How to Craft a Freaky Jump Scare With ‘Boogeyman’ Director Rob Savage

Rob’s intention for how we wanted the film to be perceived

The themes of grief and poor communication throughout the film

How the teenage character helped to bridge two opposite perspectives

Rob’s process for crafting scare scenes

Figuring out different modes of terror for different scenes

Why you need to focus on one idea versus having too many options

What the emptiness of the house represents

Giving the actors the opportunity to move things around their set bedrooms

What surprised him about making a studio film