Don't Look Under the Bed
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| Don't Look Under the Bed | |
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| Directed by | Kenneth Johnson |
| Produced by | Don Schain |
| Written by | Mark Edward Evans |
| Starring | Erin Chambers Jake Sakson Eric "Ty" Hodges II Robin Riker Steve Valentine Stephen Tobolowsky |
| Music by | Daniel Licht |
| Editing by | David Strohmaier |
| Distributed by | Disney Channel |
| Release date(s) | October 9, 1999 |
| Running time | 100 min. |
| Country |  |
| Language | English |
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Don't Look Under The Bed is a 1999 Disney Channel Original Movie.
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[edit] Plot
The movie is about a girl named Francis Bacon McCausland (Erin Chambers). Strange things have been going on in the town of Middleberg. Dogs on people's roofs, alarm clocks going off three hours early, eggs all over the teacher's car, Jello in the swimming pool, and B's spray-painted all over town, including the lockers of the school -- except for Francis' locker, which has a B inside it. All these weird pranks seem to point to Frances, but none of it makes sense to her.
The only person who can help her in this situation is a guy only she can see; Larry Houdini (Eric "Ty" Hodges II). Larry tells Francis that she's being framed by the Boogeyman, and he seems to know what's going on better than she does. Francis 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. Francis ends up losing her friend Joanne 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. But, Francis told Darwin in the past that Larry wasn't real so Darwin doesn't believe in him anymore, and Larry starts to turn into a boogeyman himself.
Finally, the Boogeyman performs such a crazy prank that the entire town is demanding answers from Francis and her family. Then Darwin gets kidnapped by the Boogeyman, and Larry and Francis must travel into the mysterious Boogeyworld under the bed to save him.
For a few minutes, Larry turns into a complete Boogeyman, and almost throws Darwin over a cliff. But Francis convinces Darwin that Larry was real, and Larry reverts back to his normal self. After using a special machine on the original boogeyman, Francis realizes that its her old imaginary friend, Zoe. She apologizes to the boogeyman, and the Zoe turns to her old imaginary self.
They all return to the real world,Larry and Zoe have to leave. Francis has become too old, and they have to go to new children. Before Larry and the Zoe leave, Larry kisses Francis. Then they both go off to defeat a Boogyman in another town.
[edit] Cast
- Erin Chambers as Frances Bacon McCausland
- Jake Sakson as Darwin McCausland
- Eric "Ty" Hodges II as Larry Houdini
- Robin Riker as Karen McCausland
- Steve Valentine as Boogeyman
- Stephen Tobolowsky as Michael McCausland
[edit] Trivia
- 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.
- Eric "Ty" Hodges has the same name, "Larry", in "Don't Look Under the Bed" and Even Stevens. Except in Even Stevens, his last name was "Biel", not Houdini
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