Don't Look Under the Bed

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Don't Look Under the Bed
Don't Look Under the Bed promotional advertisement
Directed by	Kenneth Johnson
Produced by	Don Schain
Starring	Erin Chambers Ty Hodges Steve Valentine
Music by	Daniel Licht
Distributed by	Disney Channel
Release date(s)	October 9, 1999
Running time	100 min.
Language	English
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Don't Look Under The Bed is a Disney Channel Original Movie.

[edit] Plot Summary

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

It is about a girl named Frances Bacon McCausland (Erin Chambers). Strange things have been going on in the town of Middleberg. Dogs on people's roofs,alarm clocks going off 3 hours early, eggs all over the teacher's car, jello in the swimming pool, and B's spray-painted all over town. All these weird pranks seem to point to Frances, but none of it makes sense.

The only person who can help her in this situation, is a guy only she can see; Larry Houdini. Larry tells Frances that she's being framed by the Boogeyman, and he seems to know what's going on better than she does. Frances has a difficult time believing what Larry tells her, because she's always tried to look at the world like an adult, using logic and fact to explain everything.

Over time, the Boogeyman's pranks become more insidious and incriminating. Frances ends up losing a friend and making an idiot of herself when she tries to convince others of Larry's existence.

The two of them decide to put their heads together to get rid of the Boogeyman.

Then, she learns that Larry was her little brother Darwin's imaginary friend. For some reason, Darwin doesn't believe in him anymore, and something bad is happening to Larry.

Finally, the Boogeyman performs such a crazy prank, that the entire town is demanding answers from Frances and her family. Then, Darwin gets kidnapped by the Boogeyman, and Larry and Frances must travel into the mysterious Boogeyworld under her bed to save him.

The horror aspects of the film are an unusual diversion from Disney's family-oriented model. Parents have complained the movie was too frightening for young children. As a result, it is usually only aired once a year, typically within a few days of Halloween.