In this, the delectable Barry Watson has grown up into a big old scaredy cat after a childhood encounter with the titular character, who he believes he saw snatch his Dad and drag him into a bedroom closet.
Our sympathetic lead is frightened of his own shadow and subjected to a myriad of spooky goings on that would have many a more stalwart hero cowering under the bed. In a neat inversion of the stereotypical paedophile scenario, he's a man in an overcoat pursued by an unknown prepubescent girl (Skye McCole Bartusiak), nervously confronting and challenging her: 'Why are you following me around?'
The shocks come fast and furious; the acting is convincing; and the denouement, criticised by many reviewers, surprisingly satisfying. I think this deserves way more than 4.1, even though we don't have the boogeyman back here in the Old World.
Our sympathetic lead is frightened of his own shadow and subjected to a myriad of spooky goings on that would have many a more stalwart hero cowering under the bed. In a neat inversion of the stereotypical paedophile scenario, he's a man in an overcoat pursued by an unknown prepubescent girl (Skye McCole Bartusiak), nervously confronting and challenging her: 'Why are you following me around?'
The shocks come fast and furious; the acting is convincing; and the denouement, criticised by many reviewers, surprisingly satisfying. I think this deserves way more than 4.1, even though we don't have the boogeyman back here in the Old World.