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The latest of Stephen King's works to get the big-screen makeover centers around a man plagued by a sinister entity.
The Big Picture Arriving in theaters at the beginning of summer blockbuster season, it’s only right that Rob Savage’s The Boogeyman will carry us into the fall with its digital and physical releases. Arriving digitally on August 29, with physical copies made available just in time for Halloween on October 10, the latest adaptation of a Stephen King short story promises to bring the terror directly to your living room.
Played by David Dastmalchian , the eerie and unnerving presence of the first man afflicted by the Boogeyman’s terror is perfectly portrayed in the on-screen telling. Knowing that Lester would serve as the film’s jumping-off point, Savage said that while he was, in a way, the “gas station harbinger,” the creative team wanted to play on his humanity, making him “sympathetic” and a character who was “reaching out to be understood.
Co-writers, Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, who are also known as the talented team behind such other horror thrillers as A Quiet Place and 65, spoke to the necessity of not relying solely on the monster to bring the fear. Pointing to King’s works as the perfect foundation for this type of storytelling, Woods praised the author for his use of “grand thematic ideas and great dramas underneath the surface” of each of his tales of horror.
Stephen King’s On-Screen Legacy With a long list of legendary titles receiving a cinematic makeover, King’s works have had new life breathed into them time and time again. From Carrie to The Shining to Children of the Corn and Salem’s Lot, fans have long been running to theaters and TV screens to catch the latest adaptation of King’s works.
Releasing directly to Paramount+ on October 6, the film, which sheds light on the early days of main character Jud Crandall, will feature a cast including Jackson White, Pam Grier, Forrest Goodluck, and David Duchovny. Check out the Lester Billings-centered clip below.
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