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The Bye Bye Man

Play trailer 0:42 Poster for The Bye Bye Man PG-13 Released Jan 13, 2017 1h 36m Horror Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
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People commit unthinkable acts every day. Time and again, we grapple to understand what drives a person to do such terrible things. But what if all of the questions we're asking are wrong? What if the cause of all evil is not a matter of what, but who? When three college friends stumble upon the horrific origins of the Bye Bye Man, they discover that there is only one way to avoid his curse: don't think it, don't say it. But once the Bye Bye Man gets inside your head, he takes control.
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The Bye Bye Man clumsily mashes together elements from better horror films, adding up to a derivative effort as short on originality as it is on narrative coherency or satisfying scares.

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K. Austin Collins The Ringer There's an art to being bad. The Bye Bye Man hasn't studied that art - but it's good enough to get you going. Aug 10, 2017 Full Review Leah Pickett Chicago Reader The script teems with horror clichs (scribbled drawings, a creepy kid, the skeptical protagonist looking up the demon's origins on a library computer), and everything from the acting to the makeup to the special effects is atrocious. Jan 19, 2017 Full Review Clark Collis Entertainment Weekly Maybe all will be explained in the sequel. If so, your writer is happy to remain uneducated. Rated: C Jan 14, 2017 Full Review Bill Chambers Film Freak Central Is it possible The Bye Bye Man is actually a genre spoof? Rated: 1/4 Mar 3, 2022 Full Review David Gonzalez The Cinematic Reel The Bye Bye Man is one of the worst horror films I've ever seen and the best advice I can give any cinephile thinking about watching this film is, "Don't think it. Don't Say it. Don't See it." Rated: 0.5/4 Feb 18, 2022 Full Review Jordy Sirkin Jordy Reviews It It never quite develops itself nor does it explain a lot of avoidable mistakes. It's one of those films that is so painful to watch that you wonder, did they make it this bad on purpose? Jan 2, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

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Dad Does Movies ? This movie hits an arc and then plummets to the ground like a Temu RC plane and buries its nose in Old Man Crenshaw’s spice garden. Opens up with a great flashback and sets the table for the plot and you’re already wondering where this story is headed. The phrase “Don’t say it. Don’t think it.” permeates through the movie and adds more tension but round about 30 minutes in, it all starts to smell bad like a Jason Voorhies victim. It’s hard to say which is worse: the plot, the CGI, or the female lead’s acting. Nothing makes sense. We never find out who or what the Bye Bye Man is except I CAN tell you he does look like Voldemort’s slow thinking cousin. And his dog/hellhound looks like something a 12 year old scrawled on the back of his notebook with his eyes closed. Jonathan Prenner should never write another horror script or should be forced to watch this flick everyday. Surprisingly Faye Dunaway and Carrie-Anne Moss have small roles and most likely they’re thankful they weren’t on screen for a long period of time. Been a long time since I watched a movie with a great start and then turn into hot garbage. The Bye Bye Man is a No No Movie. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/09/25 Full Review Desmond S -1 the special effects were bad and -0.5 some parts didn’t go anywhere. even that’s one of the things I didn’t like about it, I still think it’s good Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/21/25 Full Review Jelisije J A decent horror film that kept me interested throughout its run time. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 09/27/24 Full Review Audience Member So bad, and not good. I genuinely cannot believe human beings were able to make something this bland and terrible. If I were the director I would go to bed every night asking myself “why did I have to make something that bad?” And then cry. .5/5 stars. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 07/08/24 Full Review NBL T When this first came out it had me saying “don’t say it, don’t think it”. I think everyone was so over critical on the movie expecting a jump scare horror movie, but this movie requires more complex thinking. What made this movie a great scary movie was the fact that it attacks the minds of the victims not the actual people themselves which I think is absolute genius! It’s not a copycat or derivative of any other scary movie I have no idea why everyone was saying that. Fear is a powerful thing and with the right amount of crazy and fear struck into people this could be a real situation that to me is what makes this movie actually scary! Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 06/05/24 Full Review Michael P The beginning earned these stars. Watch the beginning and forget about the rest. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 05/17/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis People commit unthinkable acts every day. Time and again, we grapple to understand what drives a person to do such terrible things. But what if all of the questions we're asking are wrong? What if the cause of all evil is not a matter of what, but who? When three college friends stumble upon the horrific origins of the Bye Bye Man, they discover that there is only one way to avoid his curse: don't think it, don't say it. But once the Bye Bye Man gets inside your head, he takes control.
Director
Stacy Title
Producer
Trevor Macy, Jeffrey Soros, Simon Horsman
Screenwriter
Jonathan Penner
Distributor
STX Entertainment
Production Co
Huayi Brothers, Los Angeles Media Fund, Intrepid Pictures
Rating
PG-13 (Terror|Horror Violence|Bloody Images|Teen Drinking|Partial Nudity|Thematic Elements|Sexual Content|Some Language)
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 13, 2017, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 28, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$22.4M
Runtime
1h 36m
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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