Don't Look Under the Bed (1999) (TV)

Director:

Kenneth Johnson

Writer (WGA):

Mark Edward Edens (written by)

Release Date:

9 October 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Family | Fantasy

Plot:

A girl calls on her brother's imaginary friend to banish a mischievous boogeyman who has framed her for his pranks. |

Plot Keywords:

Boogeyman | Family | High School | Horror For Kids | Imaginary Friend

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Erin Chambers	...	Frances Bacon McCausland
Ty Hodges	...	Larry Houdini (as Eric 'Ty' Hodges II)
Robin Riker	...	Karen McCausland
Steve Valentine	...	Boogeyman
Mary Parker Williams	...	Ms. Readle
Geoff Hansen	...	Mr. Kepler
Barry Yourgrau	...	Principle Gribben
Stephen Tobolowsky	...	Michael McCausland
Nathan Stevens	...	Bert McCausland
RuDee Lipscomb	...	Joanne Smith
Rachel Kimsey	...	Zoe
Ruth Hale	...	Old Zoe
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Frank Gerrish	...	Driving Instructor
Isaac Lipscomb	...	Schoolkid
Jean Lipscomb	...	Reporter #2
Jake Sakson	...	Darwin McCausland
Michelle Wright	...	News Reporter
Dajon Young	...	Jason

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Company:

Hal Roach Studios Inc.

How a quite silly plot can be enjoyable.

This movie is not especially and intelligent movie with complex situations and in-depth background of the characters. It is more of a movie that deals with family situations and the doings of a teen-age girl. The plot of the story is actually quite silly, being about a boogie man, but there is a few parts in this movie that are all of funny and interesting. The only thing I find very awkward is how Erin Chambers looks to be the high schooler that she is supposed to play, but is really over 6 years older. She was twenty years old when she played the part of "Frances". So that just goes to show how weird Hollywood does things.

I think my favorite character in this would have to be Larry. The "Imaginary friend". He acts so unhuman like sometimes which is perfect for this type of kids show. This can be happily viewed by adults, but it would be much more enjoyed by even a child as young as four. The sets that they used in the movie must have taken them a long time to build at how elaborate they were. So since it was a sort of childish movie with not a lot of in depth proportion to it, I give it an 8.5 out of 10. But it was a pretty good film.