We went and saw Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, and it was average with a smile.

Those ingrown hairs make for the best pops!

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Trailer

https://youtu.be/A11tX8iu0zQ

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Synopsis

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is a movie about four stereotypical kids (Stella (Zoe Margaret Colletti), Ramon (Michael Garza), Auggie (Gabriel Rush), and Chuck (Austin Zajur))who enter a haunted house on Halloween and find a book that has more scary stories than they bargained for! As the teens fight bullies and work their way through early November, they begin to realize that the book they took from the house is haunted, and the spirit that haunts it has a penchant for writing scary stories about the teens and their acquaintances that always come true.

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As the teens wrestle with teen hood and their own demons, they are forced to come to terms with the reality that this book and the woman who wrote it are trying to kill them in scary story ways. There are lots of chases, jumpscares, racist cops, and nostalgic feels to be had in Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. It even culminates in exactly the way you might think it would, which we will mention in the spoilers section.

The Boo Book

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is a movie loosely based around the 1981 book of short stories of the same name, which spawned two other books. More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (1984), and Scary Stories 3: More Tales To Chill Your Bones (1991). 

All three

books are available for purchase on Amazon for a pretty good steal, and they still hold up.

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Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Review

The movie takes some of the stories and ideas from the books and throws them together into a mashup of jumpscares and dark sets. The screenplay was adapted from a screen story written by Guillermo del Toro and rewritten by Dan Hageman and Kevin Hageman, who, I feel may have done it less service than del Toro might have.

While Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark wasn’t terrible, it was only a little bit more interesting than average. The plot made sense, the acting was on point, the production was pretty good. It’s nothing to write home about, and the payoffs are completely underwhelming. The nostalgia was nice, but isn’t it always? Maybe that’s what makes these nostalgia grabs so offensive, it works every time, and it’s so low effort - but I guess you could say the same thing about jumpscares, and I love those.

Score for Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

6/10

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Spoilers for Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

The movie starts with a bully who

says, “Let’s go scare some kiddies tonight, guys!” This is, perhaps, the

goofiest line I can think of and teed off the movie well. 

The main

bully, Tommy (Austin Abrams), is the least assuming bully on the planet,

small in stature, slight of build, fair of complexion, and is constantly drunk

and rattling off goofy lines like this. It’s a joy to behold, and one of those

touches that makes it goofy and real at the same time.

Dean Norris is the only cast member you might recognize in

this movie, and he is a great actor, who plays the main character’s (Stella)

dad. The only problem with this is anytime I see Dean Norris I just think, “They’re not rocks, they’re minerals, Marie!” If

you play the main detective in Breaking Bad, you ARE the main detective from Breaking Bad.

Which makes me feel sorry for Dean, but at the same time, “Jizzus Christ,

Marie!”

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I've got some geodes coming!

I just love this.