Synopsis – Three friends stumble upon the horrific origins of a mysterious figure they discover is the root cause of the evil behind unspeakable acts.
Director – Stacy Title
Starring: Douglas Smith, Lucien Laviscount, Cressida Bonas
Genre: Horror
Released: 2017
For fans of – Insidious, Hell House LLC, Death of Vlogger
Cinema in January is never a golden period of filmmaking, there are the big December releases winding down and a couple of films that are pushed out for those of us that want to go to the cinema and see something new, 9 times out of 10 these films are pretty dire but once in a while there is a diamond in the rough, I’m still not sure which group The Bye Bye Man sits in.
Set in a random American college town, three students move off campus into a rented house on the outskirts of town, hoping that the change of scenery will help their studies and become party central, unfortunately for them, a supernatural presence is ready and waiting.
With some moments of terror and a few twists, The Bye Bye Man is enjoyable enough to pass the time, though it feels more like a missed opportunity than anything else, not bothering to delve into the creature’s law and padding out a pretty straightforward plot, instead, the film borrows too often from other superior supernatural stories that came out around the same time, namely Sinister and Oculus, it’s no real surprise that hardly anyone remembers this film even coming out.
The Bye Bye Man isn’t a bad film per se, it’s just not as good as it could have been, using tried and tested horror tropes too often and not bothering to try too many new things, sadly the only feeling I had when leaving the film was disappointment at the laziness of the filmmakers.
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