Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
2019 · Movie · PG-13 · 108 min · ★ 6.5 · 70% critics
On Halloween night in 1968, a group of friends sneak into a supposedly haunted house tied to the powerful Bellows family. After playing a prank, their curiosity draws out dark forces, triggered by a book of terrifying stories they can’t fully control.
Based on Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Also known as Histoires effrayantes à raconter dans le noir
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Details
- Years
- 2019
- Release date
- 2019-08-08
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Critic score
- 70/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 (2,858 votes)
About
You’ll probably like this if you want teen-friendly Halloween horror with creepy creatures and rising suspense, but Not for you if you need consistently scary thrills, strong originality, or a more complex, satisfying story like The Twilight Zone or Goosebumps.
Pros: creative monster designs; spooky tension; Halloween atmosphere | Cons: uneven scares; slow/forgettable pacing; unoriginal story
Themes
- small town
- based on novel or book
- halloween
- haunted house
- scarecrow
- family secrets
- urban legend
- racism
- high school friends
- aspiring writer
- draft dodger
- 1960s
- +1 more
Cast & crew
Zoe Colletti
as Stella Nicholls
Dean Norris
as Roy Nicholls
Michael Garza
as Ramón Morales
Gabriel Rush
as Auggie Hilderbrandt
Gil Bellows
as Chief Turner
Natalie Ganzhorn
as Ruth Steinberg
Austin Abrams
as Tommy Milner
Austin Zajur
as Chuck Steinberg
Kathleen Pollard
as Sarah Bellows
Lorraine Toussaint
as Lou Lou
Directed by André Øvredal