Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Teen Stella must survive a night of terror after a prank unleashes malevolent spirits in a cursed mansion, forcing her and her friends to battle an ancient darkness before it consumes them all.
“They're not just stories anymore.”
Synopsis
On Halloween night in 1968, in Mill Valley, Pennsylvania, Stella and her friends play a prank on a school bully before sneaking into a supposedly haunted house once owned by the influential Bellows family, inadvertently unleashing dark forces they cannot control.
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Edited by Patrick LarsgaardShot by Roman OsinScored by Marco BeltramiDesigned by David Brisbin
Box Office
2019 · Box office
💰 Box-office hit — grossed 4.2× its budget
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Worldwide gross
$104.5M
US & Canada: $68.9M — 66% of worldwide · International: $35.6M (34%)
Opening weekend: $20.9M — 30% of its US run.
Opening week (7-day): $30.2M — 44% of its US & Canada run.
Peak 3,135 theaters
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Cast & Crew
51 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Zoe Colletti
as Stella Nicholls
Michael Garza
as Ramon Morales
Gabriel Rush
as Auggie Hilderbrandt
Austin Abrams
as Tommy Milner
Dean Norris
as Roy Nicholls
Gil Bellows
as Chief Turner
Natalie Ganzhorn
as Ruth Steinberg
Lorraine Toussaint
as Lou Lou
Kathleen Pollard
as Sarah Bellows
Austin Zajur
as Chuck Steinberg
Deborah Pollitt
as Mrs. Steinberg
Victoria Fodor
as Mrs. Milner
Supporting cast
25Marie Ward
as Mrs. Hilderbrandt
Mark Steger
as Harold the Scarecrow / Pale Lady
Javier Botet
as Big Toe Corpse
Troy James
as Jangly Man
Will Corno
as Mechanic
Kyle Labine
as Deputy Hobbs
David Tompa
as Doctor
Karen Glave
as Claire Baptiste
Stephanie Belding
as Reception Nurse
Hume Baugh
as Deodat Bellows
Jane Moffat
as Delanie Bellows
Will Carr
as Ephraim Bellows
Amanda Smith
as Gertrude Bellows
Brandon Knox
as Harold Bellows
Rodrigo Fernandez Stoll
as Drive-in Manager
Anna Fraser
as Actress
Alex Spencer
as Orderly #1
Matthew Smith
as Mr. Steinberg
Daniel Gravelle
as Letterman #1
Colton Gobbo
as Letterman #2
Ajanae Stephenson
as Lou Lou (8 Yrs.)
Vanzie Meyer
as Student (uncredited)
Lyndon B Johnson
as Self (archive footage)
Richard Nixon
as Self (archive footage)
Walter Cronkite
as Self (archive footage)
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