If you loved Dead & Buried, try Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

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Dead & Buried

1981 · dir. Gary Sherman

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Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

2019 · dir. André Øvredal

What they share

Theyboth carry the body horror, dread mood tags, and they sit in Horror / Mystery territory. If that's the register that drew you to Dead & Buried, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is

Mill Valley, Pennsylvania, Halloween night, a rusted gate creaks. A joke on a bully sparks a dare to enter a haunted house, where shadows of the Bellows family linger. Øvredal skillfully calibrates the frights for young audiences.

If you loved Dead & Buried, try Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

Dead & Buried

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

What they share

What Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is

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