Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)

Directed by

André Øvredal

Genre

horror film, ghost film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 51m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 2,890 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of teenagers in 1968 discover a book of horror stories that starts writing new tales about them. As each story comes true, they have to figure out how to stop the book before it kills them.

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What happens

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is a 2019 supernatural horror film directed by André Øvredal, based on the children's book series of the same name by Alvin Schwartz. The screenplay was adapted by the Hageman Brothers, from a screen story by Guillermo del Toro (who also produced), as well as Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan. The film, an international co-production of the United States and Canada, stars Zoe Colletti, Michael Garza, Gabriel Rush, Austin Zajur, Natalie Ganzhorn, Austin Abrams, Dean Norris, Gil Bellows, and Lorraine Toussaint. In 2013, CBS Films acquired the rights to the book series from 1212 Entertainment, with the intent of producing it as a feature film. By January 2016, it was announced that del Toro would develop and potentially direct the project for CBS Films. Øvredal was later set to direct the film, with del Toro, Daniel, Brown, and Grave being among the producers. Principal photography began on August 27, 2018, and ended on November 1, 2018, in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark was theatrically released on August 9, 2019, in the United States by Lionsgate Films. The film received positive reviews from critics, with praise for its depictions of the horror features from its source material, and went on to gross $105 million at the box office, becoming a financial success. A sequel is in development. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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