small town,based on novel or book,halloween,haunted house,scarecrow,family secrets,urban legend,racism,high school friends,aspiring writer,draft dodger,1960s,folk horror

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)

Poster for Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

Stories taken from true urban legends

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.

Cast & Crew

Director
André Øvredal
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    Stella Nicholls Zoe Colletti
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    Roy Nicholls Dean Norris
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    Ramón Morales Michael Garza
  • Profile picture of Gabriel Rush
    Auggie Hilderbrandt Gabriel Rush
  • Profile picture of Gil Bellows
    Chief Turner Gil Bellows
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    Ruth Steinberg Natalie Ganzhorn
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    Tommy Milner Austin Abrams
  • Profile picture of Austin Zajur
    Chuck Steinberg Austin Zajur

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Keywords

  • small town
  • based on novel or book
  • halloween
  • haunted house
  • scarecrow
  • family secrets
  • urban legend
  • racism
  • high school friends
  • aspiring writer
  • draft dodger
  • 1960s
  • folk horror