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If you were a kid of the 80’s and 90’s, lived in the library, or saved and spent your entire allowance at the book fairs, then you know these books; intimately. These were, hands down, the scariest collection of folktales and scary stories ever. And Guillermo Del Toro is co-writing and producing a film version that will be directed by André Øvredal, who was the director of Netflix’s Trollhunters.
Given how amazing The Shape of Water, Pans Labyrinth, Hellboy II & Chronos were from a story perspective and how wonderful Trollhunters was, this movie is going to blow our minds.
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Taking 4 stories from the books written/curated by Alvin Schwarz, the movie looks to replicate the look and tone. “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark,” “More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark,” and “Scary Stories 3: More Tales to Chill Your Bones” were released in 1981, 1984 and 1991 respectively and were folklore tales that were “retold” by Schwartz. But it wasn’t just the words that chilled, it was those images by illustrator Stephen Gammell.
They scared the shit out of me as a kid. No other scary pictures have chilled me as much as these fucked up images.
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These drawings were so eerie and unsettling, that the books were frequently banned by schools and libraries in the 1990s, and is still considered one of the most challenged children’s books of the past 30 years.
Thankfully, Del Toro and Øvredal are huge fans of Gammell’s art and are looking to recreate it as faithfully as possible.
That’s just perfect.
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According to the released synopsis, the film will take place in 1968 in a small town called Mill Valley. It reads:
“It’s l968 in America. Change is blowing in the wind…but seemingly far removed from the unrest in the cities is the small town of Mill Valley where for generations, the shadow of the Bellows family has loomed large. It is in their mansion on the edge of town that Sarah, a young girl with horrible secrets, turned her tortured life into a series of scary stories, written in a book that has transcended time—stories that have a way of becoming all too real for a group of teenagers who discover Sarah’s terrifying tome.”
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Remember Harold? In the stories, he was a scarecrow built by two old men, who then fell victim to his malevolent ways. Here’s how he’s gonna look in real life. Based on the released info, there are at least 4 stories that are being featured in the film: “The Red Spot,” “The Big Toe,” “The Dream,” and a new one called “The Jangly Man.” I”m not sure if Harold’s gonna have his own story, but he might be the connective tissue between all of them.
That’s just perfect!
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During the Super Bowl this past weekend, 4 teasers for the film were released. The first, titled The Pale Lady is already freaky as fuck. Check it out HERE!
Dreams are a freaky thing.
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Now compare it to the original art. I’d say that’s pretty damn terrifying.
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The next teaser was for the story that terrified an arachnophobe such as myself; The Red Spot.
Watch it HERE!
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This. This. Fucking. Picture.
It makes my skin crawl.
I couldn’t sleep after the first time I saw it.
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Then there’s this one; The Big Toe. Where a kid finds a toe in the ground, so his family eats it. Then the 9-toed monster comes after him.
Watch the teaser HERE!
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I always thought this kid was a little creeper, especially because he found a severed toe and figured he’d eat it. But this picture just sells it.
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There are also tons of other freaky images from the books that I hope make it in the film, like this one.
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Or even this one. Imagine what Del Toro could do with this skull-faced floaty thing.
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Now, if you’re looking at these pictures and thinking “I’ve read these books, but I don’t remember these pictures,” or if you want to out and pick up your very own copies of the trilogy, bear in mind, there are two versions out there.
There’s the original from the 80’s. Then, Scholastic decided to have the books re-illustrated and re-issued in 2012 to make them safer. The art was done by the talented but non-scary children’s book illustrator Brett Helquist, who’s best known for Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events.
Consequently, they’re pretty boring.
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For example, the original scary lady following her husband home is on the right. Nightmare-fuel, right?
Now look at the reissued art on the left. It’s meh.
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Same with this one. The original is so malicious and creepy, and the redo is just a victorian group of dudes, discussing the size of the moon.
Thankfully, Scholastic came back to their senses and reissued the books with their original art in 2017. So go out and find them!
Now, it’s time to wait for August 9th to come around. Things are gonna get freaky!
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