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Boogeyman is a 2005 horror, drama, and mystery film directed by Stephen Kay and written by Eric Kripke. The movie stars Barry Watson, Emily Deschanel, Skye McCole Bartusiak, and Lucy Lawless. It was produced by Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert through Ghost House Pictures, with additional production companies including Pacific Renaissance Pictures and Senator International. The film originated in the United States, Germany, and New Zealand, with filming taking place in New Zealand.
Joseph LoDuca composed the score for the English-language production. It was distributed by Screen Gems and Netflix in video on demand format. The film has a runtime of 89 minutes and is part of the Boogeyman Collection, followed by Boogeyman 2. Its main subjects include haunted houses and the supernatural. The tagline for the film is "You thought it was just a story."
Critical reception included a review score of 13%, 3.5 out of 10, and 32 out of 100. Audience ratings were recorded at 4.2 on IMDb and 4.964 on TMDb. The production had a budget of 20,000,000 and generated revenue of 67,192,859. The film was assessed against the Bechdel test.
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5.0Every culture has one – the horrible monster fueling young children's nightmares. But for Tim, the Boogeyman still lives in his memories as a creature that devoured his father 16 years ago. Is the Boogeyman real, or did Tim make it up to explain why his father abandoned his family?
Cast
- Barry Watson as Tim
- Emily Deschanel as Kate Houghton
- Lucy Lawless as Tim's Mother
- Skye McCole Bartusiak as Franny Roberts
- Tory Mussett as Jessica
- Louise Wallace as Jessica's Mom
Themes
- nightmare
- hallucination
- childhood trauma
- break-up
- hometown
- psychotherapy
- nightmare becomes reality
- horrified
- informative
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Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- mystery film
- Country of origin
- New Zealand
- Original language
- English language
- Followed by
- Boogeyman 2
- Main subject
- supernatural
- Director
- Stephen Kay
- Cast member
- Scott Wills
- Composer
- Joseph LoDuca
- Producer
- Rob Tapert
- Production company
- Ghost House Pictures
- Filming location
- New Zealand
- Duration
- 86
- FilmAffinity ID
- 654766
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.sonypictures.com/movies/boogeyman
Show 5 more facts
- publication date
- 2005-03-17
- title
- Boogeyman
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 32/100
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