Boogeyman 2
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Boogeyman 2 is a 2008 direct-to-video
Direct-to-video
Direct-to-video is a term used to describe a film that has been released to the public on home video formats without being released in film theaters or broadcast on television...

 horror film
Horror film
Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...

 directed by Jeff Betancourt
Jeff Betancourt
Jeff Betancourt is an American film editor and film director known for directing the Boogeyman film sequel Boogeyman 2, which was released 2008.- Editing production works :*Star Maps...

 and starring Danielle Savre
Danielle Savre
Danielle Kathleen Savre is an American actress, singer and dancer.-Life and career:Savre was born and lives in Simi Valley, California. Her parents' names are Randy and Kathie and she also has an older sister, Stephanie....

. It is the sequel to the 2005 film Boogeyman
Boogeyman (film)
Boogeyman is a 2005 American production psychological horror film, directed by Stephen T. Kay. The film is a take on the classic "boogeyman", or monster in the closet.-Plot:...

. Despite being a direct-to-DVD release, the film received a very rare theatrical run in some countries including Russia, Italy, Mexico and Venezuela. A sequel, Boogeyman 3
Boogeyman 3
Boogeyman 3 is the third installment of the Boogeyman film series, released in 2009.-Plot:Boogeyman 3 opens with Dr. Mitchell Allen's daughter, Audrey . Audrey proceeds to take a shower and while doing so sees a hand with a black glove. Scared, Audrey gets out and goes to her room to sleep. Her...

, was released on January 20, 2009.

Plot

The film focuses on Laura Porter (Danielle Savre
Danielle Savre
Danielle Kathleen Savre is an American actress, singer and dancer.-Life and career:Savre was born and lives in Simi Valley, California. Her parents' names are Randy and Kathie and she also has an older sister, Stephanie....

), who as a child witnessed both her parents being brutally murdered by a hooded man, along with her brother Henry (Matt Cohen
Matt Cohen (actor)
Matthew Joseph "Matt" Cohen is an American film and television actor best known for playing Aiden Dennison on the teen drama South of Nowhere.-Life and career:...

). A decade later, she still is having trouble dealing with the traumatic event. She checks into a mental health clinic run by Dr. Mitchell Allen (Tobin Bell
Tobin Bell
Tobin Bell is an American film and television character actor. After years of work doing stand-ins and background work on films, he got his first major acting job in Mississippi Burning and went on to star in made-for-television films and guest star in television shows throughout the 1990s.Bell...

) and joins a therapy group under the care of Dr. Jessica Ryan (Renee O'Connor
Reneé O'Connor
Renée O'Connor is an American actress, producer and director best known for playing the role of Gabrielle on the TV series Xena: Warrior Princess from 1995 to 2001.-Early career:...

). Dr. Ryan has a fear of becoming comatose like her schizophrenic mother. Her brother Henry, who was in the same therapy group, seems to be doing fine and is seemingly cured. Henry goes off to a job interview. Laura gets comfortable with the group which consists of Mark (David Gallagher
David Gallagher
David Lee Gallagher is an American actor. Beginning a prolific career as a child actor and model at the age of two, Gallagher is a five-time Young Artist Award nominee and Teen Choice Award winner, best known for his role as Simon Camden on the long running television series 7th Heaven, as well as...

) , who is scared of the dark, Paul (Johnny Simmons
Johnny Simmons
Johnny Simmons is an American actor.Simmons was born in Montgomery, Alabama and was raised in Dallas, Texas, where he attended Nathan Adams Elementary and T. C. Marsh Middle School. He is a 2005 graduate of W. T. White High School...

), a germaphobe, Alison (Mae Whitman
Mae Whitman
Mae Margaret Whitman is an American television, movie and voice actress. She is known for her role as Ann Veal in the TV series Arrested Development, her role as Amber on the TV series Parenthood, her role as Roxy Richter in Scott Pilgrim vs...

), a masochist, Darren (Michael Graziadei
Michael Graziadei
Michael Graziadei is an American actor best known for his role as Daniel Romalotti on the CBS daytime drama The Young and the Restless. He is only 14 years younger than Michelle Stafford, who plays the role of his mother Phyllis on the show. Graziadei is of Italian and Lithuanian heritage...

), scared of commitment and relationships, and Nicky (Chrissy Griffith), an anorexic girl.

Laura struggles in facing her fears, which is the Boogeyman, the entity that Laura believes killed her parents. Then, the therapy group begins to get murdered, one by one. All of their deaths relate to their fears. Mark falls down the elevator shaft, trying to escape from the darkness when the lights go out, and is torn in half. Next up is Paul, who accidentally eats a cockroach after finding them in his bag of chips. The killer, a mysterious man wearing an outfit the mask of which is shaped like the face of the Boogeyman, then hands him a bottle of cleaning solution, which Paul drinks and burns a hole in his throat. Laura begins to suspect these were not accidents. The lights go out at the hospital and all that's left is Laura, Alison, Darren, Nicky, Dr. Ryan and Gloria, the receptionist. Gloria (Lesli Margherita) goes to the basement to check the lights. Alison is killed when the Boogeyman ties her to the bed and places maggots on her arms, which crawl into Alison's skin using the cuts, forcing her to cut them out, killing herself in the process.

