The next month The boogeyman could very well become the next big horror hit, especially if director Rob Savage is to be taken at his word. Speak with SFX magazinethe filmmaker now has the horror of The boogeyman to a terrifying degree, describing the film as the most “viscerally creepy” Stephen King adaptation of all time.
“The Shining is clearly the scariest Stephen King adaptation. But I don’t think there’s been a King adaptation as viscerally scary as this movie.”
Considering that so many of Stephen King’s works have been adapted for the screen, many of them resulting in some of the scariest examples of the horror genre ever to hit the screen, Savage’s claim is rather bold. Luckily, Savage, who has already proven his affinity for fear with both Host And Dashcamlikes to explain why he thinks The boogeyman will be so high between the various adjustments…
“This film attacks the source material in a way unlike any other King adaptation. We wanted this to feel true to his writing. Me and [co-screenwriter] Marking [Heyman] always went back to the warmth of character you feel in King’s novels. Even when the subject is dark, there is a glimmer of hope. He is not a cynical writer.”
The Boogeyman had to undergo edits to keep it from getting too scary
Based on the 1973 short story of the same name by Stephen King, The boogeyman follows high school senior Sadie Harper and her little sister Sawyer, who are still reeling from their mother’s recent death. Devastated by his own pain, their father Will, a therapist by trade, gives them neither the support nor the affection they try to demand from him. When a desperate patient unexpectedly shows up at their home asking for help, they enlist a terrifying entity that preys on the families and feeds on their greatest suffering.
The boogeyman has already proven scary to some, with the film undergoing some extra work in the editing room to lessen the scares. “The first time you saw the creature, the audience screamed so loudly, and then immediately started talking and chattering with their neighbors, that they completely missed the following lines,” Savage recently revealed. seconds of padding so they wouldn’t miss any vital information.”
Wilde directs The boogeyman from a screenplay The quiet place duo Scott Beck & Bryan Woods and Black Swan Mark Heyman. The boogeyman stars Sophie Thatcher (Yellowjackets, The Book of Boba Fett), Chris Messina (Birds of Prey, Argo), Vivian Lyra Blair (Obi Wan Kenobi), Marin Ireland (The Umbrella Academy, hell or high water), Madison Hu (Bizarre Aardvark), Lisa Gay Hamilton (Shame), and David Dastmalchian (Dune, the dark knight).
The boogeyman is expected to be released theatrically in the United States on June 2, 2023 by 20th Century Studios.