Boogeyman 3

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Boogeyman 3 is an interesting evolution of the Boogeyman franchise in that it is actually a vast improvement over what has gone before. The original film (2005) was PG rated and tried to use atmosphere instead of violence. The killer was presented as computer generated effects and the whole thing was less than effective. Indeed it flopped so badly it moved straight to DVD. The concept behind the boogeyman series, however, is still quite solid. Behind our fear of the dark is a real entity which feeds on our suffering and is able to use our belief to become real. Boogeyman 2 was certainly an improvement over the first and I will not give away the secret of the plot, however, it many ways it betrayed the semi-supernatural basis of the first film but still upped the ante with a more interesting story and lots of action.

Boogeyman 3 is really the best of the series. It is surprisingly eerie, has a great boogeyman figure and lots of blood and gore. The concept of the film, once again, follows on from the story of Boogeyman 2 but adapts it into a new plot. Many patients have died at a local mental institution ending with the death of the head psychiatrist. His daughter is grieving his loss when she finds his diary which documents his experiences at the clinic. In it he outlines his treatment for belief in the boogeyman which first began as a traditional phobia treatment regime but slowly, over time, began to change as he came to belief in the existence of the boogeyman as a physical manifestation of the darkness within his patients. As paranoia and fear spread throughout the patients the boogeyman was able to feed on this fear becoming real and killing them all. As his daughter uncovers this revelation she too finds herself being hunted by the boogeyman. It seems the simple belief in the Boogeyman is enough to trigger h is presence and the more who believe the more power he gains.

Sarah Morris is a trainee psychiatrist and takes a call from her roommate when manning the university counseling program. Believing her a suicide risk she races to her room only to see the Boogeyman strangling her. However, nobody believes Sarah, and the death is written off as a suicide. However as time progresses the story of the Boogeyman begins to spread, much like an urban legend, throughout Hammond House and students begin to disappear. Could the Boogeyman be reappearing - this time on campus ?

This is an interesting horror film which has a different sort of central premise, the power of belief. It takes many of the plot elements from the first two films and turns them into something far more interesting. There are lots of jumps and scares, all sorts of gore as well some top horror scenes with bodies in washing machines, walls dripping blood and student massacres. This is certainly the best film of the Franchise.

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