The Boogeyman: Everything We Know About The Stephen King Adaptation
Coming in 2023, Hulu's The Boogeyman is a Stephen King adaptation that will see one of the author’s earliest stories radically altered for the big screen. Iconic horror author Stephen King’s back catalog is currently having a pretty impressive revival in 2022. The year will see some massive movie adaptions of the author’s work hit cinema screens as a Firestarter remake, a Salem’s Lot remake, and even a Children of the Corn remake vie to recreate the outsized box-office impact of It’s blockbuster horror success.
However, despite how many directors are re-imagining existing King adaptations, there are still some brave souls who are taking on old King stories for the first time. An independent short film adaptation of “I Know What You Need,” a short story from King’s 1978 debut collection Night Shift, will arrive this year. Meanwhile, a feature-length adaptation of “The Boogeyman,” another terrifying tale from the same collection, is currently filming with an impressive cast and set to arrive on Hulu in 2023.
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Decades after the story’s publication, «The Boogeyman» will finally receive an adaptation next year. This has led some to wonder what the original story is about, and how will the movie change its plot. Like many of King’s short stories (including Night Shift’s original “Children of the Corn”), “The Boogeyman” is a sparse tale without much plot. However, this has not deterred one of the horror genre’s rising stars, director Rob Savage, from signing on to expand the story with some Sixth Sense-influenced flair. Details about the upcoming project are still sparse but, by the sounds of The Boogeyman’s earliest synopsis, the movie will change a lot of
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