

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark2019
“They're not just stories anymore.”
Directed by André Øvredal
🏆 5 wins & 6 nominations total
The premise
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.
Horror Vault's take
Halloween 1968: a group of misfit teens in Mill Valley sneak into the long-abandoned Bellows estate and disturb something that should have stayed buried. A mysterious book begins writing new stories on its own — and the horrors scrawled across its pages have a way of coming terrifyingly true. Rooted in beloved childhood nightmare fuel, the film blends period atmosphere with creatures pulled straight from the darkest corners of imagination. The real question isn't whether the stories are real — it's whether anyone will survive long enough to finish reading them.
Content: Creature Horror And Disturbing Monster Imagery, Mild Gore, Jump Scares, Themes Of Racism And Historical Injustice, Peril Involving Teens
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Cast

Zoe Colletti
Stella Nicholls

Dean Norris
Roy Nicholls

Michael Garza
Ramón Morales

Gabriel Rush
Auggie Hilderbrandt

Gil Bellows
Chief Turner

Natalie Ganzhorn
Ruth Steinberg

Austin Abrams
Tommy Milner

Austin Zajur
Chuck Steinberg

Kathleen Pollard
Sarah Bellows

Lorraine Toussaint
Lou Lou
Deborah Pollitt
Mrs. Steinberg

Victoria Fodor
Mrs. Milner
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