Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
by Alvin Schwartzliterary work· published 2007
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Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is a series of three collections of short horror stories for children, written by Alvin Schwartz and originally illustrated by Stephen Gammell. In 2011, HarperCollins published editions featuring new art by Brett Helquist, causing mass controversy among fans of Gammell. Subsequent printings have restored the original Gammell art. The titles of the books are Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (1981), More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (1984), and Scary Stories 3: More Tales to Chill Your Bones (1991). The three books each feature numerous short stories in the horror genre. Author Schwartz drew heavily from folklore and urban legends as the topic of his stories, researching extensively and spending more than a year on writing each book.
Adaptations (2)
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark has been adapted into 2 films, from 2015 to 2019.
Hatred2015 · film · 15 min · dir. Brian Patrick Butler · IMDb ↗IMDb5.5Strange occurrences in a desolate ranch cause two brothers to fight for their sanity.
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark2019 · film · 108 min · dir. André Øvredal · IMDb ↗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.
