Guest Interview: David Dastmalchian (Actor, ‘The Boogeyman’)

Dark House

House Beautiful/Hearst

Religion & Spirituality, True Crime, Society & Culture

4.4 • 757 Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Actor and horror buff David Dastmalchian joins hosts Hadley and Alyssa for a special Dark House minisode to talk about his new movie, The Boogeyman (also starring Sophie Thatcher and Chris Messina), hitting theaters June 2, 2023. David dishes on how the film adaptation differs from the original short story by Stephen King, and why King himself pushed for a theatrical release over straight-to-streaming. Plus, the actor opens up about what draws him to the horror genre, tells some scary stories about growing up in a haunted house in Kansas, and more. Later, Hadley and Alyssa share an exclusive update on Dark House season 3. CREDITS Alyssa Fiorentino - Co-host & Producer Hadley Mendelsohn - Co-host & Producer Jessy Caron - Producer & Audio Editor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:29.8	That felt comforting until the lights went out, until I was alone in this little attic room that I lived in, in Kansas,
0:44.3	and I started really thinking about what does it mean to close your eyes, to go into the the darkness and to never return.
1:01.8	Hi, everyone. I'm Hadley Mendelsohn. And I'm Melissa Furentino. We are your co-hosts.
1:06.8	If this is your first time listening to Dark House, we normally dig into the fascinating
1:11.2	backstories behind America's most notorious homes, whether they're haunted, the site of a true
1:16.5	crime, or just occupied by noteworthy residents. But today we have a very special minisode for you
1:22.6	all. We had the opportunity to talk to David DeSmalc, who is starring in the new movie The Boogie Man.
1:28.7	It's directed by Rob Savage, and it's an adaptation of one of Stephen King's short stories of the same name.
1:35.1	And we know that you're always looking for more book and movie recommendations.
1:38.5	So we sat down with David to pick his brain, all about The Boogie Man and more,
1:42.5	and why you should go see it when it hits theaters
1:44.5	this Friday, June 2nd. Before we play you our conversation with David, Hadley, I know you wanted
1:49.7	to come with a couple of fun facts about the boogeyman. Yes, I sure did. So the legend of the
1:55.6	boogie man varies across cultures and regions and there's these, you know, little tweaks
2:00.4	depending on where you
2:01.2	are. But one thing is almost always true, and that is that the boogeyman functions as this sort of
2:07.5	folklore teacher figure that is supposed to force children into behaving appropriately, and usually
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