Synopsis
Film directes by André Øvredal (The autopsy of Jane Doe), produced by the Oscar® winner Guillermo del Toro and based on Alvin Schwartz’ bestselling trilogy of books, “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark”.
It’s l968 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 tome.
Far removed from the turmoil of the cities is the small town of Mill Valley, where for generations, the shadow of the Bellows family has loomed large. In their mansion on the edge of town, Sarah, a young woman with horrible secrets, turned her torturous life into a series of scary stories written in a book that has transcended time; stories that have a way of becoming very real for a group of teenagers who discover this terrible book.