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The director of Stephen King's The Boogeyman movie, Rob Savage, pulls back the curtain on the Disney horror movie

Stephen King's The Boogeyman has been translated to film, and the director who did it is sharing how it came together

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The 1973 Stephen King short story Boogeyman has come to horrorific life in the new supernatural film of the same name - and Rob Savage, the director of the adaptation, recently took to the MCM Comic Con Main Stage to reveal some 'behind the scenes' details about the film, which stars Sophie Thatcher, Chris Messina, Vivien Lyra Blair, and David Dastmalchian.

Yes, Popverse filmed this and many other panels from MCM Comic Con in May 2023. While some of these will be free-to-public, most will be for Popverse members (at Fan level or higher). A paid Popverse membership gives you year-long access to this and many other panels from previous and upcoming MCM Comic Cons, New York Comic Con, C2E2, Emerald City Comic, and Florida Supercon. In addition to that, you get Popverse as a completely ad-free experience on the site, as well as exlusive original reporting from the Popverse experts.

Here now, watch the The Boogeyman: Behind the Scenes panel with director Rob Savage, filmed at MCM Comic Con in May 2023:

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Chris Arrant is the Popverse's Editor-in-Chief. He has written about pop culture for USA Today, Life, Entertainment Weekly, Publisher's Weekly, Marvel, Newsarama, CBR, and more. He has acted as a judge for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, the Harvey Awards, and the Stan Lee Awards. (He/him)