Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
They're not just stories anymore.
HorrorMysterysmall townbased on novel or bookhalloweenhaunted housescarecrowfamily secretsurban legendracismhigh school friendsaspiring writerdraft dodger1960s
A folk-horror tale rooted in 1960s small-town America that blends supernatural scares with themes of racism and family secrets, following teenagers who awaken malevolent forces in a haunted house.
Mill Valley, Pennsylvania, Halloween night, 1968. After playing a joke on a school bully, Stella and her friends decide to sneak into a supposedly haunted house that once belonged to the powerful Bellows family, unleashing dark forces that they will be unable to control.
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Zoe Colletti
Stella Nicholls
Dean Norris
Roy Nicholls
Michael Garza
Ramón Morales
Gabriel Rush
Auggie Hilderbrandt
Gil Bellows
Chief Turner
Natalie Ganzhorn
Ruth Steinberg
Austin Abrams
Tommy Milner
Austin Zajur
Chuck Steinberg
Kathleen Pollard
Sarah Bellows
Lorraine Toussaint
Lou Lou
Deborah Pollitt
Mrs. Steinberg
Victoria Fodor
Mrs. Milner
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