Revisiting 'The Boogeyman': A Stephen King-inspired Horror Film.

The Boogeyman, adapted from a Stephen King short story, is a horror movie dominated by deep shadows and pools of darkness, with a malevolent demon that remains mostly undefined. The film's bleakness and silence make an effective visual metaphor for grief, but the generic characters and empty script prevent the stylistic conceit from working. The movie's darkness and silence feel less like a challenge to the characters and more like a comment on the movie's general vaporousness.