LogFAQs > #926342536

***'Scary Stories' spoilers***

It was a decent Halloween-themed, intersecting anthology type-movie - like Trick 'r Treat, though not as clever in its storytelling. It's cool that they wanted to stay true to the art sytle of the books - the jump to 3D almost works but looks cartoonish at times. It also reminded me of Halloween Tree a little, with kids uniting on Halloween to stop some awful thing from happening.

If they hadn't gone with the cheap 'talk the ghost off the ledge' happy ending, or if they had a better overarching story, I think I would have been more into it. They also seemed to be confused about the tone of the movie and the demographic it was for - like one minute you've got the female lead being super dramatic and in terror, and the next you have their goofy Shaggy-type friend still making weird jokes and giving awkward line-readings. It was bizarre.

Also had the amazing one-liner: "You don't read this book....this book reads you."

7/10

EDIT - OH and the last 30 seconds so obviously set it up for a sequel that they must already have one planned. Felt forced to me.

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