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The Bye Bye Man

also known as “Bijok jo vardo,” “Nunca Diga Seu Nome,” “Nunca Digas Su Nombre,” “O Nome do Medo”
MPA Rating: PG-13-Rating (MPA) for terror, horror violence, bloody images, sexual content, thematic elements, partial nudity, some language and teen drinking.
Moral Rating: Not recommended
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Primary Audience: Adults Teens
Genre: Supernatural-Horror Thriller Adaptation
Length: 1 hr. 36 min.
Year of Release: 2017
USA Release: January 13, 2017 (wide—2,300+ theaters)
DVD: April 11, 2017
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Featuring Faye Dunaway … Widow Redmon
Carrie-Anne MossDet. Shaw
Douglas Smith … Elliot
Michael Trucco … Virgil
Doug Jones … The Bye Bye Man
Lucien Laviscount … John
Cressida Bonas … Sasha
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Here’s what the distributor says about their film: “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 source of all evil is not a matter of what… but who?

In 1990s Wisconsin, three college students move into an old, off-campus house, where they find themselves hunted by a sinister supernatural entity called The Bye Bye Man (Doug Jones).

From the producer of ‘Oculus’ and ‘The Strangers’ comes ‘The Bye Bye Man,’ a chilling horror-thriller that exposes the evil behind the most unspeakable acts committed by man. 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. Is there a way to survive his possession?

Debuting on Friday, January 13th, this film redefines the horror that iconic date represents—stretching our comprehension of the terror this day holds beyond our wildest nightmares.

This film is an adaptation of a short story called ‘The Bridge to Body Island’ by Robert Damon Schneck.”

Violence: Extreme / Profanity: Heavy / Sex/Nudity: Heavy

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Viewer CommentsSend your comments
Negative
Negative—Wasn’t scary, and the blonde women was such a bad actor. Wait for DVD release. Not worth seeing in theatres.
My Ratings: Moral rating: none / Moviemaking quality: 3
Mush, age 35 (USA)

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Movie Critics
…Say hello to spooky, cheesy fun… Yet, there is genuine tension. …
Katie Walsh, Tribune News Service
…okay chiller… its slapdash hallucinatory quality is a token gesture toward placing you inside the characters’ heads. …
Owen Gleiberman, Variety
…An involving, although not entirely gratifying amalgam of horror conventions…
Justin Lowe, The Hollywood Reporter
…‘Bye Bye Man’ is all jump scares and no sense… Horror movies don't come any dumber…
Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune
“The Bye Bye Man” is a silly joke of a horror movie…
Kimber Myers, Playlist
…supernatural slasher flick is insult to horror fans… [½/4]
David Fear, Rolling Stone
…“The Bye Bye Man” is little more than a series of scenes of people walking into dark basements or peeking into doorways…
Tim Grierson, Screen Daily
…utterly lifeless and banal… “The Bye Bye Man” is pretty much as lame as can be—a film that is alternately far too silly to work as a horror film and far too boring to succeed as camp. …[½]
Peter Sobczynski, RogerEbert.com
…No reason to say hello to ‘Bye Bye Man’…
Adam Graham, The Detroit News