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Cucuy: The Boogeyman (2018) · CriticCrunch

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Cucuy: The Boogeyman

Movie2018·85 min

Cucuy: The Boogeyman

Directed by Peter Sullivan

Thriller Horror

A thriller horror film directed by Peter Sullivan.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 37%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

6.5/10

105 ratings

About Cucuy: The Boogeyman

When children start disappearing, a rebellious teen under house arrest starts to suspect that a legendary evil, a boogeyman known as the Cucuy, might be responsible.

Pacing: Measured (4 of 9)
Tone: Dark (2 of 9)
Intensity: Moderate (4 of 9)
Complexity: Easy to follow (2 of 9)
Humor: Serious (1 of 9)
Scale: Intimate (1 of 9)
Spirit: Haunting (3 of 9)
Texture: Unsettling, Tense
Story Tags: fate destiny, survival of spirit, supernatural, suburban, small town, strangers forced together, outsider misfit, reluctant hero, mystery disappearance, cat and mouse, monster creature, folk horror

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Details

Director: Peter Sullivan
Language: English

Cast

Marisol Nichols, Brian Krause, Jearnest Corchado

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How Cucuy: The Boogeyman Ranks

All movies

Top 37%

2010s movies

Top 31%

Thriller movies

Top 39%

2010s Thriller movies

Top 32%

★Peter Sullivan films#1 of 8

Peter Sullivan's highest-rated film in our catalog.

the vibe

Cucuy: The Boogeyman Vibe

What it feels like

measureddarkmoderateeasy to followseriousintimatehaunting

unsettling

tense

What it's about

mystery disappearancecat & mousefate destinysurvival of spiritoutsider misfitreluctant herostrangers forced togethersupernaturalmonster creaturefolk horrorsuburbansmall town

pacing

measured 4/9measured 4/9

tone

dark 2/9dark 2/9

intensity

moderate 4/9moderate 4/9

complexity

easy to follow 2/9easy 2/9

humor

serious 1/9serious 1/9

scale

intimate 1/9intimate 1/9

spirit

haunting 3/9haunting 3/9

texture

unsettlinguneasy