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Like the bestselling series of books that inspired it, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark opens a creepy gateway into horror for younger genre enthusiasts.
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These and other spooky specters are memorably incarnated, to be sure. But I'm pretty easy to scare, and I can't say I found the movie, directed by Norway's Andre Ovredal of 2010's excellent Trollhunter, all that scary. January 6, 2020 | Full Review…
These and other spooky specters are memorably incarnated, to be sure. But I'm pretty easy to scare, and I can't say I found the movie, directed by Norway's Andre Ovredal of 2010's excellent Trollhunter, all that scary.
M.V. Moorhead
Scary Stories struggles to get around to making whatever additional point it had, instead using a wealth of in-between scenes to justify its feature-length format. December 6, 2019 | Full Review…
Scary Stories struggles to get around to making whatever additional point it had, instead using a wealth of in-between scenes to justify its feature-length format.
Alison Foreman
Good bones are what keep Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark upright. November 21, 2019 | Full Review…
Good bones are what keep Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark upright.
Chris McCoy
The tension builds, the special effects are gruesome, and most of all the film is fun for both young and old moviegoers. November 12, 2019 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
The tension builds, the special effects are gruesome, and most of all the film is fun for both young and old moviegoers.
Joe Friar
Blame the high expectations, but this adaptation feels bland and vague. Trailers should never be better than the actual movie. In this case they were. [Full review in Spanish]. November 12, 2019 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
Blame the high expectations, but this adaptation feels bland and vague. Trailers should never be better than the actual movie. In this case they were. [Full review in Spanish].
Federico Furzan
The plot is fun, the stories are creepy, and I enjoyed every minute of it. But just as is often true, the books were better than the movie. October 31, 2019 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
The plot is fun, the stories are creepy, and I enjoyed every minute of it. But just as is often true, the books were better than the movie.
Tessa Smith
By couching all of the original shorts in the over-arching small-town kids' story, this adaptation short-shrifts the shorts. There's not enough of them here, and that makes them feel sketchy. October 21, 2019 | Full Review…
By couching all of the original shorts in the over-arching small-town kids' story, this adaptation short-shrifts the shorts. There's not enough of them here, and that makes them feel sketchy.
Jeff York
If you're thinking this seems to be a list of horror clichés and stereotypes, that's not an uncharitable suspicion. The filmmakers' skill rests in the way these stereotypes are reanimated in a narrative that contains a surprising number of layers. October 13, 2019 | Full Review…
If you're thinking this seems to be a list of horror clichés and stereotypes, that's not an uncharitable suspicion. The filmmakers' skill rests in the way these stereotypes are reanimated in a narrative that contains a surprising number of layers.
John McDonald
You'd have to be part of that treasured horror movie demographic who jumps with fright whenever somebody spills a box of popcorn to get much spook value out of this slice of sub-Stephen King schlock. October 10, 2019 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review…
You'd have to be part of that treasured horror movie demographic who jumps with fright whenever somebody spills a box of popcorn to get much spook value out of this slice of sub-Stephen King schlock.
Jim Schembri
A gothic horror story made with trade and knowledge, with the ability to scare through the noblest tools of cinema. [Full Review in Spanish] October 9, 2019 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
A gothic horror story made with trade and knowledge, with the ability to scare through the noblest tools of cinema. [Full Review in Spanish]
Ezequiel Boetti
The content feels too meek and derivative of other shows and movies and doesn't justify the criticism of the books. October 5, 2019 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
The content feels too meek and derivative of other shows and movies and doesn't justify the criticism of the books.
Damien Straker
This is a solid horror movie, thanks to its source material, its freakish monsters, its definite jump scares and good performances by Colletti and Garza. October 5, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
This is a solid horror movie, thanks to its source material, its freakish monsters, its definite jump scares and good performances by Colletti and Garza.
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