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By Michael O'sullivan (1,712) for Washington Post (9,851) on 30 May 2023

On one level, it can be read as a metaphor for grief, kind of like “The Babadook,” which covered the same ground, albeit to greater effect…

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By Benjamin Lee (469) for The Guardian (2,969) on 30 May 2023

Outside of Savage’s visual verve, there’s really little else to The Boogeyman, its attempt to use its central villain as a metaphor for…

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By Mike Scott (1,178) for New Orleans Times-Picayune (573) on 30 May 2023

It has its scares — but it all also feels exceedingly familiar, right up to the obligatory set-up for what the studio clearly hopes will…

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By Nick Schager (2,294) for The Daily Beast (380) on 29 May 2023

Rob Savage’s adaptation of Stephen King’s 1973 short story is as stereotypical as they come, so devoid of originality that the most pressing…

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By Leigh Monson (105) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 26 May 2023

These are jump scares done right, where the struggle to see what’s there is much more effective than any cheap lurch into frame…

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By Todd Gilchrist (762) for Variety (12,700) on 26 May 2023

Savage’s confidence behind the camera sustains the film’s intensity even when the connective tissue between plot and theme, logic and tone…

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By Ben Pearson (42) for Slashfilm (971) on 25 May 2023

The Boogeyman doesn't set out to reinvent the wheel, but thankfully, it doesn't need to…

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By Kim Newman (791) for Empire (3,446) on 25 May 2023

Some Host or DASHCAM fans might be disappointed that Rob Savage has opted for something ostensibly more conventional — but The Boogeyman…

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By Frank Scheck (1,741) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 25 May 2023

The Boogeyman, in both its literary and cinematic forms, is undoubtedly relatively minor King…

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By Chase Hutchinson (96) for Collider (1,032) on 25 May 2023

The Boogeyman is at its best when it strips away all the excess to draw us deeper into darkness…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Movie Nation (3,875) on 25 May 2023

The story here didn’t do much for me and seems like a rickety, illogically-pieced-together structure to hang this narrative on…

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By Nick Allen (397) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 25 May 2023

Primed to be this June’s Horror Movie of the Month, The Boogeyman is packed with familiar beats and little personality, the horror equivalent…

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By Kevin Harley (322) for Total Film (3,532) on 25 May 2023

Solid casting and scares mix with thin plotting and middling monster moves in Savage’s King riff…

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By William Bibbiani (788) for TheWrap (3,203) on 25 May 2023

No matter how frightening the individual moments may be, and no matter how impressive it is that we only ever see enough of the monster to…

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By Derek Smith (382) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 25 May 2023

Ultimately, The Boogeyman is like so many other modern horror films that prioritize mood above all else…

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By Kate Erbland (681) for IndieWire (3,631) on 25 May 2023

There’s nothing scarier than things that go bump in the night, but the terror is easily dispelled once we turn on the light and see what’s…

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By Bill Goodykoontz (2,123) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 25 May 2023

What the movie needs is a more coherent story…

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