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Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019) — Stream on MovieSphere+ · CriticCrunch

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Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

Movie2019·108 min

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

Directed by André Øvredal

A horror mystery film directed by André Øvredal.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 17%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

6.5/10

3K ratings

About Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

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.

Pacing: Measured (4 of 9)
Tone: Dark (2 of 9)
Intensity: Intense (7 of 9)
Complexity: Approachable (4 of 9)
Humor: Light-touch (4 of 9)
Scale: Personal (4 of 9)
Spirit: Haunting (3 of 9)
Texture: Unsettling, Gritty
Story Tags: family dysfunction, social injustice, survival of spirit, mid century, holiday seasonal, supernatural, small town, group found family, outsider misfit, mystery disappearance, race against time, folk horror, ghost haunting, monster creature

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Details

Director: André Øvredal
Language: English

Cast

Zoe Colletti, Dean Norris, Michael Garza

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How Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Ranks

All movies

Top 17%

2010s movies

Top 14%

Horror movies

Top 17%

2010s Horror movies

Top 12%

★André Øvredal films#3 of 5

Top 17% All movies.

the vibe

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Vibe

What it feels like

measureddarkintenseapproachablelight-touchpersonalhaunting

unsettling

gritty

What it's about

mystery disappearancerace against timefamily dysfunctionsocial injusticesurvival of spiritoutsider misfitgroup found familyholiday seasonalsupernaturalfolk horrorhauntingmonster creaturesmall townmid-century

pacing

measured 4/9measured 4/9

tone

dark 2/9dark 2/9

intensity

intense 7/9intense 7/9

complexity

approachable 4/9clear 4/9

humor

light-touch 4/9light 4/9

scale

personal 4/9personal 4/9

spirit

haunting 3/9haunting 3/9

texture

unsettlinguneasy