Article: THE BIG PICTURE: One boogeyman that won't get you; Boogeyman (Cert 15) Stars Barry Watson, Emily Deschanel, Skye McCole Bartusiak, Tory Mussett and Lucy Lawless; director Stephen T. Kay. 89 mins Rating.(Features)

Byline: Philip Key

ALWAYS thought it was the bogeyman who was out to get you. For this movie, it's the Boogeyman which sounds more like a manic dancer than a creature of the night.

In fact, we don't get to see to much of the creature in question, just a flash of a chap who seems to have put soot on his face.

Nevertheless, in Boogeyman, a constipated-looking Tim (Barry Watson) spends most of his time walking around a house expecting the creature to jump on him any moment.

The opening and genuinely fearful scene explains why, when the then eight-year-old Tim is lying in bed worried about the shadows in his bedroom. He keeps getting out ...

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