Based on the iconic book series.
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
| Cast |
Zoe Margaret Colletti, Michael Garza, Gabriel Rush, Dean Norris, Gil Bellows, Lorraine Toussaint, Austin Zajur |
| Director |
André Øvredal |
| Screenplay | Dan Hageman, Kevin Hageman, Guillermo del Toro, Marcus Dunstan, Patrick Melton, from the novel by Alvin Schwartz |
| Music | Marco Beltrami, Anna Drubich |
| Cinematography | Roman Osin |
| Editing | Patrick Larsgaard |
| Made in | 2019 |
| Produced by | 1212 Entertainment, CBS Films, DDY, Entertainment One, Sean Daniel Company |
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| Genre | Horror |
| Language | Fairly frequent instances of moderate impact crude language used to express fear, shock, frustration and anger, and anger, in the context of diminishing and insulting other characters. |
| Nudity | None |
| Sex | None |
| Violence | Physical and psychological violence is of a strong impact and occurs frequently with psychological violence being sustained throught the film. |
| Prejudice | Infrequent prejudice is of a moderate impact which includes judgement and adverse opinions and inclinations formed without justification or grounds based on race, nationality and medical (condition? ... sic) |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | None |
| Comments | Contains scenes of horror. |
| These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines. | |
| PG-13: Parents Strongly Cautioned | Rated PG-13 for terror/violence, disturbing images, thematic elements, language including racial epithets, and brief sexual references. |
| Runtime | 111 |
| USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ. | |
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Disrespectful / Bad Attitude |
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| Frightening / Tense Scenes |
Jump Scenes |
Tense Family Scenes |
| Music (Scary/Tense) |
Music (Inappropriate) |
Topics to talk about |
| Suggested age limit 14 + |
Positive messages |
Positive role models |
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Consumerism |
Drinking, drugs, smoking |
| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| 24.com Gabi Zietsman  Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is exactly as its name suggests - a fun classic horror that would have been better to have been released during Halloween time when everyone is looking for a little fright in their lives. | 10 |  |
| RSG Leon van Nierop Wees gewaarsku: daar is vreesaanjaende tonele. Die fliek betoon ook respek aan kampvuurstories wat gaste die ewige skrik op die lyf kan jaag. Maar in dié geval word die bloedige storie letterlik in die donker vertel. | 14 |  |
| Metacritic.com 28 critics | 12 |  |
| Rottentomatoes critics 147 critics | 13 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Like the bestselling series of books that inspired it, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark opens a creepy gateway into horror for younger genre enthusiasts. | 16 | |
| Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics   | 12 | |
| CommonSenseMedia Jeffrey M. Anderson Scary but very entertaining movie based on classic books. | 15 | |
What the People say | ||
| Metacritic.com users 44 users | 14 | |
| Rottentomatoes users 3670 users | 14 | |
| Rottentomatoes popcornmeter Popcornmeter | 14 | |
| IMDB 6381 Netizens | 13 | |
| The Movie DB Community | 14 | |
Average .. 67% | 13 | |