

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
They're not just stories anymore.
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.
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6.5/10
2,962 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $25M
- Box office
- $104.5M
- Language
- English
- small town
- based on novel or book
- halloween
- haunted house
- scarecrow
- family secrets
- urban legend
- racism
- high school friends
- aspiring writer
- draft dodger
- 1960s
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Behind the camera
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Produced in
Canada, Hong Kong, United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalPG-139 Aug 2019
- Digital / OTTPG-1322 Oct 2019
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1523 Aug 2019
- Physical6 Jan 2020
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalM26 Sept 2019
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical1326 Sept 2019
BrazilBR
- Theatrical148 Aug 2019
- Digital / OTT143 Nov 2019
CzechiaCZ
- Theatrical128 Aug 2019
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical158 Aug 2019
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-1616 Aug 2019
FranceFR
- TheatricalU21 Aug 2019
- Physical10DVD & Blu-Ray4 Jan 2020
- Digital / OTTVOD2 Oct 2021
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1631 Oct 2019
GreeceGR
- Theatrical19 Sept 2019
Hong KongHK
- TheatricalIIB29 Aug 2019
Frequently asked questions
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark was released on 8 August 2019.
Audience reviews
8- M6/10
Manuel São Bento
8/19/2019
If you enjoy reading my Spoiler-Free reviews, please follow my blog :) This might be the very first film of 2019, which I knew absolutely nothing about going into the theater. Usually, I avoid trailers for most movies, but it’s almost impossible to not catch an image or a clip here and there. However, for Scary Stories, since it wasn’t heavily marketed in my country (at least), the only things I knew was that Guil…
- S6/10
SWITCH.
9/25/2019
There’s just enough scares to appeal to the under-15s with disposable income, but very little for anyone else looking to get into the real Halloween spirit. ‘Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark’ has the potential to be really unique, but is let down by its blandness and lack of originality. Yes, there’s a hint at a sequel at the end of the film, but I hope for our sake that the book is closed on any more of these scary…
- G5/10
Gimly
12/28/2019
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. _Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to m…
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Jack
5/24/2020
I have no idea why I was expecting an anthology before I started watching this film. Anyway, it doesn’t matter. While I dislike the increasingly high number of horror films which take place in 1960s/70s/80s nowadays, I still enjoyed watching this one. Surprisingly, each scary scene in the film is better than the one before, which makes the film better as you keep watching it. Would I watch it again? Yes. Would …
- R7/10
Repo Jack
10/28/2020
Most "Haunted House" attraction movies are horrible. "Haunt" is the rare exception. The directors also wrote "The Quiet Place" and Eli Roth was involved. Regardless, this is a slick Halloween thriller.
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