not as good as all the hype

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.

The first Boogeyman film was pretty awful, but it must have made enough money to warrant a direct-to-video sequel. Although this horror film is not very good, it is better than the original, but not by much. The story here has a young woman checking herself into a mental institution to deal with her fear of the Boogeyman. A major change from the first film is that the Boogeyman is much more flesh and blood and much less supernatural, which is an odd choice for a supernatural thriller. One smart choice by the filmmakers was to forego the PG13 rating and go for a hard R rating, filling their film with loads of gory practical special effects instead of the much overused computer generate gory special effects (i.e. "Ghost Ship" or "The House on Haunted Hill"). This sequel also has a better cast than the first film, with Renée O'Connor and Tobin Bell Tobin as doctors at the institution. Overall, the story isn't that good and it's not all that scary, but for a low budget horror film, it does boast some excellent gory (PRACTICAL) special effects, which was enough to hold my interest.

This first movie of Boogeyman is very scary. And this is just crappy pooh. Why did it get a 5.2. It is not scary. Boogeyman 3 is a better movie and that was awful. This movie has an awful story line. It has awful editing. It has an awful ending. Do not wast your time. Do not wast your money. Do not see this awful movie. It is just awful. Boogeyman is one of the best horror movies ever. And this is one of the worst horror movies ever. This is not a 5.2. This is a 1. 5.2 is just overrating it. This is the a pile of stink pooh pooh ca ca. Do not see it. I do not know why people like it. It is just pooh pooh and pee pee on top of it.

This is a sequel to the 2005 film "Boogeyman," where a young woman with a phobia of the Boogeyman checks herself into a mental hospital in hopes of conquering her fears, but only finding herself and her co-patients coming face-to-face with a masked perpetrator.Loosely connected to its prequel, I thought this film was actually going to feature a ghostly figure playing on the fears of its victims. However, it is just another slasher movie with the typical teenagers/young adults running around and screaming as they try to escape a manic masked stalker with a knife. It's very "Scream" and I Know What You Did Last Summer" influenced.The plot goes at a fairly quick pace with some acting scenes that are actually somewhat creepy and riveting; the plot element about Dr. Jessica Ryan (Renee O'Connor) evaluating the scared patients was interesting and suspenseful and the acting was also fairly decent. However, I thought the first film was more original and captivating than this one, as the first emphasizes the horror of a real Boogeyman that lives in closets, while this one ***spoiler ahead*** is just a twisted man with a knife taking on Boogeyman's name to stalk the patients.The story does leave much plot holes and unanswered questions; therefore by the end of the movie, you'll be left hanging. ***spoiler ends*** Grade D+

As young children Laura and Henry Porter witness the bloody murder of their parents at the hands of a faceless,hooded psychopath.Years later they remain highly disturbed,but Henry has recovered far more than his sister due to a stint in a mental hospital under the care of a respected psychiatric doctor named Dr Mitchell Allen.When Henry gets the opportunity to work thousands of miles away,his sister Laura decides that she too must finally confront her demons and voluntarily commits herself into the same facility.Soon her fellow patients begin to die..."Boogeyman 2" is the sequel that is almost entirely better than its laughably tame predecessor.There is a decent amount of blood and gore and the acting is not bad with "Saw" star Tobin Bell having a relatively small role.The film relies on slasher clichés,there are some huge lapses in logic and the ending is hysterically stupid.Still I rather enjoyed this suitably gory teen slasher.6 out of 10.