Stories taken from true urban legends
Mill Valley, Pennsylvania, Halloween night, 1968. After playing a joke on a school bully, Stella and her friends decide to sneak into a supposedly haunted house that once belonged to the powerful Bellows family, unleashing dark forces that they will be unable to control.
Cast
Zoe Colletti
Stella Nicholls
Dean Norris
Roy Nicholls
Michael Garza
Ramón Morales
Gabriel Rush
Auggie Hilderbrandt
Gil Bellows
Chief Turner
Natalie Ganzhorn
Ruth Steinberg
Austin Abrams
Tommy Milner
Austin Zajur
Chuck Steinberg
Kathleen Pollard
Sarah Bellows
Lorraine Toussaint
Lou Lou
Deborah Pollitt
Mrs. Steinberg
Victoria Fodor
Mrs. Milner
Marie Ward
Mrs. Hilderbrandt
Mark Steger
Harold the Scarecrow / Pale Lady
Javier Botet
Big Toe Corpse
Troy James
Jangly Man
Will Corno
Mechanic
Kyle Labine
Deputy Hobbs
David Tompa
Doctor
Karen Glave
Claire Baptiste
Stephanie Belding
Reception Nurse
Hume Baugh
Deodat Bellows
Jane Moffat
Delanie Bellows
Will Carr
Ephraim Bellows
Amanda Smith
Gertrude Bellows
Brandon Knox
Harold Bellows
Rodrigo Fernandez-Stoll
Drive-in Manager
Anna Fraser
Actress
Alex Spencer
Orderly #1
Matthew Smith
Mr. Steinberg
Daniel Gravelle
Letterman #1
Colton Gobbo
Letterman #2
Ajanae Stephenson
Lou Lou (8 Yrs.)
Divan Meyer
Student (uncredited)
Lyndon B. Johnson
Self (archive footage)
Richard Nixon
Self (archive footage)
Walter Cronkite
Self (archive footage)
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- Release Date 08/08/2019
- Language English
- Director André Øvredal
- Editor Patrick Larsgaard
- Cinematographer Roman Osin
- Producers Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale, Sean Daniel, Elizabeth Grave, Jason F. Brown
- Companies 1212 Entertainment, Double Dare You, Entertainment One, CBS Films, Rolling Hills, Hivemind, Starlight Culture Entertainment Group
- Budget $25,000,000
- Homepage www.scarystoriestotellinthedark.com
| Country | Date | Format | Certification |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | Aug 8, 2019 | Theatrical | 14 |
| CZ | Aug 8, 2019 | Theatrical | 12 |
| DK | Aug 8, 2019 | Theatrical | 15 |
| IL | Aug 8, 2019 | Theatrical | 14 |
| PT | Aug 8, 2019 | Theatrical | M/16 |
| Russia | Aug 8, 2019 | Theatrical | 16+ |
| SK | Aug 8, 2019 | Theatrical | 15 |
| UA | Aug 8, 2019 | Theatrical | — |
| LT | Aug 9, 2019 | Theatrical | N-13 |
| Poland | Aug 9, 2019 | Digital | 16 |
| SE | Aug 9, 2019 | Theatrical | 15 |
| Spain | Aug 9, 2019 | Theatrical | 16 |
| United States | Aug 9, 2019 | Theatrical | PG-13 |
| VN | Aug 9, 2019 | Theatrical | — |
| SG | Aug 15, 2019 | Theatrical | NC16 |
| FI | Aug 16, 2019 | Theatrical | K-16 |
| France | Aug 21, 2019 | Theatrical | U |
| IE | Aug 23, 2019 | Theatrical | 15A |
| Romania | Aug 23, 2019 | Theatrical | — |
| United Kingdom | Aug 23, 2019 | Theatrical | 15 |
| HK | Aug 29, 2019 | Theatrical | IIB |
| GR | Sep 19, 2019 | Theatrical | — |
| MY | Sep 19, 2019 | Theatrical | P13 |
| AR | Sep 26, 2019 | Theatrical | 13 |
| Australia | Sep 26, 2019 | Theatrical | M |
| United States | Oct 22, 2019 | Digital | PG-13 |
| Italy | Oct 24, 2019 | Theatrical | — |
| Germany | Oct 31, 2019 | Theatrical | 16 |
| Brazil | Nov 3, 2019 | Digital | 14 |
| HU | Nov 28, 2019 | Theatrical | 16 |
| France | Jan 4, 2020 | Physical (DVD & Blu-Ray) | 10 |
| United Kingdom | Jan 6, 2020 | Physical | — |
| Japan | Feb 28, 2020 | Theatrical | G |
| South Korea | Mar 25, 2020 | Theatrical | 15세 이상 관람가 |
| France | Oct 2, 2021 | Digital (VOD) | — |
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