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* AdaptationalWimp: In the short story, the Boogeyman was able to take on a convincingly human disguise [[spoiler:as Dr. Harper]]. Here, it's "only" a VoiceChangeling that relies primarily on vocal mimicry to lure victims in.

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* ForTheEvulz: It's left ambiguous exactly ''what'' the Boogeyman is, but it's heavily implied to be motivated by nothing more than its own sadism.

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* ItCanThink: The Boogeyman acts like a feral beast, but it's actually quite intelligent and notably taunts its victims while using the voice of their loved ones just to KickTheDog.

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* KickTheDog: Lester notes the Boogeyman specifically preys on people who are hurt and vulnerable, seemingly out of nothing but sadism.

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* AncientEvil: Rita Billings speculates that the Boogeyman has existed since the beginning of time, and that it's the reason why humans started using fire: to protect themselves from it.

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* AdaptationalHeroism: In the short story, Lester deliberately lets the Boogeyman kill his son to buy himself some time. There's no evidence of this here, and he's at worst guilty of not believing his children until it was too late.

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* ~~AdaptationalHeroism:~~ AdaptationalHeroism:
** In the short story, Lester deliberately lets the Boogeyman kill his son to buy himself some time. There's no evidence of this here, and he's at worst guilty of not believing his children until it was too ~~late.~~late.
** In the short story, [[spoiler:Dr. Harper was merely a disguise for the Boogeyman to kill Lester.]] Here, he's a normal psychiatrist who is at worst a flawed but loving parent.

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* AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler:Was Lester killed by the Boogeyman, or did he commit suicide to lure it into the Harpers' household instead of tormenting his wife?]]

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* TheEndOrIsIt: [[spoiler:After the Boogeyman is seemingly killed, Sadie is called back into the room after a family therapy session by Dr. Weller, only to find the voice is emanating from the closet. Dr. Weller than appears behind her, hinting that the Boogeyman was trying to lure her into a trap.]]

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* HopeSpot: After [[spoiler:the Boogeyman kills Rita]], Sadie desperately calls Will to warn him not to go in the house with Sawyer. Will actually listens and prepares to leave, [[spoiler:only for the Boogeyman to grab him and and Sawyer and drag them into the house.]]

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* KillItWithFire: [[spoiler:The Boogeyman is ultimately defeated when Sadie and Sawyer douse it in lighter fluid and set it ablaze. It is hinted at the end it might have survived, however.]]

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* NotNowKiddo: Will's reaction to his daughters' bringing up the Boogeyman, though in fairness Sawyer had been afraid of monsters even before it showed up and Sadie only brought it up after having smoked weed. He averts it towards the end when a desperate Sadie calls him and warns against going in the house, [[spoiler:only for the Boogeyman to abduct him anyway.]]

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* BumblingDad: A downplayed, realistic variant with Will. He's fairly put-together and loving towards his daughters, but he's distant from them and often fails to take their words into account.
* TheCorruption: The Boogeyman's arrival into the Harper's household is accompanied by a series of black vines slowly growing inside the house. When Sadie arrives at the Billings home, she finds it covered in them.

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* GoodIsNotNice: Rita is trying to kill the Boogeyman, but it doesn't stop her from using Sadie as bait to lure it out without even telling her her plan.
* GoryDiscretionShot:
** The Boogeyman murdering Lester's daughter is kept offscreen, with only a few drops of blood being shown spraying onto a photograph.
** [[spoiler:Rita]] bring torn apart by the Boogeyman is shown only in quick cuts so the viewer can't see it clearly.

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Sadie is gloomy, withdrawn, and at times short-tempered, but she's still a generally decent person who risks it all to save her family.
* NeverSuicide: [[spoiler:Lester]]'s apparent suicide is implied to be the work of the Boogeyman, though nothing is ever states.
* NiceGirl: Dr. Weller is nothing but polite to the Harpers and genuinely cares about the family's well-being.
* PapaWolf: [[spoiler:Will's reaction to the Boogeyman trying to murder Sadie is to stab it with a broken hockey stick.]]
* ParentsAsPeople: Will Harper is a loving father, but he refuses to come to terms with his wife's death and won't talk with his daughters about it. He also has a bad tendency not to listen to them, which helps enable the Boogeyman to haunt his daughters for as long as it does.

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* FauxAffablyEvil: The Boogeyman mockingly reassures its victims as it murders them. Notably, it briefly pauses while trying to kill Sadoe in the climax to whisper "Hush now."

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* VoiceChangeling: The Boogeyman can mimic the voices of others, which it uses to lure in its victims.

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* GutturalGrowler: On the rare occasions it speaks [[VoiceChangeling in its own voice]], the Boogeyman speaks in a harsh and guttural rasp.

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* {{Sadist}}: Rita notes that the Boogeyman could easily kill its victims all at once, but it prefers to play with its food and torment them first.

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