘ Sophie Thatcher) just a few weeks after the tragic death of her mom, an event that has sent her, her little sister Sawyer ( Obi-Wan Kenobi‘s Vivien Lyra Blair), and her psychiatrist father, Will ( Air‘s Chris Messina), into a quiet, collective emotional spiral. The Boogeyman’s story is one that audiences have seen before. It’s a lean thrill ride that cleanly accomplishes everything it sets out to do, though some people may be let down by the fact that it doesn’t set out to do anything more than entertain and scare you for approximately 91 minutes. Directed by Rob Savage, the film is a well-constructed piece of horror that doesn’t so much reinvent the wheel as much as it reminds us why the creaky floorboards and dark corners of our house always seem so terrifying after everyone’s gone to bed. In that sense, The Boogeyman is a fairly simple haunted house film, one that isn’t as interested in inventing new things for us to be afraid of as it is in revisiting some old favorites.įortunately, what both it and the Stephen King short story it’s based on lack in originality, The Boogeyman makes up for in its execution. The film doesn’t just derive its title from the most well-known of childhood monsters, it also gorges itself on familiar horrors - the kind that have haunted children (and adults) since the dawn of time. Doors open and slam shut, lights flicker on and off, teeth get pulled, and unimaginable horrors scurry beneath the bed.
Things don’t just go bump in the night in The Boogeyman. A final act that relies too much on action rather than suspense
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