"The Boogeyman" is a live action short film from 1982, so this one has its 35th anniversary this year and it is the most known work by American writer and director Jeff Schiro. Admittedly, he wasn't too prolific at all in his career and the fact that this one here is not entirely forgotten also has to do with the fact that this is based on a work by the very well-known writer Stephen King. I have not read it, but I can hope that it's better than this 25-minute movie which I found really forgetting. It is never scary and it also does not deliver from the thriller perspective. The one or two good moments aren't memorable enough either and even for a film of under half an hour, it just doesn't deliver enough. Can't really blame the actors as they are trying to elevate the material, but it rarely works. One for Stephen King completionists only. Everybody else can skip it because it just isn't a rewarding outcome overall.
Review of The Boogeyman
