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The Bye Bye Man (2017)

The Bye Bye Man poster
Directed by
Stacy Title
Genre
horror film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 36m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
5.2 of 10 from 1,312 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

College students accidentally summon a malevolent entity called the Bye Bye Man. They discover that thinking about him or saying his name gives him power. They must avoid these actions to survive his attacks.

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What happens

The Bye Bye Man is a 2017 American supernatural horror film directed by Stacy Title (in her final directed film before her death) and written by Jonathan Penner, based on the chapter "The Bridge to Body Island" in Robert Damon Schneck's book The President's Vampire. The film stars Douglas Smith, Lucien Laviscount, Cressida Bonas, Doug Jones, Carrie-Anne Moss, Faye Dunaway, and Jenna Kanell. Principal photography began on November 2, 2015, in Cleveland, Ohio. STXfilms released the film on January 13, 2017. The film received negative reviews from critics but grossed $29.9 million worldwide on a budget of $6.2‒7.4 million, and was the last film directed by Stacy Title, who died in January 2021 from ALS. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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