Beware the Boogeyman (2024)

Beware-the-Boogeyman-(2024)
Beware the Boogeyman (2024)

The new indie anthology film, Beware the Boogeyman is shocking to me. I must say the fact that it came this late when everyone was looking forward to the Stephen King adaptation of The Boogeyman is rather baffling. This is because it features scenes such as the characters standing next to a poster of the novel collection Night Shift which is well-known among the most. Anyway, this movie tries to be more bold and realistic than it has ever been since its debut about three years ago and today it sees only one point in time.

Once again Silverdale Psychiatric Hospital gets featured in the film world and this time it’s about yet another favorite of the hospital. It has always been referred to its staffing schedule as a doctor in waiting so who else can it be but dr Tristan Makenzie who played a cameo in Elissa Dowling’s We Are Still Here and is said to be in 16 Bits? Now dr Makenzie has quite a case as she works a sundry transplant case meaning she works on filing patients as if they are her clients and instead of showing up for work on Saturdays, she has one Dr. Gabey Moon (Airisa Durand, The brain The Poltergeist And Amityville Junction) who controversially states that she is working full time only to work closer with Dr. Gabey Moon. She is on the same side as four other meager residents of their institution and the mentally ill who refer to themselves as patients of a single delusion. They have split this delusion into four splits. So I have Gerard T Farrel sliding into this paper so let’s not let my ADD get impaired by others having pleasant content. 

Calvin Morie McCarthy who is the director of Pillow Party Massacre and an Insidious Inferno writer is the one who penned this tale which is the reason that the said two doctors do not only apply for the positions of doctors but are rarely hired as they are always seen at five different accounts for the phone call.

Case File 1 takes creative liberty with the story of Cathy McGowan and features Chynna Rae Shurts portraying her, in which Cathy serves as the main character of the story. Additionally, she is seen alongside Glen who was transferred to her farmhouse. Glen was portrayed by Rollyn Stafford in Marty in Transit alongside Cross Hollow. Glen tries to assist her in changing clothes after she insists on wearing something different. However, the green light on the stairs and a pill container in the bathroom give the perception that things do not want to go as easily. 

The incident of the two separate stories helps keep appreciation of the comedy intact while not overshadowing the nest of jesting room nasturtiums which are rather very familiar to the works of McCarthy.

In this particular case file, the second inquiry of the Josh Dietrich case pertains to the recovery of Olivia, played by Nicolette Pullen, from the advisers. It follows along the lines of the evil-directed Mutant Vampires from the planet Neptune. Josh Dietrich had found Olivia who had, after an unknown event, resorted to being an artist in Los Angeles and was also recovering from health problems that resulted from an excessive amount of caffeine. What’s more, is that Olivia did not even remember working on her last creation. Jason Reynolds boasts saying “That’s what real master batters do!” In contrast, however, it quite possibly could have been the boogeyman instead.

This is a very strange segment that I did not expect to go in this direction. There are a couple of chilling scenes here and there but other than that what they do is to get these moments, which have been built up completely on ambiance, which is pretty taciturn. 

Tommy Butlers (Kahail Duggan) in Beware the Boogeyman is the first male patient and also the third case study. Tommy and his brother Ethan (James Luster, The Librarians, The Dinner Party), get a corpse and head to their grandparents’ place only to find out that their mother and father are not there. But there is one rather crushingly potent force one might say always leaves its mark. 

One here in this scene has sound man Kai Pacifico Eng making his entry as a director for the first time and the narrative here seems to take off from the psyche of a guilty person which has a certain depth however it rather clearly seems to lose focus when there is Tommy loosing his mind for too long. 

Tim Coyle being the next experimental director getting into the fray for this fourth segment has a certain self postmodernity about it.

John Conroy (Steve Larkin, Tuesday Never Comes, Conjuring: The Beyond) was joined by his new assistant Rose (Jax Kellington, Hishkenstien After Dark, NoHo Deathblow) who was seeking proof of the existence of Boogeyman unlike everyone else who steering clear of it. At least that is what he claims they are doing.  

John Conroy (Steve Larkin, Tuesday Never Comes, Conjuring: The Beyond) was joined by HIS new assistant Rose (Jax Kellington, Hishkenstien: After Dark, NoHo Deathblow) who was looking for proof of the existence of Boogeyman as opposed to everyone else who’s avoiding it. That’s what he claims they’re doing at least.

This part contains a brilliant parody of Ghost Hunters along with a good dark comedy. 

The only character that has been featured in the final chapter of the movie ‘Beware the Boogeyman’ is Shawn Kendall and he is played by Calvin Morie McCarthy. After getting out of the rehab facility, he now lives with his mother, played by Marcella Laasch, who has starred in the 3 Flies in a Widow’s Web and Z Nation. This time, she does remind him of the reason he needs to behave and that’s because The Boogeyman is just waiting for the right moment to pounce. Perhaps she should have not reminded him he is already done crack and hand sanitizer, which is bad even for an ex-addict. 

Although in the earlier segment, there was a bit of dark humor, in this case, Shawn’s antics of stalking the creature while sprinkling a frying pan into a balmy farce as he holds it out is comedy. Chynna Rae Shurts during her debut as a writer/director wraps up the concluding part of her story on a rather strong note. 

However, the wrap-around ends on an enjoyable note and one that we probably saw coming, due to the fact that the credits inform us that this was just a movie and no bogeymen were treated with that severity.

*Beware the Boogeyman* was produced on a shoestring budget which can be perceived through the casting of the same actors across different departments of production. For a low-budget film though, the sound design holds true good for it is of a better quality together with the cinematography. The creature or the monster is portrayed through a sash of masked actors who are rarely seen in the first place and when they are, it’s optimized but still very low quality. Unfortunately, in most circumstances, it is the monster’s work that is left out in the realms of fancy.

The midpoint is a bit lagging due to its story pacing but its four distinct other stories are moderately amusing. While I admit they are delightful, I wouldn’t say they’re exemplary. So the film most likely to be adored by both, auto narrative and micro-narrative enthusiasts is definitely Beware the Boogeyman. Others will express their emotions according to their capability to withstand such films within the general genre.

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