Rob Savage Still not a household name in the horror world, but looking at his latest work, this man seems destined for greatness in genre filmmaking. And in this episode playlist podcasthad the chance to speak with Savage and talk about his latest film.boogeymanA work based on the short story of “. Stephen King.
Savage is probably best known for his 2020 horror movies.host‘ is a film shot entirely during a Zoom discussion. Then he continued:dash camis a found-footage horror film dripping with social commentary. Now he’s making the leap into studio film production with ‘The Boogeyman’. “The Boogeyman” tells the story of two girls grieving the death of their mother and living with their father, a therapist who does not seem to face his wife’s death in the healthiest way. This family drama is punctuated by a literal boogeyman who begins to possess the children, forcing them to reflect on their grief before the monster destroys them.
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The discussion will delve into the origins of the film, including the all-important design of the titular monster, and “The Boogeyman.”
“It was about trying to find something that felt simple and naive that a kid could draw with crayons and make sense of in that sense,” he explained. “But it also had to be simple enough that people could project their fears into it. bottom.”
Another important aspect of keeping the Boogeyman characters scary was limiting the amount of time the monsters appeared. For guidance in this regard, the filmmaker took cues from his two iconic monster movies.Jaws” and “alien“
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“The Boogeyman is a second shorter than the shark in Jaws and 1.5 seconds shorter than the alien in Alien,” said Savage. “We wanted people to walk out of theaters imagining what this would be like. Clearly there are designs that we’re very happy with. But the cat’s eyes in the dark I also wanted glimpse moments…many of which had to exist in the audience’s mind.”
We also talk about Stephen King. He is believed to be the one responsible for turning this film away from being made into a film.Hulu Stream movies and release them widely in theaters. The filmmaker explained that King was given a copy of the script before production, and he was delighted to read it. This prompted the authors to discuss how excited they were to see the finished product. As you might imagine, this endorsement from King, who is notoriously critical of adaptations of his own work, gave Savage a lot of confidence to go into production.
“I knew there was a good chance he would like the movie if I followed the script faithfully and didn’t screw it up,” Savage said. “It was still nerve-wracking. We showed him a nearly finished cut with his VFX, which was pretty shoddy, but the VFX wasn’t done yet, and he liked it. rice field.”
King loved the film so much that he wrote to Savage, the cast, and the rest of the crew. And according to Savage, the letter ended with King stating that this was a movie that should be seen on the biggest screen possible, which was one of the factors that led to the film adaptation. 20th century studio “The Boogeyman” was dropped from Hulu’s destiny and instead given a wide theatrical release.
“The Boogeyman” is out now. You can listen to my full discussion with Savage below.
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