The Bye Bye Man

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The Bye Bye Man

PG-13

Released Jan 13, 2017

1h 36m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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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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Critics Consensus

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

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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

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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

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Bill Chambers

Film Freak Central

Is it possible The Bye Bye Man is actually a genre spoof?

Rated: 1/4

Mar 3, 2022

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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

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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

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Daniel C

This was a pretty solid movie that I quite enjoyed. I liked the whole concept of the movie a lot. Just by knowing a name can haunt you. When we know we shouldn't think about something for some reason we can't help but think about it. Thinking of saying the name The Bye Bye Man will come to haunt you in many ways. I thought this movie was executed well and I would like for a sequel.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/08/25

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Chris B

Boring and rubbish. This movie was not scary at all.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/06/25

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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

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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

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Jelisije J

A decent horror film that kept me interested throughout its run time.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

09/27/24

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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

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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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