Which Stephen King story is ‘The Boogeyman’ based on?
nme.comThe Boogeyman will be terrifying audiences on the big screen this week (June 2), having already received positive reviews.Directed by Rob Savage (Dashcam), The Boogeyman is a supernatural horror based on the work of Stephen King.
It follows bereaved high school student Sadie Harper (Sophie Thatcher) and her sister Sawyer (Vivien Lyra Blair) who are haunted by a terrifying entity.Other cast members include Chris Messina, Marin Ireland, Madison Hu, LisaGay Hamilton and David Dastmalchian.The film is based on a short story by King, which was first published in the March 1973 issue of the American magazine Cavalier.
It was later included in King’s 1978 collection of short stories, titled Night Shift.According to Savage, the big screen adaptation of The Boogeyman has been positively received by King himself.“We rented out his cinema and screened the movie for him in Maine,” the director told Empire. “I didn’t go because I was terrified that he was going to do a Shining on it and absolutely hate it.
But apparently he jumped on numerous occasions, and then sent this lovely, lovely message to everyone who worked on the movie.“And the next morning I get an email saying, ‘From Stephen King’.
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