Paramount is said to be teaming up with Entertainment One to make a sequel to Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, the 2019 horror movie.
Time to break out the old Alvin Schwartz books again, because a Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark sequel is on the way. As reported by THR, director André Øvredal is returning, along with screenwriters Dan Hageman and Kevin Hageman. Guillermo Del Toro will once again write the screen story, but as of right now it’s unclear whether he will also return as a producer. [caption id="attachment_799072" align="alignright" width="360"] Image via CBS films[/caption] The original, an adaptation of Schwartz’ popular series of collected folk tales and urban legends, was a modest hit, grossing over $…
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Lionsgate Home Entertainment has announced when you'll be able to buy Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark on Digital, Blu-ray, and 4K Ultra HD. The horror movie adapted from Alvin Schwartz's novels of the same name and directed by André Øvredal (Trollhunter) made its theatrical debut back in early August. Thankfully, fans won't have to wait long to enjoy it once again at home. Per a release from Lionsgate Home Entertainment, Scary Stories will be available to buy on Digital on October 22. The film will arrive on Blu-ray Combo Pack, 4K Ultra HD …
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This week on The Collider.com Podcast, we're talking about Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. We discuss why the film works so well, how it successfully adapts the books, why its perfect for younger audiences who are getting into horror, why studios seem to have an aversion to treating horror as a reputable genre, the producing work of Guillermo del Toro, and more. We then finish up with a new installment of Reader Hot Takes where we talk The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, The Dark Knight Rises, and Rocketman. Click on the …
By now you've probably seen André Øvredal's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. But just in case you haven't seen the superbly crafted PG-13 horror story meant to terrify audiences of all ages, consider this your spoiler warning. We'll be getting into each of the big-screen baddies who haunt the teens at the center of this spooky story in order to see just which of them rivaled the nightmarish narrative and illustrations of the source material's author Alvin Schwartz and illustrator Stephen Gammell. Through a combination of in-camera effects and creepy …
Several times throughout Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, I found myself thinking of Hobbs & Shaw. Listen, I know there's little connection to be made between a ghost-and-ghoul spookshow based on a children's book and a Fast & Furious spinoff where The Rock quite literally lassos a helicopter with a tow chain. These are very different cinematic experiences. But I kept returning to Hobbs & Shaw's set-pieces, and how batshit bananas insane they may look, there isn't much weight to that CGI-heavy madness. There's no satisfying Action Oomph™ …
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One might question the wisdom of releasing a PG-13 horror movie in the dog days of summer rather than the harvest-moonlit nights of autumn, but CBS Films, eOne, and Lionsgate already have a winner with Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. It easily won the opening Friday frame over fellow newcomers like Dora and the Lost City of Gold and existing films like Hobbs & Shaw, Disney's recent re-do of The Lion King, and Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood. Things are shaping up well for the family-focused horror film which …
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark sets up a sequel, so what can fans expect from the next set of scary stories? Here's everything you need to know.
Welcome to The Witching Hour! Collider’s horror podcast, co-created and co-hosted by Editor and Horror Lead Haleigh Foutch and Senior Editorial Producer Perri Nemiroff. On this week’s episode, we give our thoughts on Andre Ovredal's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, from the highlights to what didn't quite work. Then we dig into a discussion about how scary is too scary for kids, the limits of the PG-13 rating and the rating system in general, the films that scared us as children and the horror movies we couldn't get enough of, …
Is the consensus scary or scary good regarding Guillermo del Toro and André Øvredal's adaptation of the 1981 novels?