Sentences with phrase «bogeyman story»

The Babadook takes the form of a somewhat conventional bogeyman story, but it has much more on its mind.

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If, as I suspect, he lays a bit too much of the blame for our ills at the feet of that all - purpose bogeyman, capitalism, the story he tells is nevertheless a sobering and instructive one.

While I can understand that the 18 - certificate content may make a strong case for this approach, I'm again concerned that Christians neither wave placards at an imagined bogeyman, nor miss the opportunity to relate to one of the major cultural stories of the day.

Bogeyman Noun An imaginary evil spirit used to frighten children - A person or thing widely regarded as an object of fear There was once a story that was told all across world.

It's likely that his stories would have once again drawn Myers out of hiding, for as Doyle himself said as a kid, «You can't kill the bogeyman.»

Inserting themselves into the story as unkind spoiler - avatars in the piece (a gay, white couple acts as Quinceañera's bogeymen)-- the set for their tasteful duplex serves as Glatzer / Westmoreland's real - life digs — is as thorny a po - mo entanglement as these two otherwise successful guys interpolating themselves in their neighbour's lives, homes, and rituals with movie cameras and an evangelical mission.

There's a grown - up story about a stash of stolen money, but Laughton's masterstroke is to ignore that and present the human monster from the children's point of view, as a remorseless bogeyman.

In this collection of 10 unsettling stories, a bogeyman, an angelic budgie, and souls in limbo are just some of the elements that will leave readers startled and intrigued.