
The Bye Bye Man
Taste attributes: horrorthrillerfantasymonster/alien/supernaturalteendramafresh & originalunsavouryheavyimaginaryglossyenclosedcoming of agecomplex relationshipfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardy
"Don't think it. Don't say it."
Boxlist takeA fantastical, unsavoury horror film: fresh and serious. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
Taste details
Pace: balanced · Originality: very fresh · Tone: very dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: glossy · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
Quality rating
5.2 /10
TMDB · 1,017 votes
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What lines up
- Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
- Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
- Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Realism: Imaginary world, where this profile leans balanced realism
- Emotional punch: Balanced emotional punch, where this profile leans emotive / stirring
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Synopsis
When three college students move into an old house off campus, they unwittingly unleash a supernatural entity known as The Bye Bye Man, who comes to prey upon them once they discover his name. The friends must try to save each other, all the while keeping The Bye Bye Man's existence a secret to save others from the same deadly fate.
Synopsis: TMDB
Taste Attributes
Characteristics
Where this title sits on each taste spectrum
Directed by
- Stacy Title
Cast
Details
- Genre
- Horror
- Year
- 2017
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Los Angeles Media Fund
- Taste scores
- How we score
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