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THE MONSTER MOVIE AUTHORITY

PRESENTS

Doug Jones, Douglas Smith, Cressida Bonas, Lucien Laviscount, Carrie-Ann Moss

STARRING

Stacy Title

A group of teen buddies stumble upon some old text, the words of which infect them with a deadly haunting that feeds off their terror.

DIRECTOR

SYNOPSIS

TRAILER

THE BYE BYE MAN

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32%

2017

101 Minutes

30%

"The Bye Bye Man sets itself up to be serviceable creepy fare, but quickly loses what precious little steam it has to begin with. Sound albeit familiar ideas are watered down to the point of being wasted, and the absurd ineptitude of its wholly unlikable characters locks it into a frustrating holding pattern that drags through most of the film's runtime. Even the Bye Bye Man himself is a let down as he never really lives up to the haunting dread established by his own premise. Not to sound needlessly existential, but by the time things wrap up, one can't help but wonder what the point of any of it was"

NIKO PEARSON

30%

"The "monster" quality of this film needed greatly more drive and reason. Is he creepy? Sure. Does he mess people up? Yeah. But ultimately, why is he doing this? Much of the dialogue felt very "bro-y," and the character interactions felt inauthentic"

BENJAMIN E. C. PFISTER

37%

"A couple half-assed, hackneyed scares and creature make-ups barely strung together by a confusing and lackluster premise"

DIRT HAEHNEL

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