Boogeyman 2

This article is about the 2007 horror film. For the unrelated 1983 film, see Boogeyman II.

Boogeyman 2
Poster feature the film's lead, a young blonde woman, lying on a bed and facing the camera with the Boogeyman being under her bed.
Official DVD cover
Directed byJeff Betancourt
Written byBrian Sieve
Produced by
  • Steve Hein
  • Gary Bryman
Starring
CinematographyNelson Cragg
Edited byJeff Betancourt
Music byJoseph LoDuca
Production
company
Distributed bySony Pictures Home Entertainment
Release date
  • October 20, 2007 (2007-10-20) (Screamfest Horror Film Festival)
Running time
92 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$4.5 million[2]
Box office$4.3 million[3][4]

Boogeyman 2 is a 2007 American supernatural horror film edited and directed by Jeff Betancourt and the sequel to the 2005 film Boogeyman. The film was written by Brian Sieve and stars Danielle Savre, Matt Cohen, David Gallagher, Mae Whitman, Renee O'Connor, and Tobin Bell. Savre portrays Laura Porter, a woman who witnessed her parents' murder alongside her brother as a child. She believes the killer to be the Boogeyman, and now as an adult seeks group therapy to overcome her phobia of the creature. However, her fears become reality as her fellow patients are murdered one by one.

Due to the previous film's financial success, Boogeyman 2 was announced in October 2006. Production of the film began in the same month with the hiring of Betancourt as director and Sieve attached as writer. Casting began in December of the same year with the hiring of O'Connor; Savre got the lead role in January 2007. Filming took place in Los Angeles at the former hospital, Linda Vista Community Hospital, over a four-month period, beginning in January 2007 and concluding in April. Unlike the original film, which featured the Boogeyman as a supernatural being, Betancourt strove to present a more grounded and realistic version of the mythical creature. Additionally, emphasis was placed on the writing and atmosphere to compensate for the film's small $4.5 million budget.

After screening at the Screamfest Horror Film Festival on October 20, 2007, Boogeyman 2 was released direct-to-video in the United States on January 8, 2008; it was later released theatrically in Russia and Italy. It received largely negative reviews from critics, although it was deemed to be a general improvement over its predecessor. Attention was especially given to the human-like nature of the Boogeyman in the film, which reviewers felt was preferable to monsters in other contemporary creature features, including the previous film. Despite a mediocre commercial performance, recouping slightly less than its budget, the film received a sequel, Boogeyman 3, the following year.

  1. ^ "Boogeyman 2 (2007)". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved May 22, 2017.
  2. ^ "Boogeyman 2". Bloody Disgusting. The Collective. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
  3. ^ "Boogeyman (2008)". The Numbers. Nash Information Services, LLC. Archived from the original on September 20, 2015. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
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