From the mind of Stephen King returns another horror classic, and The Boogeyman trailer breakdown will explain all there is to know about this movie coming into the cinemas soon. Starring Sophie Thatcher, Vivien Lyra Blair, Chris Messina, Marin Ireland, LisaGay Hamilton, David Dastmalchian, Han Soto, Maddie Nichols and Madison Hu, this film is being produced by Shawn Levy, who is known as the primary producer of Stranger Things and will be the director in Deadpool 3.
Along with the aforementioned, Dan Cohen and Dan Levine will also be the producers, and Rob Savage will be directing the film. The Boogeyman screenplay is written by Scott Beck, Bryan Woods and Mark Heyman, while 20th Century Studios will distribute the film.
The Boogeyman Trailer Breakdown
While the original story has similar origins to the one in this film, separate aspects are highlighted in this trailer that indicates that the film may have something far more sinister. We start by seeing the main character Sawyer in a therapist’s office. She has been extremely afraid of the dark, and that is because she suspects that something is coming for her. However, her sister, Sadie, doesn’t believe her stories, chalking it up to an overactive imagination or a deeply traumatic manifestation coming to life.
We start to get a sense that even in a safe space like the therapist’s office, there is something lurking in the background. While her sister still doesn’t believe in the Boogeyman story, Sawyer continues to live in fear, seeing her closet door open and close in a fashion that is eerie above all. Their father is absent from their lives and only makes an appearance for a little while. According to the short story, he becomes the linchpin in all the terrible things that happen to the family, and maybe his absentee nature that, as we can see from the trailer, is coming from this sense to protect his kids.
Now that Sadie and Sawyer’s mother is dead, it would not make sense for the dad to be around the kids while he is saddled with such an entity. However, it finds the kids anyways, and their house becomes a warzone. Even Sadie has to believe that there is a harmful entity in the house because it attacks her as she slams the door on her sister. Sawyer was so scared after the incident at the therapist’s office that the duo now sleep in the same bed together.
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However, Sadie, the high school kid, needs her own space, and while Sawyer may not be allowed to enter, the monster has no such qualms. Slamming through the door, it levels her. Their house is now a collection of black vines, ready to bring it down from within. Like the lore of every children’s monster, this one, too, spends its time hiding under Sawyer’s bed while she has to face this thing alone. The father has to come to terms with the fact that when he’s not paying attention to his kids, they are being attacked by this fear-inducing entity.
Staying away is not an option now. The next few shots in the trailer show how the kids cannot catch a break because they are constantly afraid of something coming and capturing them. However, as the trailer almost comes to an end, it is revealed that these monsters may just be the little kids killed by the OG monster, and their death binds them to this entity. It’s just Sawyer against this barrage of homicidal little kids.
Finally, the trailer ends with the monster taking the girls’ father through his front door. While this reveals that the monster is not confined to a location, it does enjoy committing its crimes in the darkness and comfort of the home. This trailer makes it seem really interesting because it would be amazing to see what backstory and traumas lurk behind to give birth to such a dark entity.
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The Boogeyman will be releasing in the theatres on June 2, 2023. Are you excited to see this adaptation of the short story? Let us know in the comments below.
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