Boo

Boo

Year: 2005

Runtime: 94 mins

Language: English

Director: Anthony C. Ferrante

HorrorHorror the undead and monster classicsTerrifying haunted and supernatural horrorGory gruesome and slasher horrorGothic and eerie haunting horror

You don’t have a ghost of a chance. On Halloween night, friends Emmett, Freddy, Marie, Kevin and his reluctant girlfriend Jessie venture into an abandoned hospital. Meanwhile, younger Allan teams up with his father’s old friend Arlo Ray Baines to search for his missing sister Meg at the same location. The two parties converge in the haunted third‑floor mental‑institution wing.

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Timeline & Setting – Boo (2005)

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Time period

Halloween night, All Saints' Day

The events unfold on Halloween night, with the eerie mood carrying into All Saints' Day noon. The haunting pace shifts from pranks to life-and-death confrontations as dawn nears. The passage of time is marked by switches between floors and the dead’s returns, punctuating the stakes as daylight approaches.

Location

Santa Mira Hospital

Santa Mira Hospital is an abandoned facility shuttered after a past fire, its empty corridors recalling a darker history. The group trespasses on Halloween night, moving through a building whose third floor houses a ward for mental patients. The site’s dusty, ruined halls and flickering lights create a chilling backdrop for ghosts who reanimate the dead. The hospital’s claustrophobic layout intensifies the threat as the living try to escape the hauntings.

🏥 Abandoned 👻 Haunted 🎃 Halloween Setting

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Main Characters – Boo (2005)

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Jessie Holden (Trish Coren)

A spiritually aware young woman who senses ghosts and channels their presence. She becomes the group’s guide through the hospital and shares her late mother’s haunting call every Halloween. Jessie uses her wits to outmaneuver Jacob and ultimately impersonates Nurse Russell to scare him away.

🔮 Psychic 💪 Resourceful

Kevin (Jilon VanOver)

Jealous and impulsive, he cheats on Jessie and grows paranoid as the haunting escalates. He ends up shooting Marie in a moment of fear, and his later fate ties into Jacob’s possession.

💀 Jealous 🔪 Impulsive

Freddy (Josh Holt)

A friend who becomes entangled in the hospital’s horror and is killed, then reanimated. His death accelerates the group’s plan to escape and raises the stakes for everyone.

😨 Fearful 💡 Curious

Marie (Nicole Rayburn)

A friend of the group who becomes a target of the spectral danger. She is shot by Kevin in a moment of panic and later revealed to be a moving presence among the reanimated.

💃 Survivor 👀 Suspicious

Emmett (Happy Mahaney)

A friend preparing Halloween props who is attacked by a ghost, dies, and is later reanimated along with others. His fate underscores the hospital’s threat and the peril the group faces.

🎭 Performer 😱 Victim

Meg (Rachel Melvin)

Allan’s missing sister, who is found alive only to reveal she has died and been reanimated. She is later possessed by Nurse Russell during the climax, aiding the group to survive.

🕊️ Resilient 💪 Survivor

Allan (Michael Samluk)

A determined survivor who searches for Meg and fights his way through the haunted hospital. He uses his wits and a gun to defend the group and push toward a solution.

🛡️ Protector 🔎 Investigator

Jacob (M. Steven Felty)

A child-murderer who haunts the hospital, killing and reanimating people to possess them. He remains a relentless and manipulative adversary throughout the night.

🗝️ Possession 🧭 Manipulative

Nurse Russell (Dee Wallace)

The hospital nurse who becomes the vessel for Russell and ultimately confronts Jacob. She embodies strategy and control, guiding the living to safety.

🛡️ Protector 🧭 Strategic

Arlo Ray Baines (Dig Wayne)

A former actor-turned-cop who trails Allan and helps exploit the hospital’s weaknesses. He plays a decisive role in subduing reanimated enemies and aiding the escape.

🕵️ Detective 💪 Courage

Caitlin (Jennifer Amy Decker)

Meg’s missing friend who was part of the earlier disappearance. She appears in the hospital’s memory and is tied to Jacob’s murderous past.

💔 Victim 👻 Ghostly

Dutchess (Dutchess Botti-Smith)

Emmett’s dog who accompanies the group through the hospital. The animal is killed during the hauntings and briefly joins the danger of the reanimated.

🐕 Loyal 💀 Victim

Ghost Girl (Taylor Hurley)

A spectral child-figure encountered on the third floor whose presence foreshadows the killer’s reach. Her appearances heighten the supernatural mood and danger.

👻 Ghost 🧠 Haunting

Louise (Rosamaria Juarez)

A little girl spirit tied to the hospital’s dark past. Her ghostly presence underscores the history of violence that keeps resurfacing.

👶 Child Spirit 🕯️ Haunting

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Major Themes – Boo (2005)

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👻 Ghosts & Possession

The hospital becomes a stage where the dead return and can possess the living. Jacob, a child killer, orchestrates the hauntings from beyond the grave, driving the group toward danger. Jessie’s psychic sensitivity lets her sense presences and strategize against the spirits. The line between memory and malevolent force blurs as victims reanimate and threaten escape.

🕯️ Redemption & Sacrifice

Characters confront their past and must choose self-sacrifice over self-preservation. Arlo and Nurse Russell complicate the showdown, aiming to subdue Jacob and protect the others. Freddy’s death and reanimation catalyze resolve and consequences for the group. The plan to beat the haunting hinges on personal sacrifices that unlock the way out.

🗝️ Secrets & Escape

The hospital’s history and hidden wards drive the plot, revealing why the living cannot simply walk away. Jessie’s impersonation of Nurse Russell is a calculated move to trick the killer and buy time for the others. Keys, doors, and the third floor symbolize thresholds between life, death, and release. Understanding the past is essential to finding a path to safety.

Last Updated: October 04, 2025 at 12:12

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