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Boogeyman Columbia Tri-Star Home Video - 2005 Directed by Stephen T. Kay Screenplay by Eric Kripke, Juliet Snowden and Stiles White Starring |
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| Barry Watson (Tim)
stars as a man who grows up traumatized by an incident as a child when he sees his father
violently dragged into his bedroom closet, never to return. This causes Tim to grow up
with night terrors, which is along the lines of DARKNESS FALLS. As an adult he decides to
go back to the house where the incident took place to face his fear and try to find some
answers. While at the creepy large house, he meets a young girl named Franny Roberts (Sky
McCole Bartusiak) who points him the right direction to find out the truth. He also meets
his a neighbor Kate Houghton (Emily Deschanel) who has grown up into an attractive woman
and makes an effort to help him. BOOGEYMAN works when it probes the layers of our fears. Situations anyone can recall like being afraid of the dark and alone in an empty house. The more subtle scenes not involving much CGI work, where silence, sound effects, music and cinematography create mood are this film’s finest moments. The end the movie relies a bit too much on CGI, which take away the realistic power. Director Stephen Kay relies a bit too much odd camera angles and forced camera movement, which draw attention to the camera. I love seeing the camera used artistically with camera movement but it’s when the filmmaker chooses to use these techniques that is important. Technique should never take the audience out of the movie. The Making of BOOGEYMAN is broken down into two parts. Interviews with cast and crew dominate the majority of the mini-documentaries. It was nice to put faces to the names of the people behind the movie and to hear their thoughts on how much they enjoyed the experience. There are six deleted scenes, which are nice to see but would not have improved the film. Alternate ending was not as effective as the ending used. Visual Effects Progressions - examines the effects used in four selected scenes. Animatics – show the storyboards of three crucial scenes. BOOGEYMAN is a well-produced, good intention movie that will keep your interest for a good portion of the running time. The film could have went deeper into the psychology of "The Boogeyman" as well as not resorting to the over the top computer graphics spectacle at the end. You could do much worse when looking for a movie to rent or purchase. |
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