Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

...is a strangely uplifting throwback to old-fashioned clans of investigative teens.

It’s ultimately a memorably unnerving film and a legitimate gateway drug for budding young fans of surreal and, well, scary movies...

In a departure from the books, the film adopts a period setting, taking place in the weeks leading up to Nixon’s election in 1968.

Heavy on jump scares, cobwebby corridors and CGI-assisted fiends, Øvredal and del Toro revel in the genre’s bloody heartland...

It feels like a film made to be snuck into.

Skräcken varvas med humor och nostalgi. Tonen påminner ibland om ”Stranger things” och slutet öppnar för en fortsättning.

Der er masser af solid opbygning og tilbageholdt åndedræt til at begejstre de fleste horrorfans, og tilstrækkelig skrækscenarier og forvrængede figurer til at holde lyset tændt om natten.

At the helm, talented Norwegian director Andre Ovredal keeps a measured, tense pace and uses physical space (...) to great shocking effect.