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That night, a new story, "The Big Toe," appears with Auggie as the main character. Though Stella is convinced that Tommy has been turned into a scarecrow, the others are skeptical. The following day, Tommy is reported missing Stella and Ramón investigate and find Harold dressed in Tommy's clothes. The creature stabs him with a pitchfork, causing Tommy to vomit hay and undergo a violent transformation. In reality, an inebriated Tommy is stalked by the titular Harold, his family's scarecrow, after it comes to life. In her bedroom, Stella discovers a new story, entitled " Harold," being written in Sarah's book. ![]() Stella offers to let Ramón stay at her house for the night after discovering Tommy has vandalized his car. They escape after being released by an unseen presence, and Stella takes Sarah's book. ![]() Having followed the group, Tommy locks them inside the room along with Ruth, Chuck's sister, and Tommy's date. Inside, they find a secret room and a book of horror stories written by Sarah Bellows. Later, they invite Ramón to explore a local "haunted house" which once belonged to the wealthy Bellows family, who helped found Mill Valley. #Stories to tell in the dark movie#When Tommy and his gang chase them in retaliation, the trio flees to a drive-in movie theater, where a young drifter named Ramón hides them in his car. I recommend this for the scares, which by themselves would've had this rated a little higher.On Halloween, 1968, in the town of Mill Valley, Pennsylvania, three teenage friends- Stella, Auggie, and Chuck-prank bully Tommy Milner. Once again, I want to clarify that the plot isn't bad, just not great. In fairness to the actress, I don't know if the director and the screenwriters really had a grip on the character either. The weaker points are Tommy the bully (Austin Abrams) who even by movie terms is too over-the-top and Natalie Ganzhorn as Ruth, one of the teens, who just doesn't gel. #Stories to tell in the dark plus#On the plus side, there are a few clever lines in this. The revelation of what causes all the evil to occur felt undercooked. The opening suffers from trying to both fit in the exposition and getting to the scares too quickly. Only draw back is that the final foe, though still creepy, doesn't quite compare to the ones before it. I found the Pale Lady segment to be one of the best scares of the year. ![]() They also rely on practical effects when. The ghosts and monsters in this are heavily based on the original, iconic, and freaky illustrations by Stephen Gammell, which, let's be honest, are as much as responsible for the books' fame as the stories. The characters are attacked by several stories come to life, and each one is accompanied by an unrelenting sense of doom. The movie does a great job with the atmosphere when the scares kick in. For those worried that the violence and gruesomeness is going to be watered down because this is from children's books, be rest assured that Øvredal manages to push the PG-13 rating pretty far. #Stories to tell in the dark how to#Director André Øvredal (who directed the excellent The Autopsy of Jane Doe) really knows how to bring on the scares. For those worried that the violence and I found this adaptation of the popular children's book trilogy to be one of those films that has great scares with an okay plot. I found this adaptation of the popular children's book trilogy to be one of those films that has great scares with an okay plot. ![]()
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