Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

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Cast

Zoe Margaret Colletti
as Stella Nicholls

Michael Garza
as Ramon Morales

Gabriel Rush
as Auggie Hilderbrandt

Austin Abrams
as Tommy Milner

Dean Norris
as Roy Nicholls

Gil Bellows
as Chief Turner

Lorraine Toussaint
as Lou Lou

Austin Zajur
as Chuck Steinberg

Natalie Ganzhorn
as Ruth Steinburg

Kathleen Pollard
as Sarah Bellows

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• Apr 27, 2020

  Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is a mediocre horror film from Guillermo del Toro. Based on the popular book series, a group of misfit teenagers explore a haunted house where they find a book belonging to a witch that begins to write stories in blood foretelling each of their deaths. The script is pretty formulaic and the creatures are rather tame (kind of what you'd expect from a kids book series). Still, the sets and costumes are well done and set the right tone and feel for the time period. And there's a powerful message about the power of storytelling. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark has its problems, but it's entertaining and delivers a few chills.
  

  Dann M Super Reviewer
• Jan 07, 2020

  The film is stylish and offers some interesting story beats for the adaptation. Impressive horror troupes can't overcome a forced storyline though, but knowing the source material, they did quite well. The film feels like a series starter, and in this day and age, it's starting to grow tiresome. The story is contained with the ending, but there has been little news regarding sequels. The characters are well cast and I thought the historic setting was fitting. I did enjoy the film, even if the story was needlessly complicated for its target audience. The filmmaker and writers were creative and respectful to the source material, and on that front they have done very well. The film won't be for everyone, some truly creepy moments here. It's nice to see a creative horror film, not reliant on jump scares and shock horror. Remember this was never aimed for older audiences and you'll enjoy something entertaining. 04/01/2020
  Brendan N Super Reviewer
• Dec 28, 2019

  I was a little bit disappointed by Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, but I say that with the caveat of it being one movie that I went into with high expectations - something I generally try to avoid having if I can. There is a lot I liked, creature effects, probably top of that list, but the story feels disconnected and for me had an unsatisfying resolution.
  Gimly M Super Reviewer
• Dec 09, 2019

  It's a film of great moments more than an overall feeling. When it's Scary Stories, it's great. Adapting stories like Harold or Jangly Man, they don't follow the originals exactly, but capture their spirit and have some genuinely creepy moments. However, then there's the stuff in between with the teenagers solving the mystery of the book and that stuff gets really hokey. The lead girl's acting also sways back and forth wildly. Sometimes she's genuinely incredible, other times she's soap opera melodramatic. Then of course we have our studio mandated "maybe things aren't so bad" ending that puts a bow on top. So yeah, it's a mixed bag. But as everyone else has said, it's good gateway horror. There are some genuinely creepy scenes that have a ton of creativity behind how they pull of their scares that I really wish more horror would attempt. But then you have you're Nancy Drew time-is-running out mystery they cut back to. I'm conflicted on this one. However, the stuff that's good is just too good to miss for fans of the book series.
  Michael M Super Reviewer

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