As long as their have been kids and bedrooms there have been tales of monsters hiding in those closets and under those beds. It’s become such a widely known and accepted fear that we’ve pretty much defanged the idea. Monsters Inc proved that, if something is made into a Pixar film it can no longer be considered terrifying. Side note, I have to correct myself because there is an injustice no one likes to talk about, Monsters Inc is a ripped off idea, do yourself a favor and rent Little Monsters starring Howie Mandel and Fred Savage and then try to argue that point with me.
I digress, as I was saying the idea is no longer terrifying…or at least it wasn’t. There’s only one name that can take something as mundane as the monster under the bed and make it scary again…Stephen King. Yes, like a macabre Avenger he comes to save the unscary to return it to its former glory with the short story on which this film was based.
The Boogeyman a new horror film from 20th Century Fox and “from the mind of” Stephen King seeks to make you think twice about that closet being empty. Siblings Sadie and Sawyer, while grieving their recently passed mother, start to realize that there’s more to their perception of a monster in the closet then just an overactive adolescent imagination. The two minute trailer below should paint a picture that will have you second guessing leaving your foot out from under the covers at night. Terrifying in atmosphere alone I can’t imagine what the end result will be with the entity front and center. Almost as if to solidify my longing to see this film we get a quick shot of the amazing David Dastmalchian who apparently plays a mentally disturbed man that inadvertently (?) delivers the malevolent entity to the house.
All I know is that once I see this movie, my kids are on their own to check their closets and under their beds.
The Boogeyman opens in theaters on June 2nd, 2023
Official Synopsis:
20th Century Studios and 21 Laps present “The Boogeyman,” a horror-thriller from the mind of best-selling author Stephen King, which opens June 2, 2023, in theaters nationwide. 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,” directed by Rob Savage (“Host”) with a screenplay by Scott Beck & Bryan Woods (“A Quiet Place”) and Mark Heyman (“Black Swan”), based upon the short story by Stephen King
Starring: Sophie Thatcher (“Yellowjackets”), Chris Messina (“Birds of Prey”), Vivian Lyra Blair (“Obi-Wan Kenobi”), Marin Ireland (“The Umbrella Academy”), Madison Hu (“Bizaardvark”), Lisa Gay Hamilton (“Vice”), and David Dastmalchian (“Dune”).
