Save a spot in your film collection (or at the back of your closet) forThe Boogeyman’s arrival on October 10. Now available fordigital viewing,Rob Savage’s recent adaptation ofStephen King’s beloved novel will be making its way onto a physical release and into your home in just one week. To celebrate the movie’s Blu-ray and DVD drop, Disney Home Entertainment has teamed up with artistAnthony Petrieto show off the terror in an imaginative new poster.
Paying homage to graphic novels and the 1980s, Petrie’s work has a bit of aStranger Thingsvibe with itsretrodesign. One half of the image is black and white with a human hand tempting fate as it twists open a door knob. Lurking on the other side and biding its time is a red, demon-like hand with long fingernails. Eagerly reaching through, the entity on the right is preparing to unleash hell.
Based on King’s short story of the same name,The Boogeymancenters around a familygrappling with the loss of its matriarch. For Sadie (Sophie Thatcher) and Sawyer (Vivien Lyra Blair), the death of their mother has greatly impacted their day-to-day lives at school, and without much emotional support from their father, Will (Chris Messina), both sisters begin to spiral. A therapist by trade, Will can hardly hope to help his daughters when his own mental well-being is spinning out of control. After a mysterious anddistressed patient(David Dastmalchian) seeks the therapist’s help, he leaves behind a supernatural entity that will find the grief of the family to be the perfect meal. A story about grief and theall-encompassing presencethat it has in our lives,The Boogeymanalso features performances byMadison Hu(Best Friends Whenever),Marin Ireland(The Dark and the Wicked), andLisaGay Hamilton(The Practice).
More Stephen King is On the Way
The Boogeymanscared its way into cinemas at thebeginning of this past summer, and audiences already have a handful of other film and television adaptations of the author’s works to look forward to. On Friday, Paramount+ dropsPet Sematary: Bloodlines, a production that serves as a prequel to King’s classic novel,Pet Sematary, which in and of itself has received the on-screen makeover twice before. Also in the works is a feature-length adaptation ofSalem’s Lot. Directed byGary Dauberman(Annabelle Comes Home), we know that the film is on the way but no release window has been set at this time.
Check out the trailer forThe Boogeymanbelow and add the horror to your collection when the film arrives on DVD and Blu-ray on October 10. Take a peek at the poster below:
