Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark: Directed by André Øvredal. With Zoe Margaret Colletti, Michael Garza, Gabriel Rush, Austin Abrams. On Halloween 1968, Stella and her two friends meet a mysterious drifter, Ramón, and uncover a sinister notebook of stories.

“Film directed by u003ca class=ipc-md-link ipc-md-link–entity href=/name/nm0004217/\u003eAndré Øvredalu003c/au003e and co-written with u003ca class=ipc-md-link ipc-md-link–entity href=/name/nm0868219/\u003eGuillermo del Torou003c/au003e, u003ca class=ipc-md-link ipc-md-link–entity href=/title/tt3387520/\u003eScary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)u003c/au003e benefits from an efficient Halloween atmosphere, an excellent photography, the nostalgic 60u0026#39;s dress code, impressive old cars and rather talented young actors. On certain aspects, in particular the ineluctably-fatalistic side, the film makes me think of u003ca class=ipc-md-link ipc-md-link–entity href=/title/tt0087800/\u003eA Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)u003c/au003e directed by u003ca class=ipc-md-link ipc-md-link–entity href=/name/nm0000127/\u003eWes Cravenu003c/au003e in which a psychopath sadistically haunts teens during their sleep.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAfter the showing of a cult film (u003ca class=ipc-md-link ipc-md-link–entity href=/title/tt0063350/\u003eNight of the Living Dead (1968)u003c/au003e) in a drive-in theater, a group of teens arrives, we do not really know how, in a time-worn mansion on the edge of town, abandoned for ages after an unexplained murder. By chance, they find a book. A cursed book! The small town will then suffer a wave of atrocious deaths. Stella and Ramón will have to face their own worst demons in order to stop the carnage and save the inhabitants.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAs a synthesis: an efficient teen movie for getting started with cinematographic thrills. 6/7 of 10”