Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)

A group of teens face their fears in order to save their lives.

Director:

André Øvredal

Writers:

Dan Hageman (screenplay by), Kevin Hageman (screenplay by)

Stars:

Zoe Margaret Colletti, Michael Garza, Gabriel Rush

1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Zoe Margaret Colletti	...	Stella Nicholls
Michael Garza	...	Ramón Morales
Gabriel Rush	...	Auggie Hilderbrandt
Dean Norris	...	Roy Nicholls
Gil Bellows	...	Chief Turner
Lorraine Toussaint	...	Lou Lou
Austin Zajur	...	Chuck Steinberg
Natalie Ganzhorn	...	Ruth
Austin Abrams	...	Tommy
Kathleen Pollard	...	Sarah Bellows
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Stephanie Belding	...	Reception Nurse
Hershel Blatt	...	Geek
Javier Botet
Will Carr	...	Ephraim Bellows
Will Corno	...	Mechanic

Storyline

It's 1968 in America. Change is blowing in the wind...but seemingly far removed from the unrest in the cities is the small town of Mill Valley where for generations, the shadow of the Bellows family has loomed large. It is in their mansion on the edge of town that Sarah, a young girl with horrible secrets, turned her tortured life into a series of scary stories, written in a book that has transcended time-stories that have a way of becoming all too real for a group of teenagers who discover Sarah's terrifying tome.

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Plot Keywords:

based on book | halloween | teenager | book | seven word title | 

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Taglines:

Based on the iconic book series.

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Genres:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for terror/violence, disturbing images, thematic elements, language including racial epithets, and brief sexual references.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Site

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 August 2019 (USA)

Also Known As:

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario

Box Office

Budget:

$25,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$20,915,346, 11 August 2019

Gross USA:

$42,741,841

Company Credits

Production Co:

1212 Entertainment, CBS Films, Double Dare You (DDY)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

108 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film is based on the "Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark" book series published in the 1980s, written by Alvin Schwartz and illustrated by Stephen Gammell.

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Connections

Version of Hatred (2015)

User Reviews

Where is my toe?!!!

**If you haven't read the books, you're better off not seeing it or you most likely won't like it**

This movie is based off children's books that were published in 1981, 1984 and 1991. Most of the audience this movie will garner will be from people who read these books when they were kids. Hardcore horror fans will PROBABLY not like it. You will not be scared except MAYBE with the jump scares.

I'm sure kids will love it, just be mindful of the age your kids are and how they handle horror. This isn't like goosebumps. People who scare easily will like it too.

They did a wonderful job getting the "scary" characters to look exactly how they were illustrated. In the books none of the stories are connected. Here, a main story was created to connect them. It's actually not that bad. It's scarier and less cheesy than what passes as children's horror but it's not like what adults expect. An in-between horror film with some good, CREEPY and FUNNY moments. Nevertheless, I enjoyed it but sheer childhood nostalgia drove me to go see it.