Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Trailer Brings the Iconic Book Series to Life

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Trailer Brings the Iconic Book Series to Life

CBS Films has released the official Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark trailer, bringing to life the iconic horror book series from the dark imaginations of Academy Award winner Guillermo Del Toro and acclaimed director André Øvredal. Check out the official trailer now in the player below!

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It’s 1968 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 home.

The Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark book series was first published during the 1980s, written/adapted from folklore by Alvin Schwartz and gorily illustrated by Stephen Gammell. The film follows a group of young teens who must solve the mystery surrounding the sudden and macabre deaths in their small town.

The movie is directed by André Øvredal (The Autopsy of Jane DoeTrollhunter) and is co-written by Daniel and Kevin Hageman along with del Toro, who provided the screen story.

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark will also star Zoe Colletti (Annie), Austin Abrams (Brad’s Status, Tragedy Girls), Gabriel Rush (Moonrise Kingdom, The Grand Budapest Hotel), Michael Garza (Wayward Pines, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1), Austin Zajur (Fist Fight, Kidding), Dean Norris (Breaking Bad), Gil Bellows (PatriotJett) and Lorraine Toussaint (Into The BadlandsSelmaOrange Is The New Black) and Natalie Ganzhorn (Make it Pop, Wet Bum).

Entertainment One will distribute the project in Canada, U.K., Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Benelux, Spain, Austria, and Switzerland. CBS Films will distribute the feature in the U.S. through Lionsgate.  Sean Daniel, Elizabeth Grave, Jason F. Brown, and J. Miles Dale will also be producing.

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Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark will open on August 9.

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