Film Review: The Boogeyman is a throwback to B-movie horror - but lacks Stephen King's power

Stephen King fans will be aware that The Boogeyman is a short story dating from 1973, the year King published his debut novel Carrie, but Rob Savage’s adaptation has little in common with that story’s power. 
Film Review: The Boogeyman is a throwback to B-movie horror - but lacks Stephen King's power

Sophie Thatcher in The Boogeyman

  • The Boogeyman
  • ★★☆☆☆

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