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Don't Look Under the Bed (1999) on Netflix

TV-PG19991h 33mFamilyFantasyHorror

In Middleberg, pranks point at Frances Bacon McCausland, starting high school a year early. Larry Houdini, an imaginary friend only children can see, says the Boogeyman is framing her.

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Frances Bacon McCausland is starting high school a year early in Middleberg, a town where odd things keep happening. Dogs turn up on rooftops, clocks ring hours too soon, a teacher's car is covered in eggs, gelatin fills the school pool, and the letter B is painted around town. The same B appears inside Frances' locker, and the pranks seem to come from her. Larry Houdini, a boy only children can see, tells her he is an imaginary friend and that the Boogeyman is framing her.

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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Don't Look Under the Bed (1999)

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  • SPOILERDisney asked director Kenneth Johnson to shoot the ending kiss between Eric "Ty" Hodges II's Larry, who was not written as a black character, and a white girl several ways, including not at all; Johnson fought for it and the kiss stayed in the film.
  • The 1999 Disney Channel Original Movie drew numerous complaints from parents who said it scared their children, and the channel withdrew it from circulation as a result.
  • The Boogeyman was originally scarier in early concept drawings, with a dark look and quills; director Kenneth Johnson made him more Victorian and gave him limerick-like dialogue to lighten him.
  • SPOILERThe original script had Frances and Larry getting rid of the Boogeyman with a tetra-fuse, but Johnson changed it so Frances defeats him herself, wanting a climax like Walt Disney's Dumbo (1941), where heroism comes from within.

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