![]() ![]() Thatcher and Blair play Sadie and Sawyer Harper: sisters who, along with their psychiatrist father Will (Chris Messina) have been emotionally stunned by the recent and sudden death of their mother in a car accident. While treading some familiar ground, it delivers a haunting atmosphere that seeps from the screen into the theater and is anchored by tremendous turns from its two young leads Sophie Thatcher and Vivien Lyra Blair. That being said, it’s not a game-changer it’s an effective, well-made, and entertaining horror movie that forges a metaphor about grief with a staple of childhood terror. In this context, director Rob Savage’s The Boogeyman is exceptional, and I’d put it alongside Mark Pavia’s The Night Flier in a conversation about the best film based on a single Stephen King short story (which excludes anthologies like George A. ![]() Rating: PG-13 for terror, violent content, teen drug use and some strong language Starring: Sophie Thatcher, Vivien Lyra Blair, Chris Messina, Marin Ireland, David Dastmalchian, and LisaGay Hamilton. Written By: Scott Beck & Bryan Woods and Mark Heyman ![]()
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