6.8 Score

2019 • 1h 48min • PG-13 • Horror, Mystery, Adventure

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

"They're not just stories anymore."

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.

IMDb 6.2

RT 77%

MC 61

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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

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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

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Deborah Pollitt Mrs. Steinberg

Victoria Fodor Mrs. Milner

Marie Ward Mrs. Hilderbrandt

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