First-time director Jeff Betancourt has a talent, and it shows spontaneously every now and then. But the material here is a poor choice for a debut director to exert his or her talents. I feel Betancourt would've done more justice to a B-grade horror flick, possibly gaining a cult status in this manner. Who knows, it might have been his ticket to fame. Adding injury to pain is debut screenwriter Brian Sieve, a strong believer in unwanted sequels. The fact that he believes that the original Boogeyman was worthy of a trilogy is proof of the previous statement. That's right, we have a Boogeyman 3 in the works. It is obvious that Sieve is empty and has no originality up his sleeve.
When will Hollywood ever come up with something new to include in this vapid genre? It seems as though nearly every first-time screenwriter is turning to sequels and prequels as an attempt at making something worthy. Audiences are in dire need of something different, something unique, and Boogeyman 2 is far from this need.
The DVDs special features (if any are interested) include widescreen and fullscreen versions of the film, commentary with Betancourt and Sieve, commentary with Bell and Danielle Savre and producers Gary Bryman and Steve Hein, and a featurette on the makeup effects from storyboard to screen. 
Article comments
1 - Brad Schader
"most known for his satanic role in the Saw franchise"
This confuses me and makes me question the entire review to be honest. I saw (no pun intended) nothing Satanic in the Saw series and it makes me wonder if you have seen them at all. It also then makes me wonder if you saw this movie also because you call this "tortue porn" as well and saw is not that either.
2 - Bill Fields
While I agree that relying solely on gore instead of atmosphere can be problematic, I question where this critic is placing the blame. I think the director is more responsible for creating atmosphere on the screen than the screenwriter. Also, it is the producers who believe the franchise is "worthy of a trilogy" -- not the writer that they hire to write their sequel. The critic who wrote this review would benefit from a better of understanding of the movie making process and seems to be placing blame carelessly.
3 - Derek Fleek
Thanks for reading everyone.
Brad, I don't understand the fact that you feel nothing satanic was presented in the Saw franchise. The Saw franchise is the exact definition of sadistic torture porn from my point of view. And this movie is nothing more than another film centering on torture and lacking in atmosphere.
Bill, I can see where the producers are equally to blame for hiring the screenwriter here, but it is the screenwriter who is responsible for coming up with the brainy idea of making a sequel. I blame him for coming up with the idea and the producers are to blame equally for the fact that they agreed to it. I did fail to mention this in my review.
Hopefully that will clear things up.