The Boogeyman (2023)★★★★☆

Before I get into this movie, I want to go on a little tangent about something neat that’s happened in the past few years: some really great horror TV shows, namely From (which I briefly mentioned last week), and more importantly to today’s film, Yellowjackets. I love Yellowjackets SO MUCH, and Sophie Thatcher (Sadie in this movie) is my favorite on the show.

I could go on for paragraphs upon paragraphs about Yellowjackets, but I’ll just say I highly recommend it if you are ok with a lot of questions being asked and not always answered (it’s two seasons in, and now that the writer and actor strikes are over, hopefully seasons three and beyond will be out in the not too distant future!)

Anyhow, Sophie Thatcher was great in this movie (as was everyone else, for that matter). It’s a really good adaptation of a Stephen King short story, and it is so creepy! I was impressed at how scary this movie was with a PG-13 rating. This is definitely a horror movie for scary movie fans.

There were a few impeccably placed jump scares, and for the most part the acting and dialogue felt realistic.

I don’t think I can say too much more without spoiling what was great about this film, but suffice it to say it was about love and loss and family… and you know I’m a sucker for that kind of movie.

Speaking of raising questions that don’t get answered, the ending to this did bring up a few big ones for me…but not enough to change how much I liked it overall.