- Type
- Film
- Status
- Released
- Release
- May 31, 2023 (a year ago)
- Alias
- Night Terror
- Language
- English
- Origin
- Canada · United States
- Production companies
- 20th Century Studios · 21 Laps Entertainment
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
The Boogeyman
Where to watch (United States)
Cast
Sophie ThatcherSadie Harper
Chris MessinaWill Harper
Vivien Lyra BlairSawyer Harper
David DastmalchianLester Billings
Marin IrelandRita Billings
Madison HuBethany
Maddie NicholsNatalie
Mabel TylerAbby
Leeann RossCassidy
Rio Sarah MachadoAnne
Shauna RappoldCara Harper
LisaGay HamiltonDr. Weller
Cristala CarterDetective Garland
Shayla BagirWoman With Nosering
Han SotoMild-Mannered Man
Seylan BaxterMedium
Aadyn EncalardeClassmate
Ellie BogertAnnie Billings
Maisie BogertAnnie Billings
Noah BrandWell-Meaning Freshman
Crew
Reviews
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The Boogeyman review: Stephen King adaptation will scare you out of your seat The Boogeyman review: Stephen King adaptation will scare you out of your seat
'The Boogeyman' is based on a Stephen King story. Too bad it's not scary 'The Boogeyman,' loosely based on a Stephen King short story, is a bust, in spite of Sophie Thatcher's great work. Here's where to see it.
‘The Boogeyman’ Review – A Familiar Grief Metaphor Delivers on Potent Scares The Boogeyman, directed by Rob Savage (Host) with a screenplay by Scott Beck & Bryan Woods (A Quiet Place, 65) and Mark Heyman (Black Swan), draws from ...
‘The Boogeyman’: You’ve seen what’s hidden under this bed before - The Boston Globe That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t stream this Stephen King short story adaptation at 2 a.m. with a few friends.
Monster gives a grieving family more grief in stylish horror film ‘The Boogeyman’ Widowed man’s children have reason to be afraid of the dark.
Review: The Boogeyman - Chicago Reader It fits neatly into this lineage of trauma monster movies like Smile, Men, and Hatching that want to be sure—really sure—you understand what the big scar...
‘The Boogeyman’ turns deep-seated fears into a small-scale Stephen King movie Nothing could be more visceral than the fear monsters that kids imagine under the bed or in the closet are actually real, which provides the backbone of “T...
‘The Boogeyman’ review: There really is a monster underneath your bed Director Rob Savage’s well-played horror is a movie that uses trauma as a catch-all.
Stream It Or Skip It: ‘The Boogeyman’ on Hulu, an Atmospheric Creeper Spawned From an Obscure Stephen King Story Warning: This movie might drive you mad.
'The Boogeyman' review: There really is a monster underneath your bed Directed by Rob Savage and starring Chris Messina, the summer horror film is a monster movie with bite.
'The Boogeyman' Review: One Of Stephen King's Scariest Stories Finally Gets An Adaptation Unfortunately, its simplicity and scares have been replaced by tired allusions to grief and a host of uninteresting new characters.
The Boogeyman Rob Savage directs the latest Stephen King adaptation. Read the Empire review.
The real horror in 'The Boogeyman' is how generic it is Following the death of their mother, Sadie (Sophie Thatcher) and Sawyer (Vivien Lyra Blair) try their best to cope with the loss, while their psychiat...
The Boogeyman review: "Solid scares, thin plotting" Here's our verdict on Rob Savage's latest
‘The Boogeyman’ Review: A Minor But Effectively Nerve-Jangling Stephen King Adaptation Rob Savage directs this adaptation of the horror master's short story, starring Sophie Thatcher, Chris Messina and Vivien Lyra Blair.
‘The Buriti Flower’ Review: Indigenous History Unfolds in a Striking Mix of Nonfiction and Drama Filmmakers João Salaviza and Renée Nader Messora collaborated with villagers in Brazil for their hybrid feature.
Decent scares are enough to sustain Stephen King adaptation The Boogeyman – review For a film with such a generic title, Rob Savage’s follow-up to ‘Dashcam’ is well-constructed, well-acted and good for a few frights
‘The Boogeyman’ Review: In This Stephen King Adaptation, the Real Monster Is a Terrifying Lack of Subtlety Stephen King's creepy short story gets turned into a jump scare-laden creature feature.
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Review: 'The Boogeyman' delivers more shocks and CGI than dread or inconceivable terror Director Rob Savage and screenwriters Mark Heyman, Scott Beck and Bryan Woods open up Stephen King's taut, grim 1973 short story, and the end result is an un...
'The Boogeyman' review: Summer's scariest movie has arrived Stephen King teams with "Host" director Rob Savage.
The Boogeyman disappoints with standard scares and nonsensical rules The Host director Rob Savage gets his Hollywood break but it falls flat.
‘The Boogeyman’ Review: Monster Hash (Published 2023) A bereaved family is plagued by a supernatural killer in this frustratingly coy horror movie.
‘The Boogeyman’: The Only Thing Scary Is How Bad This Movie Is Spooky sounds, creaking floors, and other assorted cliches do not provoke frights in this incomprehensible waste of time, adapted from a Stephen King short s...
Boogeyman, The For many years, the narrative existed that Hollywood didn’tunderstand how to make a good Stephen King movie. Oh, there werecounterexamples and The Shining ...
The Boogeyman movie review & film summary (2023) The Boogeyman is packed with familiar beats and little personality.
Movie Review: A Lot of Care went into Bringing Stephen King’s “The Boogeyman” to the Screen Craftsmanship counts for a lot in the pristine, PG-13 frights of “The Boogeyman,” a polished and well-cast Stephen King adaptation. As spine-tingling sus...
THE BOOGEYMAN Review: Come for the Jump Scares, Stay for the Grief Drama Rob Savage directed the horror thriller, starring Sophie Thatcher, Vivien Lyra Blair, Chris Messina and David Dastmalchian.
‘The Boogeyman’: Review British director Rob Savage takes on Stephen King's 1973 short story to mixed results
The Boogeyman Review: Another Eerie And Effective Stephen King Adaptation - SlashFilm Host director Rob Savage steps up to the big leagues and delivers a satisfying, spooky horror flick that could be this year's Smile.
Stephen King story scarier on the page than the screen The Boogeyman has bloodless set pieces and flashing lights to distract us from the fact not much is going on.
They Actually Found a Way to Make the Boogeyman Not Scary Credit where it’s due: It’s remarkable that they made “The Boogeyman” without a semblance of fight.
Review: Boo-urns: Add ho-hum horror flick The Boogeyman to list of weak Stephen King adaptations The Boogeyman isn’t a failure, necessarily, but there is just not much here to get the film beyond basic meat-and-potatoes scare tactics
The Boogeyman review — a disappointing, preachy horror yawn A Stephen King short story from 1973 is the basis for this preachy horror yawn about things going bump in the closet and how parenting can be really, you kno...
'The Boogeyman' Review: Stephen King's Terrifying Short Story Gets Stale Translation Every actor in the movie is talented but the execution is at odds with the concept in Rob Savage's adaptation of Stephen King's "The Boogeyman."
‘The Boogeyman’ Review: Sophie Thatcher Shines in a Bleak Tale of Trauma and Terror Sophie Thatcher stars in 'The Boogeyman,' a Stephen King adaptation from director Rob Savage that is effectively scary but not especially memorable.
Is a Movie Called The Boogeyman Allowed to Be This Bleak? Rob Savage’s Stephen King adaptation is visually compelling but narratively inert.
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