In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

This opens up with the brutal killing of a father and mother by an unknown, supernatural- like killer and witnessed by their two young children. Ten years on and the daughter checks into a mental health unit, where her brother had also been a patient, and naturally people start being killed by an unknown killer. Now I really didn't like Boogeyman (2005), found it very disappointing, so I was relieved to find that this was by far a much better film. It's pretty low budget, straight to video, but that's quite normal in modern horror. Acting, special effects and production values are all good. Tobin Bell, aka Jigsaw, stars as a creepy doctor, which was a bonus. There are some very good death scenes, my favourite being a girl who self harms having her arms invaded by maggots, intercut with scenes of a couple having sex (yes, there's some gratuitous nudity thrown in, obviously a body double though). Another sees a victim having involuntary open heart surgery. Overall a decent enough slasher movie, one that I'd probably watch again. Keep watching the credits as there's a brief post credit scene.

Is 1997, starts off with 2 kids, Henry and Laura, and it is Henry's 11 birthday,while Laura has 8, then their parents, Mr.Porter and Mrs.Porter give Laura a toy house, the house has a problem with the lights, so Laura tells his father to fix it,and his mother goes to the kitchen,to bringing more cake,Henry looks bad,and goes for the corridor,and sees the closet door open, he closes it and goes upstairs, but suddenly the door opens again,meanwhile Laura is already playing with her new house, and her father is fixing the lights, a hooded man, with his face hidden due to the bad illumination of the house, appears behind of Mr.Porter,Laura is scared, while the hooded man is walking even more close to Mr. Porter...The hooded man grabs Mr. Porter, the hooded man pulls a rusty and antique clever knife of his jacket, and stabs him in the chest, Laura, don't know what is the hooded man doing to her father, but she knows is something bad, the hooded man, stabs twice he cuts his torso and somewhat grizzly, opens his stomach, but due to the poor illumination of the lights, we clearly see, that Mr. Porter is not bleeding, or we see his torso ripped to shreds,but when the hooded man stops stabbing and cutting him,we see his bloody intestines spilling out of his stomach, while the hooded man looks the bloody guts falling out to the floor and holding a sharp instrument, which is the cleaver, Mr. Porter, dies instantly in the first 2 stabs, and while his guts fall out, he sliding his body in a wall, and Laura, can't scream or speak, and is terribly shocked.She meets with her brother Henry, Laura tells Henry what happened to his father. Henry says Laura, that is the Boogeyman, Laura, or his parents do not believe in bogeyman, except Henry, that is already very afraid, and Laura starts believing it, and they hear a scream, the scream of their mother, Henry hides, and Laura goes to the kitchen, now is very dark, and she is just horrified, to see,with distorted vision, his mother stabbed with a knife in her neck,the wall is full of blood, the hooded man, appears again, through the window, and Laura screams uncontrollably and loudly, and the title:Boogeyman 2.10 years later (2007, setting of this film), Laura, now 18, and Henry, now 21, are still struggling with the traumatic event of their childhood but Henry looks fine and already cured from the thing that happened 10 years ago, and goes for an interview job, Laura learns that him assisted to the Hillridge mental hospital, and she voluntarily checks into the mental hospital, and meets more freak patients with phobias. She tries to overcome her biggest life fear.In the mental hospital, the patients start being killed according to their fears,by a man with his face hidden by a demon mask,jacket, hood,gloves It turns that the killer of the mental hospital, was Henry, abused by the Doctor Allen (played by Tobin Bell), some years ago, during the treatment of Henry, Henry got locked in a closet by Allen, and he encounters the real Boogeyman, and enters into him, and we learn that all this was a revenge of those who do not believed on the Boogeyman, so the ones that started to doubt his existence, the Boogeyman entered into their souls, so the hooded man that killed Laura's parents was possessed by the Boogeyman, Henry,now is a killer possessed by Boogeyman,but why movie makers don't revealed the identity of the killer of the beginning scene that Killed Laura's parents? because is obvious that the bogeyman do not kill them or either Henry, it was just a faceless hooded man holding rare weapons, and possessed by the Boogeyman. but when the hooded man of the beginning of the film, killed Laura & Henry parents, the hooded man encounters Laura, but the Boogeyman, controlling the hooded man, decided to spare Laura's life, and literally promising that he will come back to stalk her..However, despite being such a good story, it has a twist,because,first of all, Boogeyman doesn't appear on the movie, just 2 killers possessed by him, the Murderer of the beginning, and Henry.After the climax,he kills Allen and then begins to chases Laura, and Laura finally kills him with Garden shears decapitating him, the Police arrives, and takes the mask of the Head of Henry, just to see that she actually killed Dr.Jessica Ryan (played by Renee O'Connor) and actually Henry put the Boogeyman costume in her,and he escaped, after Laura knows that Henry is running free, she has a breakdown and is dragged away by police, misunderstanding her for a Maniac. Also, the killings on the film are creative and the same time, grizzly, and grotesque, some kills reference another movies, the first kill(Mr.Porter's Gutting) references to films, first references The House on Sorority Row,a woman goes to the basement to fix the lights, a killer grabs her, throws her to a wall, then the killer stabs her with a sharp cane in the chest,twice,and slides his body in a wall, like Mr. Porter, and second references Scream, classic of slasher's, the first 2 kills of the film, when a teen, is tied to a chair, and a automatic device, brutally disembowels him while his girl watches, same with Mr. Porter, who got gutted by the hooded killer when he was already dead by the first 2 stabs. Also with the final kill,by Laura,who thought she killed Henry but actually killed Dr. Jessica, references Halloween H20: 20 years later,And Alison's death, references Hellraiser 2, when a mental patient is given a scalpel to slice off bugs crawling on their skin, same with Alison, when Henry gives her a scalpel to cut the maggots that are crawling on her skin, and killing herself. However, i give this film 7 stars, Good, but confusing...

