Stephen King horror movies and his macabre I.P. have all the time completed properly in Hollywood— “The Shining,” “Carrie,” “Firestarter,” “Misery,” “Cujo,” “Pet Sematary,” and extra—however there’s no denying a brand new King resurgence has occurred within the final fifteen years with a whole lot of remakes (“Firestarter,” “Carrie,” “Pet Sematary”) a few of them unbelievable profitable (the “IT” franchise), some sequels to basic works (“Doctor Sleep”), and much-anticipated variations that didn’t fairly work (“The Dark Tower”). No matter how these movies have completed on the field workplace, the King renaissance is actual and ongoing. And the newest is “The Boogeyman,” an upcoming American supernatural horror movie primarily based on King’s 1978 quick story of the identical title.
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Directed by Rob Savage (“Dashcam,” “Host”), the true cinematic draw right here could also be that the movie is predicated on a screenplay by Scott Beck, Bryan Woods, and Mark Heyman, Beck, and Woods, often called the writers who wrote the unique “A Quiet Place” movie that John Krasinski took and made his personal. Even although Krasinski obtained a whole lot of the ‘Quiet Place’ glory, took that franchise over, and moved it in his personal route, they’ve been in a position to parlay a fruitful profession out of it and wrote and directed the upcoming sci-fi motion movie, “65” that’s produced by Sam Raimi and stars Adam Driver.
The movie stars Madison Hu, Vivien Lyra Blair, Sophie Thatcher, David Dastmalchian, Chris Messina, and Jaynie Verdin.
Here’s the official synopsis:
High faculty pupil Sadie Harper and her youthful sister Sawyer are reeling from the current dying of their mom and aren’t getting a lot assist from their father, Will, a therapist who’s coping with his personal ache. When a determined affected person unexpectedly exhibits up at their house in search of assist, he leaves behind a terrifying supernatural entity that preys on households and feeds on the struggling 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”) and a display story by Scott Beck & Bryan Woods primarily based upon the quick story by Stephen King, stars Sophie Thatcher (“Yellowjackets”), Chris Messina (“Birds of Prey”), Vivien Lyra Blair (“Obi-Wan Kenobi”), Marin Ireland (“The Umbrella Academy”), Madison Hu (“Bizaardvark”), LisaGay Hamilton (“Vice”), and David Dastmalchian (“Dune”). The producers are Shawn Levy (“Stranger Things”), Dan Levine (“Arrival”), and Dan Cohen (“The Adam Project”), with John H. Starke (“Sicario”), Emily Morris (“Rosaline”), Scott Beck, Bryan Woods, Ryan Cunningham, Adam Kolbrenner (“The Tomorrow War”), and Robin Meisinger serving as govt producers.
“The Boogeyman,” a horror-thriller from the thoughts of best-selling writer Stephen King, opens June 2, 2023, in theaters nationwide. Watch the primary trailer beneath.