What an amazing time to see Alvin Schwartz’s 1981 book series, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, being turned into a film! This eponymous movie adaption is set to be released this summer on August 9, 2019. Today, PopHorror is excited to give you a glimpse behind the curtain with the chilling trailer just released. Check it out below!
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark – Teaser Trailer
This Summer will be SCARY. From the dark imaginations of Academy Award®-winner Guillermo del Toro and acclaimed director André Øvredal, based on the iconic book series, comes Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark — in theaters this summer. #ScaryStoriesMovie
Posted by PopHorror.com on Thursday, March 28, 2019
You can see the previous four teaser trailers here.
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019) was directed by André Øvredal (The Autopsy of Jane Doe 2016 – read our review here, Troll Hunter 2010) from a script co-written by Guillermo del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth 2006, The Shape of Water 2017 – read our review here), Dan and Kevin Hageman (Hotel Transylvania 2012, The LEGO Movie 2014), John August (Go 1999, Titan A.E. 2000) and Feast’s (2005 – read our review here) Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton. The film stars Zoe Margaret Colletti (Annie 2014, Rubicon 2010), Michael Garza (The Hunger Games: Mockingjay 2014), Austin Zajur (Fist Fight 2017), and Dean Norris (Breaking Bad TV series). The man who breathes life into monsters, IT: Chapter 1’s Javier Botet (read our interview with him here), is in the film, too. It will be exciting to see what kind of movie creature the man who breathes life into monsters will bring to the screen.
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