The filmmakers really wanted to tell a story with this one. And to a degree they succeeded. Casting Tobin Bell in a mysterious role is always a good catch too. Unfortunately most of the other actors do not completely live up to the task. Not to mention that the story is pretty weak if you think about it.The death scenes are nicely shot and you'll also have a sex scene inter-cut with a horror scene (which seems to be a favorite for many horror fans). So there are a few nice bits and pieces here and there (make-up is good too, for a small budget movie like that. You can have fun with this, because they did put a lot of effort into it, to make it look good too. Depending on your expectations, you'll either like it or hate it. Especially towards the end, it'll be splitting people/viewers

(Credit IMDb) The script centers on a young woman with a long-term phobia of the bogeyman, who voluntarily checks herself into a mental health facility with the hope of conquering her overwhelming fears. However, much to her horror, she discovers that some things are terrifying on purpose, and confronting her demons was not the best course of action.Boogeyman 2 is a film I've seen twice now, and have managed to enjoy each time, just as much. It's not your typical, low-budget slasher junk; it's actually quite polished for a DTV sequel. It gives us better character development then I've seen in most DTV sequels, and not only that they are likable. Aside from a small couple of mentions this sequel is a complete stand alone, and it is better for it. As I stated in my review for The Boogeyman (2005) I hated it with a passion, so to say I appreciated this one's effort is an understatement. It throws in a surprisingly solid twist at the end, throwing in plenty of suspense for it as well. I didn't see it coming, nor did I expect it, so kudos to the filmmakers for that. Only real complaint is I wish Henry (Matt Cohen) had a better background story as to why he was so screwed up. Solid suspense throughout, good pace, a couple of good scares and you have yourself a better then expected slasher.Performances. Danielle Savre is very solid as the lead. She's likable, vulnerable, but also strong-willed as well. She's the heart of the film, and I was impressed by her poise. Matt Cohen is solid when he's on screen as Henry, but sadly that isn't as much as I'd like. Christine Griffith is good as the chick with issues, but with a heart underneath Michael Graziadei is good, but a little too self centered for my liking. Renée O'Connor has a small part, and did very well with what she had to do. Tobin Bell's presence alone is awesome itself, and he took what could have been a one-dimensional part, and added some much needed layers to it.Bottom line. Far from original, but I enjoyed myself very much with it. It's suspenseful, well made, and even somewhat stylish. Don't be put off by the title, it's a good slasher. Recommended7/10