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Hola amigos, buenas vibras para todos.
**Hello friends, good vibes to all.

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*The Boogeyman or as it is better known in these parts of the world: "the bogeyman". I don't think it was my case but how many children must have been scared that this creature was going to take them away if they didn't behave well, if they were disobedient or if they didn't do their homework? - Hundreds and hundreds. And the fact is that this creature of unknown nature has always been in the culture of many countries as a latent threat for the little ones or as a tool of persuasion for adults/parents until a certain Stephen King came along to put a face and a story to it. That's why I decided to give horror another chance and discover what is this recent installment of this child-killer being.
I'm a big fan of horror, I think it's my favorite genre, the thing is that when it comes to execution in most cases it leaves much to be desired. But here I am, always betting that a new film of this genre will surprise me or at least not make me waste my time. This film The Boogeyman, in addition to all that has been said, has something that caught my attention and that is that its protagonist is Sophie Thatcher, who also starred in the series Yellowjackets (see it if you haven't), I say this because within that series her character was one of the best and being a horror film I already knew what I was going to find. So nothing, let's see what this new bet of the mythical creature that hides in the closets is all about.
This story opens with Sadie Harper (Sophie Thatcher), her younger sister Sawyer (Vivien Lyra Blair) and their father Will (Chris Messina), a family that is just getting over the loss of their former mother and wife. Sadie is a young girl like any other who is having a little too much trouble getting over what happened, she has a rather questionable friends so she feels a little lonely. Sawyer, the youngest, is the most sensitive to everything, she is already afraid of the dark and now with the guest who moved into her house everything will be more complicated. And finally we have Will, a therapist who seeks to help everyone but himself because the fear of facing grief is bigger than him. So as you can see, it is a very vulnerable family.
One day a strange and very desperate man arrives at Will's office claiming that something had killed his children, obviously when he heard that he was considered crazy and dangerous. The thing is that when that man entered the house, he came with him this unwanted guest that would take the Harper family to the limit. Why? - Because the Boogeyman feeds on the suffering and weakness of people, especially children. From here will begin a struggle to understand what is happening in that house, how they can face it and how they can defeat it, if that is possible. A classic horror story that in my opinion was pretty decent, in fact I came for Sophie and I was not disappointed.
I have always said that the perfect formula for horror is the unpredictable, it is to see what you do not expect so that the reaction is more genuine and so it is easier to get into the mood of the film, at least that's how I measure the films of this genre. Here there is a bit of that, the famous "jump scare" that makes you, as the term says, jump a little bit. In my case I didn't jump but I was surprised by some things, some scenes that I was expecting something to happen and it turns out that the opposite ended up happening, they caught me a little off base and that's something I value, rarely a horror film catches me off guard. This is why I'm answering at once, scary? - If you're sensitive, it's possible, but more because of the expectation than anything else.
As for visual effects, a bit of CGI because there is and everything related to cinematography is fine, I was expecting something much worse and it ended up being at least a decent product. I really liked the way it was filmed, there were some interesting camera manipulations that made the experience cool, many don't talk about it but it's vital for the story to have more impact. The photography is another thing that was good, all the lighting and shots were really well done. For a movie that I didn't expect much, these details surprised me. And for me it's not enough that the monster comes out from under the bed, I scared you and that's it, a horror film is an experience that encompasses many things. Very cliché phrase but it is real.
The story as such if I tell you is totally flat, there is no "plot twist" that leaves you out of place and without understanding anything, it is one that goes in a straight line from beginning to end and that makes the end a little predictable everything. It's like you don't have a bad time along the way, the movie is a bit enjoyable but you know exactly where it's going to go, there are no surprises in that sense so don't expect anything out of the ordinary. I repeat, it has its suspense and terror to match but the story is what it is, no more. I think that in the end this film was saved by what I mentioned before, certain scenes and the performances that at least I liked.
Sophie is an actress who is surprisingly good at horror, in Yellojackets I already noticed that, and here is the confirmation of that thought. It is the typical character of the teenage girl who goes to high school and is not the most popular and has to deal with the absence of her mother and the weight that this implies for her is great. In the passages of anguish, fear and uncertainty I saw her quite solvent. Vivien I also saw her well, she was in the series of Obi-Wan Kenobi, hence she seemed known to me; to say that the ease that this girl has is brutal, she acts very natural, you do not see her forced and that in this type of film is a plus. You connect a little with the two and that makes the story does not end up being so superficial.
Against all odds I give it a 7/10, the film is not a masterpiece of the genre or much less but at least for me it fulfilled, it does not compare to films that have been real garbage lately. It delivers a little bit of fear, slight scares from time to time, good performances, the story if anything but well, not everything can be perfect. Considering that with horror it's very easy to screw up productions, I think this one is a close call. It has a running time of a little over an hour and a half. I leave the trailer below.
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Bueno mi gente por hoy es todo, espero que les haya gustado. ¡Un abrazo a todos, nos vemos en la próxima!
***Well my people that's all for today, I hope you liked it. ¡A hug to everyone, see you next time!

