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By Thom Ernst (141) for Original-Cin (1,156) on 01 Jun 2023

Aside from a few cleverly executed jump-scares—which are to horror what tickling is to comedy—The Boogeyman drags with G-rated scares and…

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By Robert Abele (1,309) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 01 Jun 2023

The race to the end is certainly technically proficient, and all the actors gamely play out the ride (including an acid-tangy Marin Ireland…

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By Odie Henderson (402) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 01 Jun 2023

The Boogeyman becomes an exercise in diminishing returns, though it is not without its pleasures…

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By Jeannette Catsoulis (1,537) for The New York Times (9,847) on 01 Jun 2023

The Boogeyman, extrapolated from a minor 1970s short story by Stephen King, might conceivably make sense to viewers with no access to proper…

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By Brian Lowry (913) for CNN (497) on 31 May 2023

As is so often the case with these movies, the buildup is generally more terrifying than the payoff, and Savage doesn’t scrimp when it comes…

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By Nikki Baughan (240) for Screen Daily (1,021) on 31 May 2023

While The Boogeyman — based on the 1973 Stephen King short story about a closet-dwelling stealer of souls — is as narratively generic as…

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By Matthew Monagle (156) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 31 May 2023

The direction and performance do the heavy lifting, but we have seen so many versions of this movie in recent years – films about mourning…

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By Matthew Jackson (27) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 30 May 2023

Even when you might want more from its plot, and even when it’s sticking to quiet character drama over all-out monster assaults, The Boogeyman…

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By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 30 May 2023

Infused with a stylish and shadowy style courtesy of director Rob Savage (“Host,” “Dashcam”), with a sharp screenplay by Scott Beck,…

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By Anton Bitel (1,340) for Little White Lies (3,136) on 30 May 2023

The Boogeyman is deftly done, its child-focused stakes are never less than alarming, and its ending, ambiguous and closeted, rings true…

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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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