On Friday, The Boogeyman will finally be out for people to watch in theaters. It is based on a Stephen King story, does not shy away from awful things, and, a star has revealed what scared her most.
In a new article from Digital Spy, Yellowjackets star Sophie Thatcher (who plays Sadie in the film) says the script was terrifying. She was drawn to it because her character has an incredible arc, and, surprisingly, the monster was not the worst part of the movie. Instead, the 22-year-old American was able to relate to a particular scene where her character was experiencing a bout of social anxiety.
“People were like, ‘what was the scariest part of the movie?’ I was like, maybe filming that one scene when everybody comes over and she’s trying to entertain everybody, because that’s so real. I think high school is just as scary as the Boogeyman.”
Thatcher does not reveal anything else about the film in the report and does also not address claims the piece was initially so intense it had to be re-edited for its final release. Whatever the case, audiences will get a look at it soon and, right now, writer Stephen King is happy with it. He tends to mention works of his he likes, and, on Rotten Tomatoes, The Boogeyman is at 69 percent fresh as of this story’s filing based on more than 30 reviews. The critical consensus which has emerged is it does fall a bit short of the source material King crafted in 1973, but “a spooky atmosphere and some solid performances” do help to keep the whole thing going. You can judge for yourself whether The Boogeyman successfully shows up in your nightmares when it releases on June 2.
