After the official poster (link to news story), four TV commercials of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, the horror project in which Guillermo del Toro (The Devil's Thorn, Hellboy, The Shape of Water) appears as both producer and co-writer.
Directed by André Øvredal (Trollhunter, Autopsy), Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is an adaptation of the novel series of the same name written by Alvin Schwartz and illustrated by Stephen Gammell.
The film will debut in US theaters on August 9, 2019.
Stella Michaels (Zoe Margaret Colletti) is a girl haunted by the disappearance of her mother on the night of October 31 0ctober. The young woman suspects that her father has knowledge of the occurrence.
Years later, Stella and her friends are victims of a Halloween prank that ends very badly.
The fault lies with a vengeful spirit who uses his terrifying stories to haunt the teenagers when they begin to investigate the disappearance of local children.
The cast includes Zoe Margaret Coletti, Michael Garza, Austin Abrams, Javier Botet (The Mother, Slender Man), Dean Norris, Lorraine Toussaint, Gil Bellows, Kathleen Pollard, Gabriel Rush, David Tompa, Austin Zajur, and Natalie Ganzhorn.
The screenplay of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is curated by Guillermo Del Toro in collaboration with John August (The Chocolate Factory, Frankenweenie), Marcus Dunstan (Saw, The Collection), Patrick Melton (Piranha 3DD, The Neighbour), Dan and Kevin Hageman.
A monstrous creature bursts through a door:
A boy comes face to face with a monster along a corridor:
A girl looks at herself in the mirror only to find that something has taken over her body:
Terrified, a boy hides under his bed in the fourth and final TV spot:
