I've recently gained a desire for horror films, and for some reason now enjoy being scared, having watched this I must admit there are more scares watching episodes of Scooby Doo. This film is proof that reviews generally work, and the fact that this film has generally dire reviews is no accident. The basic story of the film, a young guy Tim, who has a vivid imagination and a fear of the Boogeyman sees his father carried off by the Boogeyman, and is haunted in later life by the fiend, but does he exist, or was he just a coping mechanism? The trouble is that after ten minutes of the film you simply couldn't care less, a very weak story, poorly devised characters and absolutely no scares.Do yourself a favour and ignore it, I wish I had!! 3/10

A young man (Barry Watson) tries to deal with the childhood terror that has affected his life.Is Emily Deschanel the poor man's Deschanel? In 2005, this might have been the case. Sister Zooey was already huge with films like "Elf". But soon, you know what? Emily would go on to do over 200 episodes as the lead character in "Bones". (Though her name is still probably not as well known, her success is not debatable.) This film seems to have terrible ratings... and yet they made some sequels? It's not actually a bad movie. If anything, maybe people were disappointed that we see so little of this "boogeyman" monster... but that should not be a strike against it. Rather than scare us outright, they worked on building the suspense. And that, to me, is the more challenging approach.

!SPOILERS!I really don't understand why people don't like the Boogeyman movie from 2005. The camera angles (like above) are disapproved off, whilst I think they are gorgeous. They add something different to the movie. In the part he talks with, I believe, his psychiatrist, you can see that the camera has been placed with care. Usually you get simple shots where you just look at them, but with this movie you actually look right over their shoulder and, if they are taller, down or, if they are shorter, up to the person they're talking to.I loved the fast movements the cameras made at giving points. When he first enters the house again after being away for so long, the camera work is just magnificent. I love how they showed that the key actually fit, the fast camera movement that first went to the plastic sheets, then the dripping water and then the door. All of them producing noise that he probably heard and concentrated on, hence it was highlighted this way.I really like it. It makes you look and takes you with it.The part where he comes out of the closet (literally XD), shows that every closet everywhere is connected to other closets all over the world. The boogeyman was with him (hence his girlfriends disappearance) and felt the presence of Katie, which is when he went to the other closet, leaving some trail behind that Tim apparently could use as well. Somehow he has a very strong connection to the boogeyman.I like the little flashes he has to the past. It explains a lot more of what he's feeling and what happened after the boogeyman took his father. I like the flashes of the camera. Highlighting different elements and making it hectic and chaotic. Because that's what fear feels like. Like a chaos inside your body. Nothing can be seen the way it should be, everything happens in flashes. You see the world differently. Fear. It's what the boogeyman portrays. And it makes you uncomfortable. Something that helps even more. The blood on the bath. Oh. That's so good. I love little details like that. Amazing. The ending.. the ending is a bit.. disappointing. I loved the fact that the boogeyman consisted of the things that he was scared of as a kid.But then again, think about it. He might still be in a psychiatric institute and he's learning how to live with his fears. This was the way his mind saw it, how he saw it happen. It would've been better if he had awoken at a psychiatric hospital or something, people happy to see him. It would have given me a better feeling of ending the movie.All and all a good movie that I recommend watching, but of course, every movie has its flaws. It did overuse the camera movements and flashes at some points.

A pretty good film! Suspenseful at most parts! Screws with your mind as to whats happening & how it locks you into the deep dark trauma of this mans childhood nightmare!Although it lacked gore most of the time! Which I like in horrors! But was pretty good & made you crap yourself at most points which made you jump!***Contains Spoilers***They scares were pretty good! Like when you saw the Boogeyman rise in thick black smokey mist carrying Tim's Girlfriend from the bath & also the part when he came out of the closet with swarming crows!All in all! A Great Horror Film! 9/10