Review of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019) by Muskrat147 — 13 Aug 2019
Following the similar style and simple premise of 2017's IT, with slightly more horrifying imagery and greater nightmare fuel, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is a solid and simple gateway film for emerging genre fans and younger filmgoers.
It should not be much of a surprise, largely because of del Toro's involvement in the writing process. However, Norwegian talent Andre Overdal deserves credit where credit is due - the leading quality in Stories is suspense, and Overdal constructs his sequences masterfully.
Each individual character's narrative culminates in either one or more personally scary moments, which all add to the absolutely spot-on recreations of Stephen Gammell's disturbing illustrations. On top of this, the acting all around is solid and quite convincing, similar as well to that of IT.
Though minor flubs in pacing and needless exposition occur sporadically, there are no real, game changing flaws or issues. Simply put - Stories fits in well with the likes of other young adult classics, and will certainly become a classic of its own within several years time.
This review of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019) was written by Muskrat147 on 13 Aug 2019.
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark has generally received positive reviews.
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