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Liz Scarlett

The upcoming movie adaptation of Stephen King's own book The Boogeyman apparently "scared the s**t" out of him

Stephen King and The Boogeyman film

Last month, it was revealed that the upcoming movie adaptation of Stephen King's 1973 horror story The Boogeyman scared audiences so much during test screenings that certain scenes had to be recut.

According to the film's director Rob Savage, who appeared at the Los Angeles premiere of the film on Tuesday (May 23), it turns out that The Boogeyman even managed to frighten Stephen King. Despite being worried that he wouldn't like it, Savage expressed his excitement over having made such an impact on the legendary horror author, describing it as a "pinch me moment".

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