Sometimes the monster under your bed isn’t close relations with Mike Wazowski and James P. Sullivan. Sometimes the monster tracking you in the night is an evil entity that wants to devour you, and leaves you trying to fall asleep with all the lights on. Stephen King, unsurprisingly, has a created a creature that falls in this camp, and the feature adaptation of his short story, “The Boogeyman,” looks suitably scary, if the trailer released today is any indication.
Here’s the movie’s official synopsis:
High school student Sadie Harper and her younger sister Sawyer are reeling from the recent death of their mother and aren’t getting much support from their father, Will, a therapist who is dealing with his own pain. When a desperate patient unexpectedly shows up at their home seeking help, he leaves behind a terrifying supernatural entity that preys on families and feeds on the suffering of its victims.
“The Boogeyman is a classic horror movie in the mold of Poltergeist that has scares and heart in equal measure,” the film’s director Rob Savage said in a statement. “I vividly remember the terror I felt reading King’s short story as a kid, and it’s this feeling of childhood fear that I wanted to inspire in cinema audiences around the world. This film was made in collaboration with an incredibly talented team of creatives, and is anchored by wonderful, soulful performances from our incredible cast—I’m in awe of them, truly. We’re incredibly proud of this movie and can’t wait to give you all a reason to fear the dark again on June 2nd.”
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The screenplay adaptation of King’s short story is by Scott Beck & Bryan Woods (A Quiet Place) and Mark Heyman (Black Swan). It stars Sophie Thatcher (Yellowjackets), Chris Messina (Air), Vivien Lyra Blair (Obi-Wan Kenobi), Marin Ireland (The Umbrella Academy), Madison Hu (Bizaardvark), LisaGay Hamilton (Vice), and David Dastmalchian (Boston Strangler).
Stranger Things producer Shawn Levy is behind the project as well as Dan Levine (Arrival), and Dan Cohen (The Adam Project). Executive producers include John H. Starke (Sicario), Emily Morris (Rosaline), Scott Beck, Bryan Woods, Ryan Cunningham, Adam Kolbrenner (The Tomorrow War), and Robyn Meisinger.
Although The Boogeyman was initially set to stream on Hulu, extremely positive test screenings caused 20th Century Studios to release it in theaters. You can catch it at your local cinema starting on June 2, 2023. In the meantime, we have this trailer as well as the poster below to keep us occupied:
