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Boogeyman
Every culture has one – the horrible monster fueling young children's nightmares. But for Tim, the Boogeyman still lives in his memories as a creature that devoured his father 16 years ago. Is the Boogeyman real, or did Tim make it up to explain why his father abandoned his family?
2005 · Directed by Stephen Kay · 89 min · Thriller · Horror · Drama · Mystery · 8 frames
Tagline
You thought it was just a story.
Crew
- Screenplay: Juliet Snowden, Stiles White, Eric Kripke
- Cinematography: Bobby Bukowski
- Edited by: John Axelrad
- Music: Joseph LoDuca
- Production design: Robert Gillies
- Produced by: Sam Raimi, Robert Tapert
Cast
- Barry Watson as Tim
- Emily Deschanel as Kate Houghton
- Lucy Lawless as Tim's Mother
- Skye McCole Bartusiak as Franny Roberts
- Tory Mussett as Jessica
- Louise Wallace as Jessica's Mom
- Andrew Glover as Boogeyman
- Charles Mesure as Tim's Father
- Robyn Malcolm as Dr. Matheson
- Philip Gordon as Uncle Mike
Production
- Country: United States of America, New Zealand
- Language: English
- Studios: Pacific Renaissance Pictures, Screen Gems, Ghost House Pictures, Senator International
- Budget: $20,000,000
- Box office: $67,192,859
- Themes: nightmare, hallucination, childhood trauma, break-up, hometown, psychotherapy, nightmare becomes reality, horrified, informative
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