Dr. Ryan goes to the basement to check on Gloria and is electrocuted when the Boogeyman throws an electrical cord into a puddle of water she is standing in. Laura finds a file on her brother and ones on other patients with Bogyphobia (what Laura has). She finds out that all Bogyphobia patients including Tim Jensen (character from the first film) have committed suicide after being treated by Dr. Allen. Darren and Nicky have sexual intercourse
Sexual intercourse
Sexual intercourse, also known as copulation or coitus, commonly refers to the act in which a male's penis enters a female's vagina for the purposes of sexual pleasure or reproduction. The entities may be of opposite sexes, or they may be hermaphroditic, as is the case with snails...

 in the locker room and Laura finds Alison. She gets Darren and Nicky, but when they get to where Alison was, the blood and the maggots have been cleaned up. Darren and Nicky think she's crazy. Darren and Nicky go to Darren's room, where they have an argument. Darren thinks they shouldn't have a relationship. Darren forces Nicky out of the room and is killed when the Boogeyman painfully cuts him open and takes out his heart.

Laura goes to the basement when she hears Nicky scream and finds her on a table. Nicky has hoses attached to her, filling her with bile until she explodes. Laura runs away in shock, and the Boogeyman attacks her. He chases her through the hospital, where she finds Gloria dead and Dr. Ryan barely alive and mumbling, in some sort of trance. Laura begins a cat and mouse game with the Boogeyman, who chases her through the underground storage area, finally running into Dr. Allen who thinks Laura committed the killings. He tries to sedate her, but the Boogeyman stabs Dr. Allen and shoves two needles in his eyes. The Boogeyman is revealed to be Henry, Laura's brother. Henry was treated by Dr. Allen. Dr. Allen abused Henry, locking him in a closet.

Henry was beginning to doubt the Boogeyman's existence, until the Boogeyman himself appeared in the closet and entered into him. Whist possessing Henry, the Boogeyman decided to take revenge on those who didn't believe in him, and this way he would make himself known to the world. Henry then chases Laura. She hides in a room, but Henry finds her and she decapitates him with garden shears. The police arrive and discover that under the Boogeyman mask was Dr Ryan. Between killing Dr. Allen and Laura running and hiding, he put Dr. Ryan in the Boogeyman mask (she was delusional) and Laura decapitated Dr. Ryan. Knowing Henry is running free she has a breakdown and is dragged away by the police.

Cast

  • Danielle Savre
    Danielle Savre
    Danielle Kathleen Savre is an American actress, singer and dancer.-Life and career:Savre was born and lives in Simi Valley, California. Her parents' names are Randy and Kathie and she also has an older sister, Stephanie....

     as Laura Porter
  • Matt Cohen
    Matt Cohen (actor)
    Matthew Joseph "Matt" Cohen is an American film and television actor best known for playing Aiden Dennison on the teen drama South of Nowhere.-Life and career:...

     as Henry Porter
  • Tobin Bell
    Tobin Bell
    Tobin Bell is an American film and television character actor. After years of work doing stand-ins and background work on films, he got his first major acting job in Mississippi Burning and went on to star in made-for-television films and guest star in television shows throughout the 1990s.Bell...

     as Dr. Mitchell Allen
  • Renée O'Connor
    Reneé O'Connor
    Renée O'Connor is an American actress, producer and director best known for playing the role of Gabrielle on the TV series Xena: Warrior Princess from 1995 to 2001.-Early career:...

     as Dr. Jessica Ryan
  • Chrissy Griffith as Nicky
  • Michael Graziadei
    Michael Graziadei
    Michael Graziadei is an American actor best known for his role as Daniel Romalotti on the CBS daytime drama The Young and the Restless. He is only 14 years younger than Michelle Stafford, who plays the role of his mother Phyllis on the show. Graziadei is of Italian and Lithuanian heritage...

     as Darren
  • Mae Whitman
    Mae Whitman
    Mae Margaret Whitman is an American television, movie and voice actress. She is known for her role as Ann Veal in the TV series Arrested Development, her role as Amber on the TV series Parenthood, her role as Roxy Richter in Scott Pilgrim vs...

     as Alison
  • Johnny Simmons
    Johnny Simmons
    Johnny Simmons is an American actor.Simmons was born in Montgomery, Alabama and was raised in Dallas, Texas, where he attended Nathan Adams Elementary and T. C. Marsh Middle School. He is a 2005 graduate of W. T. White High School...

     as Paul
  • David Gallagher
    David Gallagher
    David Lee Gallagher is an American actor. Beginning a prolific career as a child actor and model at the age of two, Gallagher is a five-time Young Artist Award nominee and Teen Choice Award winner, best known for his role as Simon Camden on the long running television series 7th Heaven, as well as...

     as Mark
  • Lesli Margherita as Gloria
  • Tom Lenk
    Tom Lenk
    Thomas Loren "Tom" Lenk is an American stage and television actor best known for his recurring role as Andrew Wells in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spin-off Angel.-Early life:...

     as Perry
  • Sammi Hanratty
    Sammi Hanratty
    Samantha "Sammi" Hanratty professionally known as Sammi Hanratty is an American actress and singer. In 2007, she began her acting career portraying young Charlotte "Chuck" Charles on the ABC series Pushing Daisies...

     as Young Laura Porter
  • Jarrod Bailey as Young Henry Porter
  • Lucas Fleischer as Mr. Porter
  • Suzanne Jamieson as Mrs. Porter
  • Christopher John Fields as Detective

Reception

Filmed on the budget of $4,500,000, the film has made $2,333,673 in Domestic DVD revenue and $562,064 in other States since release. Despite a financial deficit, the film had been able to make a third installment to the Boogeyman film series.

External links

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