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 "Boogeyman" Chris' Review: "When you get scared, close your eyes and count to five. It helps me." "What happens when you get to six?" Even a child can see that six seconds of this movie is going to be too much. Boogeyman is the story of a man that is plagued by the belief that his father was stolen by the "Boogeyman" when he was a child. His psychologists keep trying to tell him that his father just left and his subconscious made up the story to help him cope. Of course, six seconds in we know that isn't the case. It's not going to be a psychological journey through someone's head (which could have been much scarier.). It's a straight up monster flick. That's fine. Monster flicks can be good. But not this one. There is nothing even remotely redeeming about this movie. The plot, if you can call it that, is so full of holes that you could drive a truck through it. The scenery is typical with little to no imagination. Artistic direction, soundtrack, lighting, special effects... nothing to write home about. Heck, they're all so bland that they don't even deserve their own sentence in my review! The general direction is just haphazard. The story progresses, but with no real explanation to anything. Then there is the acting. Barry Watson plays Tim Jensen.... Barry is a regular on 7th Heaven. A television show that is well known for it's collection of bad actors playing cheesy parts. He does nothing to shed this reputation. None of the actors in Boogeyman are really any good. They all act like they could be doing a drama about their mother being in the hospital more than being chased by an unexplainable creature from the dark places in their closets. There are no bright spots, even Lucy Lawless, who might have done something to help the movie, is only on screen for 10 seconds at best. Come on! Even if you look at Boogeyman for the cheese factor... it still fails. It just takes itself way too seriously. There isn't one person, not even Lucy Lawless, who makes it actually feel like they're in on the joke. Actually, the small bit that Lucy plays is done pretty well... but it's just too short. Anyway... I'm getting off track... no cheese factor. The only good thing I can say about the movie, was the scene that played on the previews. The cinematography of it was really kind of nice... One *blink* Two *blink* Three *blink* Four (with spittle for effect) *blink* Five.... and out. That was nice... and it was a great tension builder. Unfortunately it was followed thirty seconds later by the end of the movie... "Is it over?" "Yeah, it's over." Excuse me? How the hell do you know? Oh, I'm sorry, Barry, were you talking about your career? 8 thumbs down. A bad idea, with bad writing, bad acting, and bad visuals... gone bad. Don't expect to see it in my collection.  
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