Short film

The Boogeyman

1982 · 28 min

A slow, unsettling plunge into a father's guilt and paranoia, where dread builds quietly until the closet door opens.

Tagline: Be careful, you may never open a closet again!
Overview: Lester Billing's children are dying one by one. Prepare for a nightmarish journey into the dark side of one man's psyche; the side where fear can take over, reason can be lost and sanity can crumble.
How it feels: Dark, tense, eerie and bleak. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Grief, guilt, madness, fate
Content: Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
guilt
madness
fate
death
Places: home
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none