The Boogeyman

In Cinemas 2 June

Director Rob Savage / Starring Chris Messina, Sophie Thatcher, David Dastmalchian / Genre Horror, Thriller

Pennywise. Zombie pets. The Overlook Hotel. Stephen King is the mind behind some of cinema’s most nightmare-inducing horrors. Yet, none of these onscreen scares compare to the monster under your bed, the one hiding in your closet, or what’s lurking in every dark corner of your room.

Those childhood frights come to terrifying life as A Quiet Place writing duo Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, Black Swan writer Mark Heyman, and Host director Rob Savage shape one of Stephen King’s scariest short stories into one of the most anticipated horrors of the year.

Sadie Harper and her younger sister Sawyer are in the throes of grief, not only from the recent death of their mother, but also the consequent loss of their psychiatrist father, who’s thrown himself into his work to deal with his pain. Little do they know, the strain on their relationship opens the door to something evil.

David Dastmalchian plays the key role of Lester

WORDS LEE CURTIS

Billings, a tortured man who believes the “accidental” deaths of his children are in fact murders by a sinister entity that preys on children when their parents aren’t paying attention. Upon hearing his patient’s tale, Dr Harper determines it’s nothing more than a story conjured by someone suffering such tragedy. But, the nightmare is very real and now, while he’s so consumed by grief, his own children are about to become the latest victims of The Boogeyman.

Hell Raiser

British filmmaker Rob Savage’s remarkable rise to status as a master of horror in the making came at the height of COVID restrictions when he unleashed his chilling debut, Host: a quarantinemade Screenlife scarer that sees a group of friends stuck in lockdown conduct a séance over Zoom and unwittingly invite an evil spirit into their call. He built on that success with Dashcam, a provocative found footage horror filmed entirely on an iPhone that follows an arrogant young American woman as she flees LA for London, steals her friend’s car, and livestreams the most terrifying night of her life. Now, one of the most exciting new voices in modern horror departs the micro-budget indie scene for his first major horror.