After having read the 'Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde' and then listened to a series of short stories by Guy De Mauspassant, I saw the movie 'The Boogeyman' at the cinema with my youngest son (now 29 years old) who is a big King fan, and it dawned on me that King is heavily influenced by authors such as Robert Louis Stevenson with the Jekyll and Hyde theme and Guy De Mauspassant's short stories and boogeyman themes.And of course, those authors were influenced by authors who came before them, such as Poe, Shelly, Bronte, etc.
There are references to room 237 in addresses and cell phone messages throughout the movie, as well as the moon light that the young girl sleeps with in her bed at night.
And on a personal synchromystic note, as soon as I had seen 'The Boogeyman' someone donated a light up plastic moon to the charity shop I work at part time that week, so I bought it.  |
| The moon light I can now sleep with at night:-) |
Rob even mentions in a 'Post Mortem' podcast interview to Mick Garris that originally the main character was going to be a little boy instead of a little girl, which makes me think of Danny from 'The Shining' was Rob's intention there maybe, but probably a little too obvious and may have pissed King off, since it is well known how King felt about Kubrick's take on 'The Shining'?Most people like a good short scary story ... or even an average length movie based on them it seems. I just fear that I won't live long enough to hear them all;-)
Give me De Mauspassant over King any day when it comes to scary short stories.
