


Living out Sarah's experience of the torture, Stella promises Sarah that she will tell the truth of her innocence if she stops harming people. The Jangly Man kills Turner Ramón and Stella escape and run to the Bellows house for answers. Ramón realizes that the next creature will be the Jangly Man, a monster from a story that frightened him as a child. Ramón reveals that it was out of fear after his brother enlisted and his dead body was returned to them in pieces.

Stella and Ramón are arrested for trespassing by Police Chief Turner, who reveals that Ramón is a Vietnam War draft dodger. Chuck is attacked by the Pale Lady, a phantom from his nightmares, who absorbs him. To avoid suspicion, they blamed her for the deed. The family's mill had been poisoning the town's water with mercury, leading to the deaths of the town's children and Sarah was tortured by her family for trying to reveal the truth. The group's investigation takes them to a local hospital, where they discover that Sarah's brother performed electroshock therapy on her as part of a cover-up. Ruth discovers a swollen spider bite on her cheek, which explodes and releases hundreds of tiny spiders. The remaining friends attempt to destroy the book when this proves impossible, they research Sarah's life. He disappears after the corpse drags him under his bed. Stella is convinced that Tommy has been turned into a scarecrow.Ī new story, "The Big Toe," appears with Auggie as the main character it's about a corpse searching for its missing toe, which is inside a stew that Auggie unwittingly eats. Tommy is reported missing Stella and Ramón find Harold dressed in Tommy's clothes. The creature stabs him with a pitchfork, causing Tommy to vomit hay and undergo a violent transformation. In a nearby cornfield, an inebriated Tommy is stalked by the titular Harold, his family's scarecrow, after it comes to life. They escape, and Stella takes Sarah's book.īack home, Stella discovers that a new story, entitled "Harold," has appeared on a page that was blank moments before. Tommy locks the group inside along with Ruth, Chuck's sister. Inside, they find a book of horror stories written by Sarah Bellows, the Bellows' young daughter who was accused of witchcraft when the town's children mysteriously began to die she allegedly committed suicide. They all go to explore a local "haunted house" that belonged to the wealthy Bellows family, who helped found Mill Valley. When Tommy and his gang chase them in retaliation, a young drifter named Ramón Morales hides them in his car.

In 1968, on Halloween in the fictional small town of Mill Valley, Pennsylvania, three teen friends, Stella, Auggie, and Chuck, prank bully Tommy Milner. The film was well-received by critics with praise for its depictions of the horror features from its source material, and went on to gross $106 million at the box office. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark was theatrically released on Augin the United States by Lionsgate. Principal photography commenced on August 27, 2018, and ended on November 1, 2018, in St. Øvredal was later set to direct the film, with del Toro, Daniel, Brown, and Grave being among the producers. By January 2016 it was announced that del Toro would develop and potentially direct the project for CBS Films.
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In 2013, CBS Films acquired the rights to the book series from 1212 Entertainment with the intent of producing it as a feature film. The film, an international co-production of the United States and Canada, stars Zoe Colletti, Michael Garza, Gabriel Rush, Austin Zajur, Natalie Ganzhorn, Austin Abrams, Dean Norris, Gil Bellows, and Lorraine Toussaint. The screenplay was adapted by The Hageman Brothers, from a screen story by producer Guillermo del Toro, as well as Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is a 2019 horror film directed by André Øvredal, based on the children's book series of the same name by Alvin Schwartz.
