Scary Stories to Tell With the Lights on Cuz I’m Scared

If you’re like me, you grew up excited to go to the Scholastic Book Fair at school. I was always extra excited to go because for me, that meant new Goosebumps books. My love for all things scary began at a very young age. When I found out that another childhood favorite book, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark was going to become a movie I was thrilled.

The movie adaption combines some of the most popular stories in the book such as “Harold” and “The Red Spot” and weaves them into one story. The movie is set in 1968 and begins on Halloween. Friends Stella, Auggie, Chuck, Ramon, and Ruth end up in their local haunted house after running from bullies. The house belonged to the Bellows family, whose daughter Sarah was said to have murdered children in the town many years prior. After leaving the house and stealing Sarah’s book of stories, things get extra spooky. Stella and her friends quickly learn that the stories are writing themselves and they are the main characters.

Something to keep in mind is that even though we read these stories as kids, we’re grown now. And this is essentially a movie for kids. So some moments can seem kind of cheesy. It is, after all, rated PG-13. However, despite that is is still a very solid movie. The scares are genuine and the movie has a great plot. I’m sure it was hard to weave these different stand alone stories together to make one screenplay and add character depth but I think the writers did a good job.

Based on the ending it seems we will certainly get a sequel. I’m interested in seeing how they will be able to continue this storyline while bringing more scary stories to life.

Which story from the books was your favorite as a kid? Drop a comment and let me know!