History Film / ScaryStoriesToTellInTheDark2019

The film follows a group of young people who take it upon themselves to solve a mystery of gruesome murders that have been happening in their small town.

* BatterUp: In one of the trailers, Harold the Scarecrow gets beaten with a bat by a teen (who we later learn is named Tommy) who dismissively utters "Eat it, Harold!" first. This turns out to be a bad idea after the Book of Scary Stories, stolen by the protagonists, awakens him first, and Harold is then seen confronting Tommy as he walked through the field at night. In the next scene, kids talk about how Tommy went missing.

* CompositeCharacter: the monster "The Jangly Man" is a composite of characters from the stories "Me Tie Dough-ty Walker", "Aaron Kelly's Bones", and "What Do You Come For".

%%* AdaptationDistillation: The film doesn't adapt ''all'' of the stories from the books —just some of them— and the ones that do make the film won't necessarily be straight adaptations. The initial teasers suggest "The Big Toe", "Harold", The Pale Lady (from "The Dream"), and "The Red Spot" will feature in some capacity.
%%* TheAdjectivalMan: The Jangly Man and the Pale Lady both count.

%%* AudienceShift: While the books were aimed at children, the tone of the trailers hint that this film will be aimed purely at adults (specifically, the ones who grew up with the books).

%%* ChainedByFashion: The Jangly Man has some form of chains wrapped around his waist in his teaser, hence his name.
%%* CompositeCharacter: The being with the missing toe is obviously inspired by "The Big Toe" story, but is similar in appearance to the ghost from "The Haunted House".
%%* CreepyCrows: There is a crow or raven perched on Harold's head in the poster.
%%* DarkerAndEdgier: Downplayed, since the original books ''were'' intended for children to begin with, but the first teasers hint at a scarier tone than the books had.

%%* EyeScream: The Big Toe creature appears to have empty eye sockets, similar to the ghost woman from "The Haunted House".
%%* FaceFullOfAlienWingWong: The story "The Red Spot" is being adapted in some form, as shown in one of the teasers.
%%* FearsomeFoot: In the "Big Toe" teaser.
%%* NightmareFace: Big Toe and the Jangly Man both sport one in their respective teasers, the latter's even being a SlasherSmile.
%%* RealityWritingBook: Sarah Bellow's diary of scary stories appears to work like this, specifically as a Type 2, the "book writes itself as you read it" variety. The clip of the film shown in Hollywood on March 28 shows the book writing a story in itself about a corpse that pursues a boy who eats its toe in a stew. Right after [[OhCrap Auggie eats a stew he found in his refrigerator.]]
%%* RussianReversal: "You don't read the book. The book reads you."
%%* ScaryScarecrows: Harold appears on the first teaser poster.
%%* SpidersAreScary: Specifically, an egg sac full of baby spiders laid in someone's face.

%%* VillainTeleportation: The Pale Lady seems to have this, flickering from one spot to another in her teaser.

%%* AnkleDrag: The trailers show this happening to one of the kids, who desperately tries to grab onto the floorboards and leaves deep lines from his nails on them.

* RealityWritingBook: Sarah Bellow's diary of scary stories appears to work like this, specifically as a Type 2, the "book writes itself as you read it" variety. The clip of the film shown in Hollywood on March 28 shows the book writing a story in itself about a corpse that pursues a boy who eats its toe in a stew. Right after [[OhCrap Auggie eats a stew he found in his refrigerator.]]

* AnkleDrag: The trailers show this happening to one of the kids, who desperately tries to grab onto the floorboards and leaves deep lines from his nails on them.

Official Trailers: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdVkrsdPgPo&t=0s March 28]]

%%* RealityWritingBook: Sarah Bellow's diary of scary stories appears to work like this, specifically as a Type 2. The clip of the film shown in Hollywood on March 28 shows the book writing a story in itself about a corpse that pursues a boy who eats its toe in a stew. Right after [[OhCrap Auggie eats a stew he found in his refrigerator.]]

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* AdaptationDistillation: The film doesn't adapt ''all'' of the stories from the books —just some of them— and the ones that do make the film won't necessarily be straight adaptations. The initial teasers suggest "The Big Toe", "Harold", The Pale Lady (from "The Dream"), and "The Red Spot" will feature in some capacity.
* TheAdjectivalMan: The Jangly Man and the Pale Lady both count.
* AudienceShift: While the books were aimed at children, the tone of the trailers hint that this film will be aimed purely at adults (specifically, the ones who grew up with the books).
* ChainedByFashion: The Jangly Man has some form of chains wrapped around his waist in his teaser, hence his name.
* CompositeCharacter: The being with the missing toe is obviously inspired by "The Big Toe" story, but is similar in appearance to the ghost from "The Haunted House".
* CreepyCrows: There is a crow or raven perched on Harold's head in the poster.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Downplayed, since the original books ''were'' intended for children to begin with, but the first teasers hint at a scarier tone than the books had.
* EyeScream: The Big Toe creature appears to have empty eye sockets, similar to the ghost woman from "The Haunted House".
* FaceFullOfAlienWingWong: The story "The Red Spot" is being adapted in some form, as shown in one of the teasers.
* FearsomeFoot: In the "Big Toe" teaser.
* NightmareFace: Big Toe and the Jangly Man both sport one in their respective teasers, the latter's even being a SlasherSmile.
* RealityWritingBook: Sarah Bellow's diary of scary stories appears to work like this, specifically as a Type 2. The clip of the film shown in Hollywood on March 28 shows the book writing a story in itself about a corpse that pursues a boy who eats its toe in a stew. Right after [[OhCrap Auggie eats a stew he found in his refrigerator.]]
* RussianReversal: "You don't read the book. The book reads you."
* ScaryScarecrows: Harold appears on the first teaser poster.
* SpidersAreScary: Specifically, an egg sac full of baby spiders laid in someone's face.

* VillainTeleportation: The Pale Lady seems to have this, flickering from one spot to another in her teaser.

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* CanonForeigner: The Jangly Man from one of the teasers does not appear to have been directly based on any of the original stories. However, he is [[CompositeCharacter similar to a few ghouls from the books]], like the "great, gangling man" from "What Do You Come For?".

* CanonForeigner: The Jangly Man from one of the teasers does not appear to have been directly based on any of the original stories. However, he is [[CompositeCharacter similar to a few ghouls from the books]], like the "great, gangling man" from "What Do You Come For?".

* CanonForeigner: The Jangly Man from one of the teasers does not appear to have been directly based on any of the original stories. However, he is [[CompositeCharacter similar to a few ghouls from the books]], like the "gangling man" from "What Do You Come For?".

* AdaptationalVillainy: While not necessarily confirmed, it appears that the Pale Lady from "The Dream" will take on a more malevolent role than the [[DarkIsNotEvil more helpful]] part that she played in the original story.

* [[FaceFullOfAlienWingWong Face Full of Spider Wing-Wong]]: The story "The Red Spot" is being adapted in some form, as shown in one of the teasers.

* CanonForeigner: The Jangly Man from one of the teasers does not appear to have been directly based on any of the original stories. However, he is similar to a few ghouls from the books, like the "gangling man" from "What Do You Come For?".

* CanonForeigner: The Jangly Man from one of the teasers does not appear to have been directly based on any of the original stories.