Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
The new poster for theScary Stories to order in the Darkmovie tantalise one of the original book ' more ill-famed narration : " The Red Spot " . Alvin Schwartz ’s original horror short story collections were the stuff of nightmares for the kid who raise up reading them in the 1980s and ' 90s , thanks to a combination of the stories themselves and the illustration by Stephen Gammell ( which were often more horrifying than the real tales ) . Now , thanks largely to Guillermo del Toro , Schwartz ’s stories will get to shock an entire new multiplication of kids by room of the bountiful screen .
So far , CBS Films and Lionsgate ’s merchandising has pore mainly on the iconic narrative that are being reimagined for theScary Storiesfilm . The movie ’s teaser posterspecifically references the story of Harold the scarer , while theScary StoriesSuper Bowl TV promosnod to stories like " The Big Toe " and " The Red Spot " . That trend continues with the stigma - new bill poster , which once again references the latter tale .
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For those who are not intimate : " The Red Spot " is the tale of a young girl who wakes up with a strange defect on her aspect , having seemingly been bitten by a wanderer while she was sleeping . However , as the newScary Storiesposter suggests , the truth behind " The Red Spot " is far more frightful . Take a feel , below .
While it was in the beginning unclear howtheScary Storiesmoviewould splice these separate stories together , CBS Films and Lionsgate has since let go of an updated synopsis that sheds more lightness on the subject . grant to the plot sum-up , the film takes place in 1968 in a small American Ithiel Town called Mill Valley . The Ithiel Town is also the home of the Bellows family mansion , where Sarah - a immature girl with"horrible secrets"- used to live and turn her experiences in a serial of scarey tarradiddle . However , when a radical of teenagers in the pic ’s present discover where Sarah resided , her terrible stories inexplicably begin coming to spirit in the real world .
Based on the precis , Scary Storiessounds a number like theGoosebumpsfilm adaptation , is the sense that both revolve around the original report that inspired them coming to lifespan in the genuine domain . However , whereGoosebumpswas pretty family - favorable , Scary Storieslooks more like a full - blown horror movie and not just a chilling dangerous undertaking for kids . That ’s not surprising , though ; after all , the movie was directed by André Øvredal , the filmmaker behind the genuinely freaky revulsion - thrillerThe Autopsy of Jane Doe . At the same fourth dimension , Scary Storiesshould have a touch of dark whimsy , thanks to the script by the Hageman Brothers ( Trollhunters : Tales of Arcadia ) and the screenland story from del Toro ( who also produced the moving picture ) .
CBS and Lionsgate are also teasing"more scares"for afterward this week , which could entail that a full - length trailer is just around the corner . As always , keep it tuned to Screen Rant forScary Stories to Tell in the Darknews and related good .
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