- #SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK CAST LULU MOVIE#
- #SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK CAST LULU SERIAL#
So this turned out to be much-more to my liking than the normal horror flick. I have no burning desire to be constantly reminded of what the inside of my body looks like. I'm not a massive fan of 'slasher' style horror films. Directed by "Troll Hunter" director André Øvredal, I really enjoyed this one. She's been in a few films in the past ("Annie", "Wildlife" and "Skin") but this is her breakout performance in a starring role. In this regard, the stand-out performance is that of Zoe Margaret Colletti who does a fabulous job as Stella. My personal favourite? A 'red room' episode with the oncoming fate comically arriving in slow-motion like the steam-roller in "Austin Powers"! This is another film that relies on the quality of its young cast, with the only moderately well-know cast name being Gil Bellows as the local sheriff. At the gross-out end of the scale is an episode with Chuck's sister Ruth (Natalie Ganzhorn) that might get arachnophobes running for the exits. The story's 'episodes' are nicely varied.
It's disappointing that doesn't stretch to 12A to attract a younger teenage audience, since the source material is actually from a "Goosebumps"-like set of short stories by Alvin Schwartz. This earns it a UK15, rather than a UK18, certificate. There are some effective (but at times comically created) spooky moments that are scary without being hugely gory. This one has Guillermo del Toro's hand behind that of lead-writers Dan and Kevin Hagerman. This is a time when horror films are either "old school" or more psychological in nature (like "Hereditary"). That legend has it that Sarah used to tell local kids scary stories through the walls. They escape into the local spooky house - a house where legend has it that terrible things were done to a strange albini girl, Sarah. But pursued by local hoodlum Tommy (Austin Abrams), Stella, Chuck and Auggie are thrown together with draft-dodging outsider Ramón (Michael Garza). Stella has a couple of friends: the requisite Scoobie Doo Shaggy character Chuck (Austin Zajur) and the 'sensible' "it's all science" character Auggie (Gabriel Rush). Stella Nicholls (Zoe Margaret Colletti) is a horror geek and aspiring writer living in Mill Valley, a small Pennsylvanian town during the Nixon election of 1968.
#SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK CAST LULU SERIAL#
However, the episodic nature of serial "incidents" aligns it more with the style of the "Final Destination" films. But with a kid-centric plot and set in a small American town, the formula is similar to "It" or "Super 8".
#SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK CAST LULU MOVIE#
From the title, I was sure I'd see a portmanteau movie of unconnected short stories, similar to 1983's "Twilight Zone: The Movie". To my surprise, this movie was not what I was expecting at all.
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