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Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
André Øvredal · Film · 2019
If Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark hooked you, it is because you crave the thrill of small-town secrets awakening ancient, inescapable supernatural consequences.
Books on the same thread
Ghost Story
Peter Straub · Book · 1979
Shares 2 threads with Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark: Small Town Secrets, Supernatural Horror.
Like the characters in Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, the men in this novel find themselves haunted by the inescapable, life-altering consequences of their past actions.
Welcome to Dead House
R. L. Stine · Book · 1992
Shares a thread with Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark: Small town secrets.
If you enjoyed the haunted house premise of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, this book brings that same eerie, localized dread to a new group of unsuspecting kids.
Fear Street
R. L. Stine · Book · 1989
Shares 2 threads with Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark: Small Town Secrets, Teen Horror.
This series captures the specific teen-centric terror of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, focusing on the dangerous blend of social rites and lethal, supernatural curses in small towns.
Nightmares & Dreamscapes
Stephen King · Book · 2009
Shares a thread with Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark: Supernatural Horror.
These stories echo the anthology-style horror found in Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, exploring how ordinary settings can suddenly become gateways for dark, moral, and supernatural decay.
Series on the same thread
IT: Welcome to Derry
Andy Muschietti · Series · 2025
Shares 2 threads with Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark: Small Town Secrets, Period Horror.
This series mirrors the coming-of-age mystery in Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, showing how a group of friends must confront ancient evil lurking beneath their own town.
Are You Afraid of the Dark?
D.J. MacHale · Series · 1992
Shares a thread with Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark: Coming of Age.
This show shares the campfire storytelling spirit of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, inviting you to experience ghost stories that define the boundaries of childhood and fear.
Stranger Things
Ross Duffer · Series · 2016
Shares 2 threads with Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark: Small Town Secrets, Supernatural Horror.
Much like the group dynamic in Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, this story features friends navigating a small town mystery where secret experiments unleash terrifying, uncontrollable supernatural forces.
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa · Series · 2018
Shares 2 threads with Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark: Coming of age, Supernatural horror.
Just as the characters in Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark deal with family legacies, this show explores the dark, supernatural burden of heritage and the cost of growing up.
Podcasts on the same thread
Old Gods of Appalachia
DeepNerd Media · Podcast · 2026
This podcast taps into the atmospheric folk horror roots of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, revealing how ancient, hungry forces reside within the landscape of our own history.
Killer Stories with Harvey Guillén
Spotify Studios · Podcast · 2026
Explores: dark human nature, criminal psychology, public fascination.
If you were drawn to the dark, unsettling nature of the stories in Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, this deep dive into human depravity offers a similar chilling effect.
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Common questions
Is Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark set in a modern time period?
No, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark takes place in 1968. The story is set in Mill Valley, Pennsylvania, on Halloween night, focusing on a group of friends who encounter dark forces after entering a house once owned by the powerful Bellows family.
What triggers the events in Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark?
The events in Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark begin after Stella and her friends play a joke on a school bully. They subsequently sneak into a supposedly haunted house that belonged to the Bellows family, which unleashes dark forces they are unable to control.
Where does Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark take place?
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is set in the town of Mill Valley, Pennsylvania. The primary location for the supernatural events is a haunted house that once belonged to the powerful Bellows family, where the group of friends wanders on Halloween night in 1968.
Who are the main characters in Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark?
The main characters in Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark are Stella and her group of friends. They find themselves in danger after playing a prank on a school bully and entering a haunted house formerly owned by the powerful Bellows family during Halloween night.