CBS Films, Lionsgate, and eOne have released the first official, full-lengthScary Stories to Tell I the Darktrailer.The film is based on the series of spooky short stories byAlvin Schwartzand takes place in 1968, revolving around a young girl with horrible secrets who lives in a mansion on the edge of town. A group of teenagers stumble upon the mansion, and are then led to discover the true horrors that await.
André Øvredal(Trollhunter,The Autopsy of Jane Doe) directs from a screenplay byDan Hageman&Kevin Hageman(Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu), with a “story by” credit toGuillermo del ToroandPatrick Melton&Marcus Dunstan(Saw IV,V, andVI). Del Toro also produced the film.
This looks super creepy! I know these books scared the crap out of me when I was a kid, and it looks like they’ve kind of made a hardcoreGoosebumpswith a book as the cause of terrors making their way into the real world. I don’t know how they’ll tie the full plot together with different creatures causing different terrors, but I’m curious to see what Øvredal does with this movie. At the very least, I know I’m gonna have nightmares for at least a week because of that damn spider leg.
Check out theScary Stories to Tell in the Darktrailer below. The film starsZoe Colletti,Michael Garza,Gabriel Rush,Austin Abrams,Dean Norris,Gil Bellows,Lorraine Toussaint,AustinZajur, andNatalie Ganzhorn.Scary Stories to Tell in the Darkopens in theaters on August 9th.
Here’s the official synopsis forScary Stories to Tell in the Dark:
It’s 1968 in America. Change is blowing in the wind…but seemingly far removed from the unrest in the cities is the small town of Mill Valley where for generations, the shadow of the Bellows family has loomed large. It is in their mansion on the edge of town that Sarah, a young girl with horrible secrets, turned her tortured life into a series of scary stories, written in a book that has transcended time—stories that have a way of becoming all too real for a group of teenagers who discover Sarah’s terrifying home.
