In the 1978 horror film classic Halloween, little Tommy Doyle asks his babysitter Laurie Strode "what is the Boogeyman?" This book answers this question by assessing the qualities that create the Boogeyman persona in Western popular culture particularly in the fairytale and the modern horror film. Using an archetypal approach derived from the work of Carl Jung and his successors Erich Neumann and Edgar Herzog, the book assesses the figure of the Boogeyman through an interdisciplinary lens that incorporates research from the fields of psychology, philosophy, and film studies. The book begins with an examination of the key traits associated with Bluebeard, a quintessential example of the folkloric Boogeyman featured in Charles Perrault's 1697 collection of fairytales. Through an intense comparative analysis, it highlights the presence of similar qualities in the popular villains from the contemporary American slasher movies of the 1970s and '80s. Specifically, these characters include Michael Myers from Halloween (1978), Jason Voorhees of Friday the 13th (1980), and Freddy Krueger featured in A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984). This examination situates these terrifying antagonists within a larger context of monstrosity and simultaneously establishes their role as cinematic manifestations of the folkloric Boogeyman.

"In the summer of 1988, the mutilated bodies of several missing girls begin to turn up in a small Maryland town. The grisly evidence leads police to the terrifying assumption that a serial killer is on the loose in the quiet suburb. But soon a rumor begins to spread that the evil stalking local teens is not entirely human. Law enforcement, as well as members of the FBI are certain that the killer is a living, breathing madman--and he's playing games with them. For a once peaceful community trapped in the depths of paranoia and suspicion, it feels like a nightmare that will never end"--

The “worthy and frightening sequel” (Stephen King) to the acclaimed and “unforgettable” (Harlan Coben) New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling novel Chasing the Boogeyman. Back in the summer of 1988, a young Richard Chizmar was catapulted into the center of a living nightmare as the serial killer Joshua Gallagher—dubbed by the media as “The Boogeyman”—stalked his tranquil Maryland town. A lot has changed in the intervening years. These days, Chizmar enjoys a certain level of celebrity and notoriety himself, being the only person that an incarcerated Josh Gallagher will speak to on or off the record. Chizmar likes to believe that he’s doing the world a public service by visiting Gallagher in prison, as there are plenty of other nameless victims out there who Gallagher might finally admit to killing and bring closure to grieving loved ones, and a dark rhythm and routine begin to take hold. But Chizmar eventually finds there’s a price to be paid for dancing with the devil, when a masked figure with all the hallmarks of Gallagher’s reign of terror from thirty years ago now leaves a horrifying calling card in front of Chizmar’s home, and it’s clear there’s a new player on the board in the ongoing game that the Boogeyman controls… A riveting, haunting sequel to the New York Times bestselling thriller Chasing the Boogeyman, this is a tale of obsession and the adulation of evil, exploring modern society’s true crime infatuation with unflinching honesty, sparing no one from the glare of the spotlight. Will those involved walk away from the story of a lifetime in order to keep their loved ones safe? Or will they once again be drawn into a killer’s web? As the story draws to its shattering conclusion, only one person holds all the answers—and he just may be the most terrifying monster of them all.

Everything you think you know about the Boogeyman is wrong! This is what a thirteen-year-old boy nicknamed “Puck” learns when he follows the Boogeyman through his closet into the realm of Fairy. Puck discovers the Boogeyman is not an evil "boogey" at all, but rather a "boogey hunter" whose duty it is to track and bring home monstrous fairies who have strayed into the Mortal World. As yet unaware of the Boogeyman's true nature, Puck mistakenly frees a shape-shifting changeling from the Boogeyman's lair. Their quest to re-capture the rogue fairy leads Puck and the Boogeyman on a world-hopping chase that ultimately sees both Fairy and the Mortal World embroiled in an all-out war—one that only Puck, the Boogeyman, and their allies can hope to stop. Fans of both RL Stine’s Goosebumps and JK Rowling’s Harry Potter series will find scares, magic, and adventure aplenty within pages of THE BOOGEYMAN—a monstrous fairytale written by Shane Berryhill, author of Chance Fortune and the Outlaws.

