Just keep telling yourself “It’s not real. It’s not real. It’s not real…” as you watch the new trailer for Stephen King’s The Boogeyman through the spaces between your fingers. Released courtesy of 20th Century Studios, The Boogeyman will bring the King novel of the same name to the big screen later this year. Check out the trailer for The Boogeyman below.
20th Century Studios and 21 Laps present The Boogeyman, a horror-thriller from the mind of best-selling author Stephen King. The Boogeyman follows High school student Sadie Harper and her younger sister Sawyer who have been left 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.
Directed by Rob Savage (Host) with a screenplay by Scott Beck & Bryan Woods (A Quiet Place) and Mark Heyman (Black Swan), and based upon the short story by Stephen King, The Boogeyman stars Sophie Thatcher (Yellowjackets), Chris Messina (Birds of Prey), Vivian Lyra Blair (Obi-Wan Kenobi), Marin Ireland (The Umbrella Academy), Madison Hu (Bizaardvark), LisaGay Hamilton (Vice), and David Dastmalchian (Dune).
The Boogeyman is produced by Stranger Things’ Shawn Levy as wellas Dan Levine (Arrival), and Dan Cohen (The Adam Project), with Emily Morris (Rosaline), John H. Starke (Sicario), Scott Beck, Bryan Woods, Adam Kolbrenner (The Tomorrow War), Ryan Cunningham, and Robin Meisinger serving as executive producers.
Changes Were Made to The Boogeyman After It Was Deemed Too Scary
The Boogeyman promises to terrify audiences everywhere when it lands in theaters in June, with director Rob Savage recently revealing that changes had to be made to the movie a certain moment was deemed too scary (can horror movies ever really be too scary?).
"The first time you see the creature, the audience screamed so loud, and then immediately started talking with their neighbors and chattering, that they completely missed the next lines,” the filmmaker revealed. “So we had to recut it and build in 45 seconds of padding, just so they didn’t miss any vital information."
Needless to say, The Boogeyman is all set to be brimming with jump scares. So here’s hoping we don’t miss too much while we’re busy shrieking and covering our eyes. "I’m a huge jump-scare guy. That’s the most gratifying part, when you see that play with an audience and you can feel them taking the bait, and then you feel the jump land,” he continued. “I was worried I’d become a horror story of compromise, but every frame of this movie is the movie I wanted to make."
While The Boogeyman was initially intended to be released via streaming on Hulu, plans have now changed, with King’s monster movie now all set to debut in theaters nationwide on June 2, 2023.