A Tale of Two Flaggs – Revisiting Both Adaptations of Stephen King’s ‘The Stand’

Back in the day, if someone had tried to convince me to read a pseudo-religious epic with a four-digit page-count and a Deus Ex Machina ending without mentioning that it was penned by Stephen King, I’m pretty sure that I would have done my best to avoid that person (and the book) like the superflu. […]

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‘The Boogeyman’ Has Been Haunting TikTok with Creepy 12-Hour Interactive Stunt

An adaptation of Stephen King’s deeply unsettling short story, Rob Savage’s The Boogeyman is now playing in theaters, and 20th Century Studios has unleashed a unique and creepy TikTok live promotional stunt for the film this week. In an effort to immerse audiences in the sinister world of the movie, the studio has created a […]

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‘The Boogeyman’ Enters the Emergency Room [The Losers’ Club Podcast]

Rob Savage‘s terrifying new supernatural horror film The Boogeyman is haunting audiences nationwide. To celebrate, Bloody Disgusting and BloodyFM has partnered with 20th Century Studios to deliver four original podcast episodes themed to the Stephen King adaptation. To recap, Creepy‘s Jon Grilz logged into a haunted vlogger with an unlikely follower; Shelby Scott of Scare […]

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‘The Boogeyman’ Actor Chris Messina on Bringing Stephen King’s Short Story to Life [Interview]

The Boogeyman, directed by Rob Savage (Host) with a screenplay by Scott Beck & Bryan Woods (A Quiet Place, 65) and Mark Heyman (Black Swan), draws from Stephen King‘s 1973 short story of the same title. Stephen King’s short takes place in a psychiatrist’s office and sees Dr. Harper engaged with patient Lester Billings in a haunting session that unpacks the mysterious deaths […]

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‘The Boogeyman’ – Why the Original Short Story Is Stephen King Horror At Its Finest

Like many Stephen King fans, I found the Master of Horror as a child. I grew up staring in awe at my dad’s paperbacks lining a high shelf and pondered the haunting images emblazoned on their spines: a hand covered with eyes and bandages (Night Shift); green claws poking through a sewer grate (It); a […]

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‘The Boogeyman’ Star Sophie Thatcher Bonded with Director Rob Savage Over Shared Love of Horror [Interview]

The Boogeyman, directed by Rob Savage (Host), is out in theaters this Friday, June 2, 2023. The adaptation of Stephen King’s short story stars Sophie Thatcher (“Yellowjackets”) as Sadie Harper, a grieving teen at the center of the supernatural horror. Sadie begins the story still reeling from her mother’s unexpected passing, compounded by her father’s emotional detachment and her […]

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Monster Hunting Leads Right to ‘The Boogeyman’ [Mayfair Watchers Society]

On Friday, June 2nd, Rob Savage‘s terrifying new supernatural horror film The Boogeyman will haunt audiences nationwide. In anticipation, Bloody Disgusting and BloodyFM has partnered with 20th Century Studios to deliver four original podcast episodes themed to the Stephen King adaptation — and they’re halfway through the horror. Last week, Creepy‘s Jon Grilz logged into […]

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‘The Boogeyman’ Answers a Mother’s Confession [Scare You to Sleep]

On Friday, June 2nd, Rob Savage‘s terrifying new supernatural horror film The Boogeyman will haunt audiences nationwide. In anticipation, Bloody Disgusting and BloodyFM has partnered with 20th Century Studios to deliver four original podcast episodes themed to the Stephen King adaptation. Let’s just say, you listeners will want to keep the lights on. If you […]

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Stephen King Takes a Rare Dip Into Aquatic Horror With ‘Duma Key’ [The Losers’ Club Podcast]

“…the only way to go on is to go on. To say I can do this even when you know you can’t.” Summer is here and the Losers are ready to get away from it all on a remote beach in the Florida Keys. They’ve packed up Reba the Anger Management Doll, bought a pack […]

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‘The Boogeyman’ Review – A Familiar Grief Metaphor Delivers on Potent Scares

The Boogeyman, directed by Rob Savage (Host) with a screenplay by Scott Beck & Bryan Woods (A Quiet Place, 65) and Mark Heyman (Black Swan), draws from Stephen King‘s 1973 short story of the same title. Rather than presenting a straightforward adaptation of King’s text, however, The Boogeyman uses its narrative as the film’s inciting event, acting as a spiritual […]

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‘The Boogeyman’ Haunts BloodyFM In Exclusive New Limited Podcast Series, Stream First Episode Now

On Friday, June 2nd, Rob Savage‘s terrifying new supernatural horror film The Boogeyman will haunt audiences nationwide. In anticipation, Bloody Disgusting and BloodyFM has partnered with 20th Century Studios to deliver four original podcast episodes themed to the Stephen King adaptation. Rest assured, you listeners will want to keep the lights on. Each episode will […]

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Stephen King Movie ‘Needful Things’ Getting a 4K Upgrade; Plus US Blu-ray Debut of the 3-Hour Cut!

Kino Lorber Studio Classics has announced today that they’re bringing 1993 Stephen King adaptation Needful Things to Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD, releasing on July 25, 2023. Of particular note, the 191-MINUTE television cut of Needful Things is being included on a Blu-ray disc, which marks the first time it’s been released on home video […]

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‘The Boogeyman’ – New TV Spot and Poster Announce That Tickets Are On Sale Now

From the mind of Stephen King, 20th Century Studios and 21 Laps’ The Boogeyman will be unleashed on June 2, 2023, and tickets just went up for grabs this morning. Get your tickets now and check out a new TV spot and poster below… In the film, “High school student Sadie Harper and her younger sister Sawyer […]

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Ranking Stephen King’s Writers: From Ben Mears to Scott Landon [The Losers’ Club Podcast]

Of all the advice Stephen King offers in On Writing, “write what you know” may be the best. It’s certainly advice he follows as his vast catalogue is bursting with writers and the occasional villainous scribe. With King’s last literary outing as Richard Bachman behind them, the Losers round up all of King’s fictional writers […]

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‘The Monkey’ – James Wan Producing Adaptation of Stephen King’s ‘Skeleton Crew’ Horror Story

Another Stephen King adaptation is in the works, with Deadline reporting today that James Wan’s Atomic Monster will produce a feature film adaptation of King’s The Monkey. The Monkey is a short horror story that appeared in Skeleton Crew, a 1985 collection that also featured The Mist, The Jaunt, The Raft, Survivor Type, The Reach, […]

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