The peaceful town of Thornfield seems like any other American small town. Little did they know, evil has moved into town. He is the shadows in your closet and under your bed. He is the bump in the night coming from the basement and the creaking floorboards in the attic. He is the Boogeyman! Little Amelia will confront this monster and live to tell the tale. Unfortunately, she will also battle the demons that haunt her mind. Will Amelia ever feel safe again? What will become of the Boogeyman? This is one of the scariest psychological thrillers you'll ever read, because elements of this tale are taken from real life events. Don't read this alone in the dark... the Boogeyman might get you!

a man living in the desert will come across a thirst and hunger almost to unbearable to bare. he will pray to heaven. When he received no answer. his stomach continued to growl back. instead, he began to worship the dark. he sent them a wish. he would give them anything in return for a life of luxury even if it were temporary. a knighted creature known as a fallen angel answers in return he will be cursed by the angel for 1000 years. there is a board of knighted creatures and Espanto's that live in a game in his honor. It meant ghosts. since he fell from above. his power would be to create anything from anyone including knighting an ordinary peasant into a knighted boogeyman. there is a game board in his honor for accepting the Fallen's curse.

Monsters freely roam the earth hidden in plain sight. They pretend to be humans and hunt prey for power, control, dominance, and to break down boundaries. For many people, monsters do not just live under our beds; they are in our beds, lying beside us. Jeanelle Maraid knows monsters are real because she married one, stared into his eyes, and felt his evil. His mission was to destroy every part of her and transform her into his hopeless, helpless, and frightened prey. Now she has a mission to change how the world views domestic abuse and protect other human beings from the rath of these monsters. In a courageous retelling of her story, Maraid candidly reveals details of her abusive marriage as well as her eventual escape, healing, and passion for advocacy in order to help bring awareness, education, understanding, and change to anyone enduring abuse, now and in the future. Marrying the Boogeyman shares the eye-opening story of an abuse survivor who became a fierce warrior determined to bring exposure and accountability to monsters who purposely hurt those who love them.

Every night little Johnny would lie in his bed and read his favorite comic book series "The Boogeyman." Johnny’s big sister Betty would tease him about his comic book daily, and say things like, "Johnny if you don't stop reading those stupid comic books the boogeyman is going to get you." She would come in his room yank the comic book out of his hands and throw it across the room. The more his sister tormented him, the more anger for his sister was mounting. Finally, one night as he was reading about the boogeyman his sister yanked the comic book out of his hands and started tearing the pages out of the comic book. She said as she was laughing "Sorry, Johnny, but it's for your wood." Johnny replied, "I wish you were dead." Betty said as she was laughing hysterically "What are you going to do, sick the boogeyman on me?" "You wait and see," replied Johnny in an angry voice. Betty said "Grow up you stupid little twerp," as she slammed the door behind her. Johnny got out of his bed and spent the remainder of the night taping the Boogeyman comic book pages back together on his desk by the bedroom window as tears flowed down his cheeks. Johnny closed his eyes and said "If there is a boogeyman, come out of the closet. I want to show you to my sister so she’ll stop teasing me about your existence?" A couple of minutes later as Johnny was drifting in and out of sleep, a light was peering beneath the closet doors with a low-lying fog pouring out beneath the closet doors. A voice called out to Johnny and said "Johnny it's the boogeyman." Johnny raised his head off his desk jumped out of his chair and fell to the floor. The doors of the closet flung wide open and there stood a dark figure over six feet tall with blazing red eyes and a sinister voice calling out to Johnny.

THE TERROR BEGINS... A bloodthirsty specter has wiped out an entire family and left a message in purple crayon: THE BOOGEYMAN WAS HERE. THE HORROR GROWS... Sheriff Melissa James must find the creature who becomes more elusive the more he kills. And tracking him down after he kidnaps her own kids is every mother's nightmare come true...

Based on the film by Ghost House Pictures and Screen Gems, set for release on February 4th and starring Barry Watson, Emily Deschanel, and Lucy Lawless. Traumatized by the events of his childhood, a young man returns to the house where he grew up to face something that may or may not be a figment of his imagination. Original.