The official trailer for Scary Stories To Tell in the Dark has been released & the books that scared you as a child looks to frighten you on the big screen.
Producer Guillermo del Toro and director André Øvredal previewed the upcoming horror film at an event in New York City on Monday. They unveiled new footage from the movie featuring events from the stories “The Big Toe” and “The Red Spot,” and finished by premiering a new trailer.
Based on the books of the same name by Alvin Schwartz and Stephen Gammell, Scary Stories To Tell in the Dark is set in 1968 and follows a group of young children in the town of Mill Valley who discover a strange book written by one Sarah Bellows. A scion of Mill Valley’s wealthiest family, Sarah had a hard life and decided to get revenge on the townspeople who mocked her by writing a book that brings nightmares to life.
Scary Stories To Tell in the Dark hits screens on August 9.
