Don't Look Under the Bed is a made-for-TV fantasy horror film directed by Kenneth Johnson.

Frances Bacon McCausland (Erin Chambers), an intelligent and level-headed girl, is starting high school a year early.

An older boy named Larry Houdini (Eric "Ty" Hodges II) offers to help Frances, telling her that he is an imaginary friend, which is proven true as children are the only other people who can see him.

The Boogeyman causes a blackout, foreshadowed by the Bs he spray-painted; however, the McCausland home is unaffected, with all its Christmas lights remaining on.

Frances then loses her friendship with her best friend Joanne, makes a fool out of herself trying to convince others that Larry exists, and causes her family to question her sanity.

Having accidentally stepped in Boogey Goo, Darwin attracts the Boogeyman and gets kidnapped while sitting in Frances' room.

Frances stopped believing in her when Darwin fell ill, deciding it was time to grow up.

Frances proves she still cares about Zoe, holding her hand and causing her to revert to normal.

According to Johnson, Disney was concerned about "having a black boy kiss a white girl" at the film's ending, stating, "They asked me to do it a couple of different ways, including not really at all.

"[3] Due to complaints from parents who found the film to be too scary for young children, Disney Channel ceased annual rebroadcasts of it during the month of October after 2006.