All things considered, The Boogeyman had a decent run at the box office earlier this year. The Stephen King adaptation ended up grossing $82.3 million worldwide, likely earning a little cash for the 20th Century horror. Though a sequel has yet to be ordered from the studio, Boogeyman helmer Rob Savage tells us he has a splendid idea that will both work as a sequel, or as a standalone flick.
“I tell you what: there’s an idea for a sequel that me and Mark Haymen have, which is one of the best movie ideas that I’ve ever heard or ever been a part of developing,” Savage tells ComicBook.com’s Chris Killian. “Even if it wasn’t a Boogeyman movie, it would still be a unique, completely fresh horror movie that has the potential to be a classic. The fact that it can so tie in so perfectly to the story we told in The Boogeyman. I’m so excited for it, but I don’t know if that’ll happen. The studio will decide that and the fans will decide that and people flock to it when it goes to Hulu.”
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This isn’t the first time Savage has touted a potential sequel, with the filmmaker previously telling us the idea may be better served as a standalone film or something adjacent to The Boogeyman.
“I’m really praying that this movie plays well enough to get a sequel because we’ve got an incredible idea for a sequel,” Savage told ComicBook.com. “Me and the team, and Mark Heyman who wrote this one. I think you’d have to include this cast of characters, they’re so fundamental to the character and the personality of this movie. That being said, it comes at the horror in a different way. It feels like its own thing. And it’s the kind of horror movie that, even if it wasn’t a sequel, it would be something I’d be so excited to do, and a story I’d really love to tell. But to make it as a sequel to this movie, in the world of Boogeyman, would be a dream. So I hope this movie doesn’t flop so I can come make that.”
The Boogeyman is on Digital now and comes to Blu-ray and DVD on October 10th.
