The first trailer for The Boogeyman is here – and we already have nightmares.
After the tragic death of their mother, a teenage girl named Sadie (Sophie Thatcher) and her little sister Sawyer (Vivien Lyra Blair) find themselves fighting off a terrifying, sadistic presence in their home that seems to only come out at night. The pair must get the attention of their emotionally absent, grieving father (Chris Messina) before it's too late.
The Boogeyman, a short story by Stephen King, was first published in 1973 in the magazine Cavalier before being published again in King's short fiction collection The Night Shift. The story's premise differs quite a bit from Savage's adaptation – but we won't spoil you. It was first adapted into a short film in 1982 by Jeff Schiro (Tales from the Darkside), and no other direct adaptation has been attempted since – though the premise (including the short story's twist ending) has been loosely borrowed by dozens of horror movies throughout the years.
