disclosure: We were sent a digital code for The Boogeyman  in order to facilitate this review. All opinions are our own. No other compensation was received. 

Rob Savage, director of the acclaimed horror films “Host” and “Dashcam” provided the horror genre a new innovative way to scary audiences with provocative topics and moments. The Boogeyman, Savage’s newest venture In the horror fandom fails to reach his previous works spectacle. This film is packed with the typical horror terrors and expectations while it falls flat with personality. Having been inspired by the short story from Stephen King’s “The Mind”, expectations were set higher due to King’s iconic and beloved horror experiences.

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The film follows the Harper family, primarily two sisters Sadie and Sawyer (Sophie Thatcher and Vivian Lyra Blair) and their therapist dad Will (Chris Messina) who are still overcoming the death of the mother of the family.

During one of Will’s therapy sessions, a man named Lester Billings (David Dastmalchian) tells about how his three children died, but were killed by a mysterious evil entity that attached itself to his family. Repulsed and concerned, Will calls the police… soon later Lester found by Sadie hanging in their mothers art close, dead.

The mysterious evil entity soon begins to make its presence known in the Harper household, beginning with terrorizing Sawyer. Soon, Sadie suspects the creature to be related to Lester, and finds Lester’s wife, Rita, who immediately identifies this demon as, Boogeyman.

Through a series of intensive events between the family, Boggeyman and Rita, the ultimate climax culminates when Rita informs that they only way to kill the Boogyman is light. With a few traps set up, Rita plans to use Sadie as bait for the trap, but Boogyman survives the trap and Rita ends up killed. In the basement, the father Will is trapped and the final rescue commences and concludes with an epic escape of their blazing home while the Boggeyman is set ablaze, and the screen cuts black.

The screen picks up at the family therapist, only to find Dr. Weller not there, but a closet door opened. Dr. Weller makes his appearance and questions why Sadie is looking in the closet. Sadie shuts the door, and the screen cuts black, one final time.

This film is rated PG-13 for strong language, terror, violent content and teen drug use. The Boogeyman is now available on Digital and on Blu-ray and DVD October 10.

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