I watched The Boogeyman tonight at a (single day early) preview screening, and loved it. It’s not just jump scares, there’s real tension and buildup. They perfectly recreate the noises of wooden floors that you as a child used to lie there too scared to move while trying to figure out what it was while at your aunt & uncles farm in rural Queensland near Biloela. The level of dark around certain parts of the room. The unease if there’s something there or your eyes are playing tricks on you or not. Did you really hear those noises, were they voices?

This movie wasn’t directed by someone trying to make a horror movie for audiences and ratings. No, this movie was directed by someone trying to re-create childhood terrors and trauma.

Normally with horror movies I say it makes no difference if you watch it with the lights on or off.

Watch this one with the lights off. But have a torch handy. For your own protection.