The film adapts a short story by Stephen King, but doesn’t offer anything fresh, adhering to the formula common in roughly eighty percent of horror films. The problem isn't with Stephen King's style—which is well-recognized now—but with how that style translates to the screenplay. It lacked any easily noticeable startling moments. I had hoped for more from Rob Savage ("The Host," which I still plan to watch), …

I’ve seen other movies based on Stephen King's *Boogeyman* novel, and this one is definitely the most underwhelming. The main problem has to do with how the story—about a frightening being that might be hiding in every closet—is handled. It spends too much time dissecting the family’s problems, getting bogged down in an almost unsettling level of detail about their dysfunction. It's not surprising that families…

I guess I shouldn't have been surprised to find nothing new here. The Harper family remains consumed by grief following the loss of their wife and mother, and each member is struggling with the fallout; the father (Chris Messina), older daughter Sadie (Sophie Thatcher), and younger daughter Sawyer (Vivien Lyra Blair) seem lost in their own worlds. Things take a turn when dad Will, who works as a therapist, receives a…

This year’s "The Boogeyman" is rapidly becoming a top pick for horror films for me! While those accustomed to standard narratives won't find much that they haven't seen before, director Rob Savage significantly improves what could have been easily forgotten once the credits finish. The film features inventive and resourceful setups leading to genuinely tense moments, along with well-executed jump scares that feel …