The Boogeyman (Stephen King, 2023)
The Boogeyman is a well-made Stephen King-adaptation that is so invested in trauma that it forgets to be truly frightening.
The movie, directed by Rob Savage (Dashcam), is about a family that is stricken with grief. Psychiatrist father Will Harper (Chris Messina) and daughters Sadie (Sophie Thatcher) and Sawyer (Vivien Lyra Blair) are still reeling from …
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