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* KickTheSonOfABitch: While the book targets sympathetic characters for victims as well, [[spoiler: Tommy and Chief Turner are both racist and antagonistic to the teenagers, and Tommy is particularly loathsome. Tommy ends up stabbed in the chest with a pitchfork before he is transformed by Harold and Chief Turner being the only victim who is straight-up ''murdered'', via NeckSnap. And while we never see their deaths, we see by the story written by Sarah that her father and brother ended up dying via [[ImAHumanitarian the Wendigo]].]]
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The film stars Zoe Colletti, Michael Garza, Austin Abrams, Creator/GabrielRush, Austin Zajur, Natalie Ganzhorn, Creator/LorraineToussaint, Karen Glave, Creator/JavierBotet, Creator/GilBellows and Creator/DeanNorris.

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The film stars Zoe Colletti, Michael Garza, Austin Abrams, Creator/AustinAbrams, Creator/GabrielRush, Austin Zajur, Natalie Ganzhorn, Creator/LorraineToussaint, Karen Glave, Creator/JavierBotet, Creator/GilBellows and Creator/DeanNorris.
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** When Auggie says that Chuck [[spoiler:'didn't get enough air in the womb']], [[spoiler:Chuck gets absorbed into the pale woman's stomach.]]
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On Halloween 1968, in the small town of Mill Valley, Pennsylvania, a group of teenagers -- Stella, Chuck, Auggie, and Ramon -- wind up in an infamous mansion belonging to the Bellows family, long marked by notoriety due to events surrounding their daughter Sarah, and uncover a book of horror stories written by her. When a series of gruesome, horrific events unfolds that seem to be connected to the book, the teenagers take it upon themselves to solve the mystery and put a stop to the terror.

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On Halloween 1968, in the small town of Mill Valley, Pennsylvania, a group of teenagers -- Stella, Chuck, Auggie, and Ramon -- wind up in an infamous mansion belonging to the Bellows family, long marked by notoriety due to events surrounding their daughter Sarah, and uncover a book of horror stories written by her. When Soon after, the town is stricken by a series of gruesome, horrific nightmarish events unfolds that seem to be connected to the book, the teenagers take it upon themselves to solve the mystery and put a stop to the terror.
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''Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark'' is a 2019 horror film directed by André Øvredal (''Film/TheAutopsyOfJaneDoe'', ''Film/TheTrollHunter'') and written by Dan & Kevin Hageman (''WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie''), based on the series of children's books by Alvin Schwartz & Stephen Gammell [[Literature/ScaryStoriesToTellInTheDark of the same name]]. Creator/GuillermoDelToro, who co-produced the film, also conceived the story.

The film follows a group of teenagers -- Stella, Chuck, Auggie, and Ramon -- who take it upon themselves to solve a mystery of gruesome murders that have been happening in their small town.

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''Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark'' is a 2019 horror film directed by André Øvredal (''Film/TheAutopsyOfJaneDoe'', ''Film/TheTrollHunter'') and written by Dan & Kevin Hageman (''WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie''), based on the series of children's books by Alvin Schwartz & Stephen Gammell [[Literature/ScaryStoriesToTellInTheDark of the same name]]. The film was co-produced by Creator/GuillermoDelToro, who co-produced the film, also conceived the story.

The film follows On Halloween 1968, in the small town of Mill Valley, Pennsylvania, a group of teenagers -- Stella, Chuck, Auggie, and Ramon -- who wind up in an infamous mansion belonging to the Bellows family, long marked by notoriety due to events surrounding their daughter Sarah, and uncover a book of horror stories written by her. When a series of gruesome, horrific events unfolds that seem to be connected to the book, the teenagers take it upon themselves to solve a the mystery of gruesome murders that have been happening in their small town.
and put a stop to the terror.



In 2020 it was officially announced that a sequel is in development. While Del Toro, the original film's writers, and most of the cast (such as Colletti, Garza, Ganzhorn, and Norris) have been confirmed to be returning, it is unclear if Øvredal will direct.

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In 2020 2020, it was officially announced that a sequel is in development. While Del Toro, the original film's writers, and most of the cast (such as Colletti, Garza, Ganzhorn, and Norris) have been confirmed to be returning, it is unclear if Øvredal will direct.
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