Question 1

Is Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019) scary?

Accepted Answer

Moderately so — Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019) mixes scares with other modes. As a supernatural film, it scored 6.0/10 for fear, 8.0/10 for atmosphere, and 6.5/10 overall on Watch Darkly's curator scale across 1 rating.

Question 2

Is Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019) streaming?

Accepted Answer

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)'s US theatrical release date is August 9, 2019. No digital rental, streaming or physical release date has been announced.

Question 3

How many jump scares are in Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)?

Accepted Answer

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019) has 8 jump scares, based on its logged jump-scare count.

Question 4

What age is Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019) appropriate for?

Accepted Answer

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019) is rated PG-13. Watch Darkly does not assign its own age rating, so here is what the film actually contains. On Watch Darkly's curator scale it scored 6.0/10 for fear and 6.0/10 for gore, where 10 is the most extreme in the catalog. It has 8 jump scares. Content warnings on file: child endangerment and torture.

Question 5

Who is in the cast of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)?

Accepted Answer

Zoe Colletti plays Stella Nicholls, Dean Norris plays Roy Nicholls, Michael Garza plays Ramón Morales, Gabriel Rush plays Auggie Hilderbrandt, Gil Bellows plays Chief Turner, Natalie Ganzhorn plays Ruth Steinberg, Austin Abrams plays Tommy Milner, Austin Zajur plays Chuck Steinberg.

Question 6

What are some films like Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)?

Accepted Answer

Films similar to Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019) on Watch Darkly include A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), It (2017), Haunt (2019), selected by shared themes and tags plus the curator scoring across fear, gore, atmosphere, intensity, and overall quality.

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

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