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Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

They're not just stories anymore.

20196.51h 48m

Overview

Mill Valley, Pennsylvania, Halloween night, 1968. After playing a joke on a school bully, Stella and her friends decide to sneak into a supposedly haunted house that once belonged to the powerful Bellows family, unleashing dark forces that they will be unable to control.

Directed by André Øvredal
Written by Guillermo del Toro, Patrick Melton, Alvin Schwartz
Produced by Sean Daniel, Guillermo del Toro, Elizabeth Grave
Box OfficeBudget: $25.0MRevenue: $104.5M

Top Cast

Zoe Colletti

Zoe Colletti

Stella Nicholls

Dean Norris

Dean Norris

Roy Nicholls

Michael Garza

Michael Garza

Ramón Morales

Gabriel Rush

Gabriel Rush

Auggie Hilderbrandt

Gil Bellows

Gil Bellows

Chief Turner

Natalie Ganzhorn

Natalie Ganzhorn

Ruth Steinberg

Austin Abrams

Austin Abrams

Tommy Milner

Austin Zajur

Austin Zajur

Chuck Steinberg

Kathleen Pollard

Kathleen Pollard

Sarah Bellows

Lorraine Toussaint

Lorraine Toussaint

Lou Lou

Themes & Keywords

small townbased on novel or bookhalloweenhaunted housescarecrowfamily secretsurban legendracismhigh school friendsaspiring writerdraft dodger1960sfolk horror

About Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is a horror, mystery film released in 2019 exploring themes of small town, based on novel or book, halloween, haunted house, scarecrow, family secrets. Directed by André Øvredal, it stars Zoe Colletti, Dean Norris, Michael Garza. Mill Valley, Pennsylvania, Halloween night, 1968. After playing a joke on a school bully, Stella and her friends decide to sneak into a supposedly haunted house that once belonged to the powerful Bellows family, unleashing dark forces that they will be unable to control.

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