Chris Messina and Sophie Thatcher to Star in Film Adaptation of Stephen King Short Story THE BOOGEYMAN at Hulu

Chris Messina (The Mindy Project, Sharp Objects, Birds of Prey) and Sophie Thatcher, who stars in Showtime’s Yellowjackets, have signed on to star in the film adaptation of author Stephen King’s short story “The Boogeyman.” Director Rob Savage is on board to helm the pic from a script adapted by Mark Heyman (Black Swan, The Skeleton Twins), after Scott Beck and Bryan Woods and Akela Cooper wrote the original drafts.

Here’s a detailed description of the story from Deadline:

The Boogeyman was published in 1978 as part of The Night Shift collection of short stories that King wrote over the years for magazines. It was collected in a bestselling anthology and published the year after The Shining became a huge bestseller for the author. This will be the 10th short story in the 20-story collection to be turned either into a feature film or TV movie. Among the others are Children of the Corn, Maximum Overdrive, The Mangler and Sometimes They Come Back.

The original short was truly scary and dealt with a man’s visit to a psychiatrist where he recounted how his children were each killed by the title character. The story follows a teenage girl who’s still reeling from the tragic death of their mother and finds herself and her brother plagued by a sadistic presence in their house and struggle to get their grieving father to pay attention before it’s too late.

This sounds like it’s going to be a creepy story for sure. I really like Messina and have heard good things about Thatcher, so I may be checking this movie out, if I’m feeling brave. Are you excited for this adaptation?