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The sole exception to the rule about something being scarier in your imagination then when given physical form is the infamous collection of short horror stories, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark.

The movie is loosely based on Alvin Schwartz’s famous collections of short horror stories for kids. A group of friends led by Stella (Zoe Colletti) investigates a haunted house on Halloween.