Director Rob Savage Says 'THE BOOGEYMAN' Is The Scariest Stephen King Adaptation Yet

‘The Boogeyman’ is coming. No not Michael Myers but the Stephen King adaptation directed by Rob Savage coming to theaters on June 2nd, and in a recent interview with SFX Magazine, the director feels pretty strongly that ‘The Boogeyman’ might just be the most terrifying Stephen King story put to film yet.

"The Shining is obviously the scariest Stephen King adaptation," Rob Savage tells SFX magazine. "But I don't think there's been a King adaptation that's as viscerally scary as this movie.”

‘The Boogeyman’ will be Savage’s first major film with a big studio so there’s a lot of expectation there for sure.

"This movie attacks the source material in a way that's different from any other King adaptation," he continues. "We wanted this to feel true to his writing. Me and [co-screenwriter] Mark [Heyman] were always going back to the warmth of character that you feel in King's novels. Even when the subject matter is dark, there's that glimmer of hope. He's not a cynical writer."

The movie adaptation follows high schooler Sadie (Yellowjackets' Sophie Thatcher) and her younger sister Sawyer (Vivien Lyra Blair), who begin to notice something is lurking in the shadows of their home. When a desperate patient turns up seeking help from their emotionally avoidant father (Chris Messina), he leaves behind a supernatural creature that preys on the pain of its victims. David Dastmalchian plays Lester.

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