Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark's reviews
Media reviews
Entertainment Weekly
Blessed with some firm hands on the terror tiller and a winning cast, 'Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark' is a handsome, and deliciously horrible, horror movie.
The Wrap
Although perhaps not the most terrifying movie to hit theaters this season, 'Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark' is effectively spooky, working as both a potential genre gateway drug and nostalgic catnip for readers of the original trilogy.
New York Times
If Alvin Schwartz?s popular 'Scary Stories' children?s books condensed folklore into an accessible anthology form, 'Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark', an agreeable bit of fan service, performs a similar gateway function for movies.
Indiewire
Here is an R-rated concept that?s been watered down until it passed for a PG-13 movie; it?s plenty harrowing and full of gruesome effects, but it never feels dangerous. It never feels like it could be coming for you next.
Variety
There?s no aura to them; the emotions of the stories have been lost. We could be watching the standard ghoulish CGI effects that take place in any horror movie of the week.