Were BOOGEYMAN (15) not to have producer Sam Raimi's name on the credits, then this would have been a straight-to-video release.
Directed by Stephen T Kay, who made the lamentable Get Carter remake, it's a typical haunted house horror so choc full of cliches there's no room for a script.
Tim (Barry Watson) returns to the childhood home where his bedroom has a very bad memory.
From bright start to miserable finish 89 minutes later, every shock is telegraphed by the boys in the sound department, cranking up their effects to full volume.
This is not only the least effective way of sending a chill down your spine, but it quickly becomes a major turn-off.
Raimi, who has had great success recently with Spider-Man I & 2 and as a producer of The Grudge, will see his seminal 1983 Evil Dead movie premiered on Channel 4 on Sunday night at 11.35pm.
