If you loved The Car, 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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The Car

1977 · dir. Elliot Silverstein

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Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

2019 · dir. André Øvredal

What they share

Theyboth carry the dread mood tag, and they sit in Horror / Mystery territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Car, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

dread

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 The Car, try Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

The Car

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

What they share

What Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is

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