Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark “The Haunted Notebook” Companion Announced

The release of the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark movie isn’t too far off now and today we learned of a very interesting companion book that’s on its way from publisher Insight Editions, titled Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark: The Haunted Notebook of Sarah Bellows. Naturally, the book is designed to resemble the notebook seen in the film, which is filled with horrific stories just waiting to be brought to life. Check out the official description and cover for this item below.

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark: The Haunted Notebook of Sarah Bellows is written by Richard Ashley Hamilton and will be released on August 13th, 2019 with a suggested retail price of $29.99. As of the time of this article’s publishing, you can pre-order your copy with a bit of a discount over at Amazon. This is a companion piece definitely worth checking out if you’re excited for the upcoming movie!

This upcoming adaptation of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark will follow a group of teens who must solve the mystery surrounding a wave of spectacularly horrific deaths in their small town.

The cast includes Zoe Colletti (Annie), Michael Garza (The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1), Austin Abrams (Paper Towns), Gabriel Rush (Moonrise Kingdom, The Grand Budapest Hotel), Austin Zajur (Fist Fight), Natalie Ganzhorn (Make It Pop), Dean Norris (Breaking Bad), Gil Bellows (The Shawshank Redemption), and Lorraine Toussaint (Selma, Orange is the New Black).

André Øvredal will direct the movie, which is based on a script by Guillermo Del Toro along with Daniel Hageman, Kevin Hageman, Patrick Melton, and Marcus Dunstan. The film is slated to be released on August 9th, 2019.

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