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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Movie Info
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Director -
Stacy Title -
Producer -
Trevor Macy , Jeffrey Soros , Simon Horsman -
Screenwriter -
Jonathan Penner -
Distributor -
STX Entertainment -
Production Co -
Intrepid Pictures , Los Angeles Media Fund , Huayi Brothers -
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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