Atom User Reviews for Scary Stories to Tell In The Dark

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JL
Janessa Larrabee
#boring

#boring just so you will read this review!! This movie was refreshing to watch! That del toro fella really knows how to put a great flick together. I had goosebumps the whole time and it almost made me climax!

FT
franklin taveras

the people that sat next to us made the movie horrible they did not shut up

CV
Crys Vega
#creepy
#terrifying

Very creepy, not so many pop ups, but the creatures were definitely nightmarish

SB
Scott Bell
#creepy
#intense
#clever

This is a fun and honest take on the books from childhood. It is creepy with some good jump scares.

AG
Andrey Godwin
#slow
#notmyfave
#snoozefest

I fell asleep twice.

HH
Hunter Herdlicka
#snoozefest
#justokay
#boring

Terrible stilted script - predictable and not scary in the least! We left after 40 minutes

JK
Jacob Koester

Tried to be IT but failed. Overall sloppy and afraid to really "go there", so you're left unsatisfied. GOOD as a TV show, not good as a movie.

RC
Rachel Cazeau
#creepy
#heartpounding

I loved this book series as a kid and it was cool seeing it as a movie

DK
Daren Michael Allen Klutts

it was okay.

BT
BeaMary Tran
#creepy
#heartpounding
#boring

A book basically writes about your fear lame

BR
Bryanna Robles

My boyfriend and I fell asleep

TC
Tevin Chambers
#creepy
#clever
#great

a good horror comedy with more horror then comedy

EP
Efrain Palomino
#justokay

wasn't really related to the book. just showed the monsters from it

HM
HomieDread Mech
#creepy
#justokay
#datenight

Wasn’t what I expected but I wasn’t disappointed. Maybe because of the younger cast but I thought they lacked the UMPH of scariness. The story plot was terrific. I definitely can see a Final Destination type of making with this. We will see. I say 3.

MR
Michael Rios
#great
#mustsee

Great movie really enjoyed it

AR
adan ramos jr
#creepy
#mustsee
#clever

loved this movie a must see again

AW
Antroine Woodley
#creepy
#surprising
#great

a very good movie

MJ
Michelle James
#notmyfave
#predictable
#familyfriendly

Was very strange. Would not see again

DK
D. Knight
#trash
#snoozefest

DON’T waste your money on this garbage. Not scary at all! Highly disappointed and far from recommending to anyone!

MO
Monique Olivo
#cliché
#snoozefest
#predictable

Not scary

RF
Robert Fuller
#snoozefest
#slow
#justokay

just not that fascinating for a dark Guillermo movie

PG
Peter Guy
#creepy
#terrifying
#great

Loved it better then I throught it would. Be must see

KD
Kenea Dekle
#intense
#mustsee
#creepy

Very fun and engaging movie. Great for first time horror movie watchers

NF
Nicholas Fudala
#slow
#predictable
#snoozefest

Would have rather just watched 10-15 mini stories from the books made into 10 minute videos. Not scary at all. But that’s what happens when you make a pg13 scary movie.

NB
Nalo Burns

boring they dumb the movie down book had way more action

JP
Jake Pryor

It was good but not very scary

DR
Diana Rodriguez

Bad. Skip this movie. Wish I could get my money back

TB
Tommy Balli

👊

AS
Anshil Shah

Not bad for PG-13.

JM
January March

it was ok.. I thought it would be better because of the trailer ...

CW
Chira Wright

Awesome!!!!

RR
Romiano Rolon

It was alright. I usually don’t rate this low but I give it a 3.6/5. It was kind of corny but the monsters were very well developed.

IC
Ivan Camposs

almost slept #was shlumped

TM
Taj Martin

Movie was great. Just wish the kids who sat near us would stop talking and laughing so loud...throughout the entire movie. But besides that a great movie.

JB
Jonathan Bolanos

Trash

PM
Paul Martinez

great writers and excellent special effects.

DM
David Meza

Very creative movie. Guillermo Del Toro Is creative and very smart. I

CA
Carlos Angulo

Hilarious

SB
Sonnfred Baptiste

Not creepy at all

AT
Angela Thammavongsa

I can’t believe I paid $5 for a Disney channel movie

TJ
Travis Johnson

Pretty decent PG13 horror movie until the ending.

YO
Yaeger Oaks
#justokay
#slow

Takes an hour to make introductions, and get to the point. If it was sped up a little bit, might have been better. The last 40ish minutes were pretty good though.

WS
Wendy Segura

Story wise it was ok. Turning short stories into a film is a challenge on it own so I can forgive them for the plot and stuff but unfortunately the cgi enhanced the ghouls(?) and made them look pretty bad and they used actual performers in costume. I wished it could of…

FM
Flavio Mejia

This movie was garbage! I want my money back!

FS
Felipe Sánchez

This is not the best movie in the world, but the practical effects were amazing and the movie was entertaining!

ET
Edith Thomas

good spooky movie for kids

TL
Tyler Loiseau

Wasn’t scary, more of uncomfortable

BM
Benjamin Montoya

It wasn’t your typical scary movie it was more unsettling than your jumpscare slash and hack em ups.

CP
Chris Preston

It was okay...

MH
Melinda Hoang

Predictable but a great movie. If you enjoy the book, you’ll enjoy the movie. Just a lot of jump up scares.

Metacritic

60
Aug 8, 2019

The pity is that Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark will mostly be seen by jaded genre completists and nostalgic fortysomethings. Wrong demographic. You owe it to your kids to take them to this. It’s training-wheels horror done right.

Metacritic review by David Fear
David Fear
Rolling Stone
75
Aug 8, 2019

As gross and spooky and, yes, occasionally frightening as these terror tactics get, they never quite cross over into the deep end of truly grownup horror. That’s intentional, and a key to the film’s fun: It gets away with everything it can on a PG-13 leash, smuggling some real scares to the under-18 crowd.

Metacritic review by A.A. Dowd
A.A. Dowd
The A.V. Club
25
Aug 8, 2019

Isn’t scary and isn’t worth the nearly two hours it eats up.

Metacritic review by Roger Moore
Roger Moore
Movie Nation