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Scary Stories To Tell in the Dark: 4 teasers

Here are four short teasers for Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, which CBS and Lionsgate films will release theatrically on August 9. Based on author Alvin Schwartz’s series of children’s books, the film was produced by Guillermo Del Toro, directed by André Øvredal, and scripted by Daniel Hageman & Kevin Hageman, Guillermo del Toro. The cast includes: Zoe Colletti, Michael Garza, Gabriel Rush, Austin Abrams, Dean Norris, Gil Bellows, Lorraine Toussaint, Austin Zajur, Natalie Ganzhorn.

Official Plot Synopsis: It’s l968 in America.  Change is blowing in the wind…but seemingly far removed from the unrest in the cities is the small town of Mill Valley where for generations, the shadow of the Bellows family has loomed large.  It is in their mansion on the edge of town that Sarah, a young girl with horrible secrets, turned her tortured life into a series of scary stories, written in a book that has transcended time—stories that have a way of becoming all too real for a group of teenagers who discover Sarah’s terrifying tome.

Steve Biodrowski, Administrator

A graduate of USC film school, Steve Biodrowski has worked as a film critic, journalist, and editor at Movieline, Premiere, Le Cinephage, The Dark Side., Cinefantastique magazine, Fandom.com, and Cinescape Online. He is currently Managing Editor of Cinefantastique Online and owner-operator of Hollywood Gothique.