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A scary horror movie from 2019 is available on iPlayer now… (Picture: CBS Films\/George Kraychyk)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If you fancy making your weekend a gruesome one, look no further than a ‘grotesque’ horror movie from 2019 that’s been added to BBC<\/a> iPlayer.<\/p>\n

Directed by Andre Ovredal and co-written by Guillermo Del Toro, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark was released in 2019 <\/a>and became a box office success.<\/p>\n

Made on a budget of $25million (\u00a318.5m), it performed better than expectations on its opening weekend six years ago and made back $104.5m (\u00a377m) in total.<\/p>\n

Starring Zoe Colletti and Michael Garza<\/a>, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is based on the book series of the same name, written by Alvin Schwartz, who died in 1992.<\/p>\n

The film follows the story of Stella, Auggie, and Chuck, who visit a haunted house and find a book of horror stories written by a long-deceased author named Sarah Bellows.<\/p>\n

Bellows’ stories soon come to life, and the scary monsters and creatures they contain emerge in the real world, putting Stella, Auggie, and Chuck in more danger than they realise.<\/p>\n

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Scary monsters come to life in this one… (Picture: CBS Films\/George Kraychyk)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In 2019, critics watching the film in its early weeks after release were broadly positive, with its current Rotten Tomatoes rating sitting at 78%.<\/p>\n

Fans received Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark positively as well, with 72% of Rotten Tomatoes users saying they would give the film a score of 7.0 out of 10 or more.<\/p>\n

On X, user @Muesquehere said that the introduction in the film of the creature known as The Pale Lady was among the most disturbing scenes of any horror film.<\/p>\n

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