Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Alvin Schwartz ’s creepy-crawly child ’s horror stories come to sprightliness in the trailer for the Guillermo del Toro - producedScary Stories to Tell in the Dark . Published from 1981 - 1991 , Schwartz ’s threeScary Storiescollections were inspire by a assortment of older folk stories and urban legends about everything from repellent scarer to vengeful specter , Death itself , and even the occasional polite , if misunderstood , monster .
CBS Films acquire theScary Storiesmovie right in 2013 , and had writers like John August ( Frankenweenie ) andSawsequel duo Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton work on the film adaptation , before bringing del Toro aboard . The Shape of Waterdirector is credited for the film ’s blind story and served as a manufacturer here , with André Øvredal ( The Autopsy of Jane Doe ) calling the shots from a script by del Toro’sTrollhunters : Tales of Arcadiacollaborators , Dan and Kevin Hageman .
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The film ’s marketing get underway in February witha bill sticker and Super Bowl TV spotsthat nodded to some of Schwartz ’s more notorious stories , like " The Red Spot " , " Harold " , and " The Big Toe " . CBS Films has now released aScary Storiesteaser trailer online , ahead of its premiere in theatre of operations . The studio also unveiled a pair of posters this week that once again reference"The Red Spot"and the Pale Lady character from Schwartz ’s book ( who even demo up in the Super Bowl maculation ) . you may suss out out the latter one - piece of paper after the trailer , below .
As seen in the teaser , Scary Storiestakes place in a small American town shout out Mill Valley , circa 1968 , and follows a group of young teens as they inquire the closed book of Sarah Bellows - a tortured young girl who lived on the edge of town in the now - give up Bellows mansion , several age ago . However , upon discovering Sarah ’s orphic writings ( where she wrote about the atrocious experiences she had in life ) , the unsuspicious kids find themselves being menaced by the various monsters and ghouls that Sarah wrote about .
Schwartz ’s original short account were disconnected , but it seems the film adjustment uses a plot equipment that string them together and , in turn , allows for all mode of gnarled fantasm , spirits , and tool to show up ( admit 1 that are n’t from the original collections , like the Jangly Man in the trailer and Super Bowl promos ) . Beyond that , Scary Storieslooks and feel a bit like a del Toro pic , but his storytelling approach appears to coalesce well with Øvredal ’s horror filmmaking style so far .
And on a related to note : between theScary Stories to Tell in the Darkteaser and theGodzilla : King of the Monsters"Beautiful " promofrom in the beginning , it ’s been an … interesting day for trailers using " Over the Rainbow " fromThe Wizard of Oz .
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