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THE BOOGEYMAN MOVIE REVIEW
So, there are a LOT of movies and shorts that have gone by the title “The Boogeyman” or at least have “Boogeyman” in the title. It’s gotta be one of the dumbest sounding words for one of the most ubiquitous descriptors of the thing that hides in the night, in the closet, or under the bed. But THIS new film is an adaptation of the Stephen King story originally published all the way back in 1973. And guess what: it’s not what one would call a terribly accurate adaptation, but that story is often credited as one of King’s scariest, so here we go. Sophie Thatcher is the older daughter Sadie to psychologist Will Harper (Chris Messina). The family is not doing great recovering from the recent sudden death of the mom. When a terrified man shows up to Will’s home office asking for help, as he believes his children were all killed by a mysterious light-hating creature, Will goes to call for help, believing the man to be deeply unstable and perhaps responsible for his own children’s deaths. Before you know it, guy is dead in the house and the creature stalking him has latched onto Will’s family. Sadie, of course, leads the charge of figuring out what this thing is and how to stop it before it can take her little sister. Chris leads the charge with Alan and Wright of figuring out why they just didn’t call this Lights Out 2.
DIRECTED BY: Rob Savage
STARRING: Sophie Thatcher, Chris Messina, Vivien Lyra Blair, Marin Ireland, Madison Hu, LisaGay Hamilton, David Dastmalchian
YOUR REVIEWERS
Christopher Lawrence Cox (Founder, Da Boss)
Born in the wilds of northern Virginia, Chris managed to put all of his survival skills to use and barely escaped with his life to Austin Texas in 1992 where ever since he’s dabbled in everything from plumber’s assistant to sandwich maker, from band to bar management. An opportunity to see theatrical release films for free by becoming a critic on a local public access show called “The Reel Deal” turned into a full-time job when Chris and his friends decided to take it to the internet. They built the site Spill.com, adding multiple podcasts and animated features, to no small amount of success. During this time, a fortuitous friendship sprung up between Chris and young Brian Salisbury, who was also a local film critic, and they merged their forces of will, and their laundry list of ideas for shows, to eventually build this community of critics. While Brian eventually followed his heart to a new family, Chris continues on with a cast of colorful folks from all over the country (and a few others). You can also check out Chris in his videocast, along with Martin Thomas and Danni Danger, that One Of Us does with our friends at Bell of Lost Souls: Crossover Event. He also regularly guests on the video game website Rage Select. Follow Chris on Twitter and Facebook and check out his Amazon Wish List.
Alan Galinsky (Highly Suspect Reviews, Screener Squad, Deliberations of Doom)
Born and raised in Texas, Alan Galinsky is a lifetime movie fan. As a youth, he would rent multiple movies every weekend and go to the theater for the latest releases, and that pace has remained steady. When Alan isn’t watching movies, you can find him talking about movies. When he’s not talking about movies, you can find him playing music in the band Delicate Boys.
Wright Sulek (Screener Squad, Digital Noise, Highly Suspect Reviews, Trash in the Can, Audio Editor)
Wright hails from the northern suburbs of Dallas, Texas. His passion for filmmaking brought him to Austin to study and make movies. Since then he’s had his hand in acting, writing, and directing his own short films with numerous like-minded film geeks he’s met along his journey. His newest interest has brought him into the podcasting world. He co-hosted a few different movie related podcasts such as ‘And Now This’ and ‘The Match Cut’. He currently co-hosts with longtime friend, Eric Samaniego, where they talk shop about the grimiest, trashiest, lost gems of movies on their show, ‘Trash in the Can’. Wright also guests and hosts reviews on Screener Squad and Highly Suspect Reviews as well as co-hosts Digital Noise with Chris Cox.
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Chris,
What places did you grow up in NoVA, and what do you generally think about the area? I’m a longtime Centreville fella myself. Great spot for Korean food.
I haven’t lived there in over 30 years now, so I suspect it’s not much the same. I’m from Fredericksburg but lived in DC, Silver Spring and Bethesda MD, and Richmond.
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