In 1968, the night of Halloween brings mayhem in a small town when a group of friends discovers a notebook written by a mysterious girl that foretells terrifying events.In 1968, the night of Halloween brings mayhem in a small town when a group of friends discovers a notebook written by a mysterious girl that foretells terrifying events.In 1968, the night of Halloween brings mayhem in a small town when a group of friends discovers a notebook written by a mysterious girl that foretells terrifying events.
- Awards
- 5 wins & 6 nominations
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe home used for the Bellows' House is the Fairbanks mansion located in the small town of Petrolia in southern Ontario, Canada.
- GoofsThe audio/footage of "Night of the Living Dead" playing at the drive-in don't match up with each other, and the film's scenes are shown out of order.
- Quotes
Stella Nicholls: Stories hurt, stories heal.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Diminishing Returns Diminisodes: Super Bowl Trailers 2019 (2019)
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Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
In small town America 1968, there is a dark history that hangs over an old abandoned house regarding the fate of the Bellows family. While escaping the town bullies, a group of teenagers break into the house to hide and it is in this house they find a dusty old book full of terrifying stories but as they take it away with them, new stories begin to appear in the book and the group of friends start to disappear one by one. When I first saw this advertised, I had never heard of the books on which it is based and from the trailer I couldn't figure out who the audience for this story might be. From the trailer I felt it was aimed at young teenagers but then some of the imagery used on screen seemed so terrifying and disturbing i thought it couldn't possibly be. Well it turns out it is aimed at teenagers and if i was a teenager watching this i would probably have loved it. As an adult i did still enjoy it, the horror elements were done brilliantly, scary, disturbing and memorable. It's the bits in between the horror that let it down slightly. I just felt the characters weren't developed enough and didn't really gel together like the young cast of IT did. Visually impressive and a decent story behind it but could have done with some extra time dedicated to character development.
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- Mar 18, 2020
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- Chuyện Kinh Dị Lúc Nửa Đêm
- Filming locations
- Hamilton, Ontario, Canada(Gage Park)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $25,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $68,947,075
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $20,915,346
- Aug 11, 2019
- Gross worldwide
- $104,545,505
- Runtime1 hour 48 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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