![]() ![]() ![]() Why not capitalize more on the fact that most, if not all, of these stories, came from folklores? But, there are others like “The Babysitter” or “Wonderful Sausage” that could have brought a truly darker vibe to the film and made it far more suspenseful and the psychological thriller I had hoped it to be. Of course, some of the tales are fantastical and are simply fun and creepy to hear. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark often touched on the horrors of the real world in a very real way. They reminded me that most of the stories were, in fact, popular folklores that Schwartz was retelling-I know I had heard a few around a campfire before I had ever picked up his book. “Harold” is a notable classic that made it into the film adaptation, but I missed my personal favourites like “High Beams”, “The Bride”, and “The Hook.” They were some of the stories that I considered to truly be creepy. I can’t say that Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark always managed to do that, as the book is predominantly geared towards children, but it has more than a few memorable stories. I am a fan of the horror genre, but I’ve always favoured the films and books that would be considered less gore oriented and more about psychologically terrorizing you. Looking back, I don’t know what was more iconic to me growing up: the perfectly gruesome art style of Stephen Gammell or how unnerving the stories really were. ![]() To be honest, half of that abuse probably came from me as a child with how much I personally borrowed that book from my school’s library. The copy of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz that I used to check out was heavily dog-eared and torn at the edges (it looked like it belonged in a scary story). ![]()
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