EditScary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)

I lillebyen, Mill Valley, synes alt at være, som det plejer på overfladen. Byens mørke hemmelighed er familien Bellows forladte hus, hvor den plagede og gådefulde pige, Sarah, for mange år siden skrev uhyggelige historier om frygtelige menneskeskæbner. På Halloween-aften bryder en flok teenagere ind i det skræmmende hus og finder Sarah Bellows bog. De opdager, at deres egne navne står i bogen og at den, som nævnes der, vil gå en grusom død i møde… Scary Stories to tell in the Dark er skabt af den prisvindende instruktør og producer, Guillermo del Toro, som gav os Oscarvinderen The Shape of Water, Pans labyrint og Hellboy-filmene. Filmen er instrueret af André Øvredal og er baseret på en én af USA’s mest berømte og uhyggelige bøger skrevet af Alvin Schwartz og med Stephen Gammells legendariske tegninger.

Books are not just ink and paper, they are doors to other worlds. And some of these worlds are infested by creatures that could turn people’s life into a constant suffering. Such books better never to be discovered, better to be left abandoned and buried forever. However, a group of bald teens, attracted by a mysterious house in their home town of Mill Valley, are unlucky enough to discover such cursed book. It has been written by Sarah Bellows, a tortured girl, who has been part of a wealthy family. No-one can tell what happened to the Bellows and why they’ve suddenly disappeared. But one thing is for sure, the stories, written by poor Sarah have the unique ability to come true. And the nightmare begins for all the teens who found her book.