Barry Watson, Emily Deschanel, Lucy Lawless
A young man tries to deal with the childhood terror that has affected his life.
DVD Release Date: May 31, 2005
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Stats: 6,032 reviews
Flixster Reviews (6,032)
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July 7, 2009Seen it all before, repetitive bollocks. I can't really say one good thing about it. I suppose at times the atmosphere in certain scenes was rather impressive, but other than that it's the same old stuff. The fact that it ends with revealing the boogeyman to be a CGI version of s...( read more)
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March 16, 2008I'll admit, I was impressed...with myself. I can't believe I somehow found the fortitude to endure this travesty of a horror movie.
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March 8, 2008Where do we start? The main character is a whinny pussy deprived with any depth or anything really deranged, which is what this kind of persona requires. The plot line is inconsistent. And last, but not least, the bogeyman is totally ridiculous, not unlike late Iron Maiden videos...( read more)
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October 23, 2007The premise of this movie had potential, with childish nightmares returning, imaginary monsters feared by kids turning out to be real and haunting an adult coming back to his old house. Bradbury and King have written effective stories about this. Unfortunately, this movie seems t...( read more)
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November 9, 2009i have to agree that the story is all the time the same...BUT there were some really really REALLY great shots and scenes. great job for the director! but the story....nothing special.
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November 6, 2009childish and ultra stupid...i hate this...waste of time...can't put it on my list of horrific and thrilling, doesn't fit in one bit...
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November 4, 2009I liked the look of this film just because of the creepy box art. But sadly it didn't really live up. It had a good opening but the theme didn't really give them much to work on and it just seemed to have stuff to fill the space until it got to the end which was just confusing. I...( read more)
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October 24, 2009ok ok this one i seen when it first came out when i was still a little fearful that boogeman are real so i give it a 4 for keeping me up at night but not a kind of me u could see over and over again
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October 23, 2009A pretty scary film, don't expect to be able to look in closets for a week or so after you've seen it!
Some of it is pretty confusing and far fetched but in general a good film
Critic Reviews
February 4, 2005
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine
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March 19, 2007This was good and scary. keeps you on the edge of
your seat kind of thrill;
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