I've heard this film is the remake of the 1980's video nasty, though it has a different, and better, storyline to boot. So if you've let that put you off watching this film stop right now.Here you have the story of Tim, (a hit and miss performance by Barry Watson) who suffers mental stress due to strange events in his childhood, where he believes the demon in the closet took his father. When his mother passes he has to sell the family home, which his uncle is kindly refurbishing.On the whole, this is an okay movie, though at the time of release I hated it. My newfound acceptance could be due to the lack of good horror on offer today; or worst yet, I've grown accustomed to the bad elements of this style of horror film which today's directors use in overabundance - such as the swooping camera's and crescendo sounds to startle not scare.The thing I loved most was the demon, though the director, Stephen Kay, should have left the CGI alone; it was mainly the essence of the demon I loved, thank you Eric Kripke who wrote the story and screenplay. Being able to travel anywhere and to any time through the wardrobe gives the viewer the feeling of distortion and unease; this ability also gives the demon great power. The thought of him also being able to take any shape, for Tim, it was the zombie model he used to have by his bedside, is chilling - what would he look like for you?Though most of the camera work is used to create action I did like the creepy segment where Tim meets his old friend and neighbour Kate (played by Bones, oh sorry, Emily Deschanel). This is a brilliantly filmed piece and flows so smoothly, in the age of shaky-cam I loved it.Also, the appearance of Franny, played really well by Skye McCole Bartusaik, was a great hook in the story... a secondary person who had seen the Boogeyman.There's quite a bit of story weaved into this hour and a half film, enough to keep you engaged, and if you like your horror to be at a break-neck pace then this should be right up your street. This could have been so much better though. There are times when Kay creates a spooky atmosphere, which is a great thing as the Boogeyman is about instilling fear into children. This is the way the film should have progressed instead of going the action and assault route.This is better than quite a few horror films around today so if it's on telly or cable then you could do worse than giving it a viewing.

Returning home after his mother's death, a troubled man returns to his childhood home to put his childhood fears of a supernatural entity to rest and stumbles upon the creature intent on targeting him for escaping his clutches years ago.Overall this one here wasn't all that bad and did have some good things going for it. One of the best parts here is the great atmosphere within this one, which makes for a much more chilling effort than expected generated by some really strong scenes here. The opening sequence, where the hooded figure runs around the bedroom and hides in the close leading to the chilling attack that's terrifying to see unfold in front of a child, is a real standout not just for the attack by the creepy set-up in his room that continues the feeling of dread throughout here is other great scenes with the several flashbacks to how he became tormented by the spirit. The other really impressive scenes, from the scene of him walking through the house and letting the atmosphere wash over the scene, a later encounter where he's accidentally locked inside a closet and readily freaks out thinking he's under attack and the really fun scene at the motel where it takes his girlfriend by appearing as a specter of dirty water attacking both her and him which is all sorts of fun here with the highly charged action making the creepy events portrayed within come off even better, all give this one some truly enjoyable scenes that bring along some really creepy moments as well. Other fun times occur here with the storyline helping the stolen ghost children, from their initial scene swarming over him to protect them while he pieces together their actual fates and the really enjoyable scenes where they visit her home with the posters along the wall and the different revelations that come from this which gives this the set=up from the wholly fun and intense finale. Filled with lots of high-end action of them chasing him through the different confrontations here as it takes out the family members in fun moments while bringing along the incredible final confrontations that has a large amount of fun with the way it leads up to dealing with the creature which ends this on a high note. Along with the creepy being itself, these give it some really enjoyable parts to overcome the minor flaws here. The film's biggest problems stems from the wholly impossible way to determine what's going on here, from the way it keeps running through time in the finale where the different methods here for determining the course of action doesn't seem likely to occur from future incidents back in the past, and the whole situation itself makes so little sense. That the entire scene here in the finale works it's way here is what really takes of while to work through and causes this one to really stand-out. The other flaw here for this one is the somewhat tame feeling on display here, with nothing here in the way of kills or violence here as they're all dragged way or feature nothing of any real value here, and the exceptionally low body-count doesn't help matters much with a rather small opportunity to choose from. These here are what hold this back.Rated PG-13: Violence, Language, Brief Nudity and constant themes of children-in-jeopardy.

!SPOILERS!I really don't understand why people don't like the Boogeyman movie from 2005. The camera angles (like above) are disapproved off, whilst I think they are gorgeous. They add something different to the movie. In the part he talks with, I believe, his psychiatrist, you can see that the camera has been placed with care. Usually you get simple shots where you just look at them, but with this movie you actually look right over their shoulder and, if they are taller, down or, if they are shorter, up to the person they're talking to.I loved the fast movements the cameras made at giving points. When he first enters the house again after being away for so long, the camera work is just magnificent. I love how they showed that the key actually fit, the fast camera movement that first went to the plastic sheets, then the dripping water and then the door. All of them producing noise that he probably heard and concentrated on, hence it was highlighted this way.I really like it. It makes you look and takes you with it.The part where he comes out of the closet (literally XD), shows that every closet everywhere is connected to other closets all over the world. The boogeyman was with him (hence his girlfriends disappearance) and felt the presence of Katie, which is when he went to the other closet, leaving some trail behind that Tim apparently could use as well. Somehow he has a very strong connection to the boogeyman.I like the little flashes he has to the past. It explains a lot more of what he's feeling and what happened after the boogeyman took his father. I like the flashes of the camera. Highlighting different elements and making it hectic and chaotic. Because that's what fear feels like. Like a chaos inside your body. Nothing can be seen the way it should be, everything happens in flashes. You see the world differently. Fear. It's what the boogeyman portrays. And it makes you uncomfortable. Something that helps even more. The blood on the bath. Oh. That's so good. I love little details like that. Amazing. The ending.. the ending is a bit.. disappointing. I loved the fact that the boogeyman consisted of the things that he was scared of as a kid.But then again, think about it. He might still be in a psychiatric institute and he's learning how to live with his fears. This was the way his mind saw it, how he saw it happen. It would've been better if he had awoken at a psychiatric hospital or something, people happy to see him. It would have given me a better feeling of ending the movie.All and all a good movie that I recommend watching, but of course, every movie has its flaws. It did overuse the camera movements and flashes at some points.

This is NOT a terrible movie! I'm going to start off with the worst part of this film. The Boogeyman is supposed to be an evil entity we hardly see, one who torments from afar, and is the subject of many a child-hood nightmare. Instead, he was a piece of garbage animation thrown into this film. I was very much disappointed in the fact that he was not an actor dressed to look the part. That was the biggest let down, and might I add, he was not a good animation either!! On to the good stuff. This movie had a good plot and better acting than I expected. I very much enjoyed Barry Watson's scenes with Franny the girl who had been abducted years ago. I agree with what other reviewers have been saying about those two being the evil defeating protagonists.All the deaths in this movie were kind of random and I didn't really feel bad when his father, girlfriend, and uncle were taken by the Boogeyman because we didn't get to see the torment, pain, and suffering that came from their abductions.Overall, this film had a lot of potential and blew it on the most important aspect, the villain himself!!