A woman returns to her childhood home to discover that the imaginary friend she left behind is very real and unhappy that she abandoned him.A woman returns to her childhood home to discover that the imaginary friend she left behind is very real and unhappy that she abandoned him.A woman returns to her childhood home to discover that the imaginary friend she left behind is very real and unhappy that she abandoned him.
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- TriviaDirector Jeff Wadlow cited Poltergeist (1982) as an influence on this movie, "It perfectly strikes the balance between scares and this benign sense of wonder and excitement and emotion that you get when you have a family that you care about."
- GoofsWhen Jess and Tom are having a conversation in the bathroom before he leaves, there are obvious reverse shots as the words on his shirt are mirrored, before then reverting to normal in the next shot.
- ConnectionsReferenced in All About: All About Horror in 2024 (2023)
- SoundtracksYour Kind of Love
Written by Johnnie Adams
Performed by Johnny Adams
Courtesy of Ace Copyrights Ltd (Cosmos Music)
License by arrangement with Fine Gold Music
Featured review
What Walt's Watching
In the latest horror movie from Blumhouse, "Imaginary", you have the chance to meet Chauncey, the not so fun loving bear.
As the producers say: "He's not imaginary and he's not your friend."
I've been keenly anticipating this films release because the trailer intrigued me.
Imaginary friends is something very relatable for most people either as part of their childhood, a siblings or their own children, grandchildren etc.
In other words we've all known someone who's come through this grist mill and out the otherside.
So, what if the imaginary friend was not as amicable as you'd think, now we have the premise for great Brisbane Horror Movie Events, but sadly we don't, not even close.
Writer, Director Jeff Wadlow has given us so many nightmares in the past with his other creations, however this ain't one of my 99 problems.
When they finally reveal who "See Bee" is it should be terrifying and instead it's like "Five Night's At Freddy's" & " Megan's" creators lame, big hairy, "Chauncey" Beast with very sharp teeth and claws.
As soon as I learned puppeteers were involved my pulse rate dropped.
Not exactly enough to instil fear in most adults.
To be fair the movie is aimed more at a teen/tween audience with it's "M" rating in Australia.
Talking to randoms in the lift after this advance screening we all felt the same...a bit let down because it's no "Talk To Me"!
Having said that you still don't want creepy bears laying around your house or are they?
In "Imaginary" a woman of colour (DeWanda Wise as "Jessica") returns to her childhood home that really needs the walls painted to get rid of her so-called art to discover that the imaginary friend she left behind "Chauncey Bear" is very real and unhappy that she abandoned him.
Tom Payne as hipster pop star husband "Max" is wasted and only used in a few scenes.
Betty Buckley as the creepy old neighbour "Gloria" is fairly predictable.
Pyper Braun as "Alice", "Jessica's" young step daughter is a find, while Taegen Burns" as "Taylor" the other step daughter is such a cookie cutter teenage angst character.
Poor Samuel Salary as "Jessica's" mentally ill father is not earning his salary with his whites of his eyes rolling trickery.
While Matthew Sato as teenage next door neighbour "Liam" is a punk ass weak character.
I know what you're thinking I've got to stop holding back and write what i'm really thinking.
It's a concept that could and should have been more terrifying than Freddy Kruger's Nightmares.
If "Poltergeist" really was an influence on Wadlow's latest flick then it sadly doesn't show on the big screen.
As the producers say: "He's not imaginary and he's not your friend."
I've been keenly anticipating this films release because the trailer intrigued me.
Imaginary friends is something very relatable for most people either as part of their childhood, a siblings or their own children, grandchildren etc.
In other words we've all known someone who's come through this grist mill and out the otherside.
So, what if the imaginary friend was not as amicable as you'd think, now we have the premise for great Brisbane Horror Movie Events, but sadly we don't, not even close.
Writer, Director Jeff Wadlow has given us so many nightmares in the past with his other creations, however this ain't one of my 99 problems.
When they finally reveal who "See Bee" is it should be terrifying and instead it's like "Five Night's At Freddy's" & " Megan's" creators lame, big hairy, "Chauncey" Beast with very sharp teeth and claws.
As soon as I learned puppeteers were involved my pulse rate dropped.
Not exactly enough to instil fear in most adults.
To be fair the movie is aimed more at a teen/tween audience with it's "M" rating in Australia.
Talking to randoms in the lift after this advance screening we all felt the same...a bit let down because it's no "Talk To Me"!
Having said that you still don't want creepy bears laying around your house or are they?
In "Imaginary" a woman of colour (DeWanda Wise as "Jessica") returns to her childhood home that really needs the walls painted to get rid of her so-called art to discover that the imaginary friend she left behind "Chauncey Bear" is very real and unhappy that she abandoned him.
Tom Payne as hipster pop star husband "Max" is wasted and only used in a few scenes.
Betty Buckley as the creepy old neighbour "Gloria" is fairly predictable.
Pyper Braun as "Alice", "Jessica's" young step daughter is a find, while Taegen Burns" as "Taylor" the other step daughter is such a cookie cutter teenage angst character.
Poor Samuel Salary as "Jessica's" mentally ill father is not earning his salary with his whites of his eyes rolling trickery.
While Matthew Sato as teenage next door neighbour "Liam" is a punk ass weak character.
I know what you're thinking I've got to stop holding back and write what i'm really thinking.
It's a concept that could and should have been more terrifying than Freddy Kruger's Nightmares.
If "Poltergeist" really was an influence on Wadlow's latest flick then it sadly doesn't show on the big screen.
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- Mar 8, 2024
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- Language
- Also known as
- Уявний друг
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Box office
- Budget
- $13,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $24,565,065
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $9,912,713
- Mar 10, 2024
- Gross worldwide
- $33,172,831
- Runtime1 hour 44 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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