sentences:  After screening at the Screamfest Horror Film Festival on October 20, 2007, "Boogeyman 2" was released direct-to-video in the United States on January 8, 2008; it was later released theatrically in Russia and Italy.It received mixed reviews from critics, although many of them considered it to be a general improvement over its predecessor.Attention was especially given to the human-like nature of the Boogeyman in the film, which reviewers felt was preferable to monsters in other contemporary creature features, including the previous film.