Three friends stumble upon the horrific origins of a mysterious figure they discover is the root cause of the evil behind unspeakable acts.Three friends stumble upon the horrific origins of a mysterious figure they discover is the root cause of the evil behind unspeakable acts.Three friends stumble upon the horrific origins of a mysterious figure they discover is the root cause of the evil behind unspeakable acts.
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- TriviaThe story on which the film is based, "The Bridge to Body Island," has a much more complex mythology for the Bye Bye Man: He was an albino born in New Orleans in 1912 who ran away as a child and became a derelict who lived in a train yard. After going blind he began murdering people and cutting out their eyes and tongues, which he sewed together and brought to life using voodoo. The resultant creature became the Bye Bye Man's literal seeing-eye dog, helping him hunt his prey. Several elements from the story- notably the dog and the motif of trains-- were retained for the movie, though their purpose is left undefined.
- GoofsWhen Elliot wants to view the dead file he found, the archivist tells him to use gloves because the documents contained are very old, and they may be damaged by greasy or sweaty fingers. However, when they are discussing the content, she is touching the documents barehanded herself. Elliot is seen wearing one glove, but he too touches the documents with his other, bare hand.
- Alternate versionsAn unrated cut was released on home video in April of 2017. It is 99 minutes long compared to the original cut of 96 minutes.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Fuck You, It's January!!!: Fuck You, It's Forever!!! (2017)
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Written by Craig Atkinson, Sean Byrne (as John Byrne), Roy Chaney, Ken Ellner and John Michalski
Performed by Count Five
Courtesy of The Bicycle Music Company
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What has happened to this genre? Years ago it seemed a similar type of film would be hitting the big screen on an almost bimonthly basis, now when we get a horror, it always feels as if something is missing somehow.
The Bye Bye Man begins well enough, and has a fairly interesting concept, trouble is the direction is so poor, it fails almost entirely to so the basic premise of a film, and tell a story, it's lazy somehow, we get no backstory, no real conclusion, and certainly no real tension.
The acting was fair I guess, but none of the cast were treated well in terms of script.
Overall, a total disappointment, some wonderful ideas, just badly realised, and way too predictable, you always seem to know what's coming next. 4/10
The Bye Bye Man begins well enough, and has a fairly interesting concept, trouble is the direction is so poor, it fails almost entirely to so the basic premise of a film, and tell a story, it's lazy somehow, we get no backstory, no real conclusion, and certainly no real tension.
The acting was fair I guess, but none of the cast were treated well in terms of script.
Overall, a total disappointment, some wonderful ideas, just badly realised, and way too predictable, you always seem to know what's coming next. 4/10
- Sleepin_Dragon
- Feb 10, 2019
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- Language
- Also known as
- БайБайМен
- Filming locations
- Berea, Ohio, USA(Baldwin Wallace University)
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Box office
- Budget
- $7,400,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $22,395,806
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $13,501,349
- Jan 15, 2017
- Gross worldwide
- $29,874,280
- Runtime1 hour 36 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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