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- Harold. If you've seen the trailer for the new Scary Stories movie, you already know that the scarecrow Harold finally gets his turn in the limelight. Unlike most cinematic scarecrows, though, Harold is not in search of a brain — he's much rather have your flesh, flayed and bloody and stretched out on the roof to dry.
- The Thing. No thanks! Do not want! The Thing looks freaky, as monsters are wont to do. But what's freakiest about the Thing is that it turns you into a Thing, too.
- The “Haunted House” Ghost. The Gammell illustration is what really made this one. No one's forgetting that melting, eyeless ghost face in a hurry. But it seems like the ghost from the story "Haunted House" will also be making her way into the movie as a sort of framing device.
- The “High Beams” Guy. All of the other monsters on this list are at least potentially non-human or undead in some way. But what's terrifying about the "High Beams" monster is that he's just some guy who might break into your car and attempt to stab you in the back of the head with his very large knife while you drive about, blissfully unaware.
Learn how the movie adaptation of Alvin Schwartz's book series recreated the grotesque illustrations of Stephen Gammell with practical effects and contortionist actors. Discover the secrets behind the Jangly Man, Harold the scarecrow, the Pale Lady, and more.
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- The Pale Lady. In Schwartz's story “The Dream,” the wide-mouthed Pale Lady serves to warn the protagonist (and the reader) to flee rather than serve as a specific threat herself.
- Sarah Bellows. Now you might think that the Big Bad of the story should be the scariest of the Scary Stories. In a sense, Sarah Bellows is pretty terrifying.
- Spiders. This one's going to be a bit more subjective. Some people can deal with spiders; some people will freak out and launch into orbit if they so much as see one, let alone come into contact with one (or hundreds ...
- The Toe Ghoul. Your mileage may vary on this one, but I'm not a fan of A) eating Corpse Soup, or B) Having said corpse from whom said soup was made coming after me for eating said soup.
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Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is a series of three collections of short horror stories for children, written by Alvin Schwartz and originally illustrated by Stephen Gammell. In 2011, HarperCollins published editions featuring new art by Brett Helquist, causing mass controversy among fans of Gammell.
#TitleOriginal Published DatePages1Scary Stories to Tell in the DarkOctober 14, 19811282More Scary Stories to Tell in the DarkOctober 31, 19841123Scary Stories 3: More Tales to Chill Your ...September 1, 1991128CompilationThe Scary Stories TreasuryJuly 25, 2004368- Alvin Schwartz
- 1984
Aug 15, 2019 · How scary are the monsters in the horror film based on Alvin Schwartz's books? Find out the order of terror, from the blind ghost to the spiders, and see how they compare to the original stories.
Aug 9, 2019 · A fan revisits Alvin Schwartz's iconic short horror stories for children and ranks them from worst to best. Find out which stories made the movie cut and which ones are duds or gimmicks.
