The combo of that I hoped the audience would get behind letting this stranger into his house.”ĭavid Dastmalchian as Lester in 20th Century Studios’ THE BOOGEYMAN. He’s a therapist, and his job is to help people. The only way I could get around that was almost seeing myself in him, seeing grief in him. But I wanted it not to be so unbelievable that this guy, me, would let this stranger into his office that was clearly distraught. “I remember thinking doing that scene, well, one, how great David was and how haunted he was. “ That was such a super important scene because it’s the short story, and there was a lot of pressure in wanting to get it right,” Messina explains. This pivotal introductory scene establishes Will Harper, the lore, and its ties to King’s source material.Īhead of the film’s release, Bloody Disgusting spoke with The Boogeyman star Chris Messina about the juggling act of this early scene and what drew him to the production. Will Harper, a psychiatrist struggling to help his family through their collective grief, when Lester Billings ( David Dastmalchian ) arrives at his home office for aid. In the film, Chris Messina ( Birds of Prey, Devil ) assumes the role of Dr. Feature film The Boogeyman uses the short story as the inciting event that brings the malevolent entity that plagued Billings’ home into Dr. Harper engaged with patient Lester Billings in a haunting session that unpacks the mysterious deaths of Lester’s three children.
Stephen King’s short takes place in a psychiatrist’s office and sees Dr. 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.
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