Final Verdict.
This movie won’t satisfy hardcore horror hounds. The script has major issues with predictable mystery, cursory plotting and mediocre character developments.
The movie doesn’t play like a standalone story and only if you’re 14 years old, you might get frightened but you’ll most likely forget the impact as soon as the end credits roll. It’s’Nightmare on Elm Street’ meets’Stranger Things’ but those were not meh!
It is not absurdly bad, it’s really scary sporadically but the chills are few and far between. Terrible CGI also add to the woes.’The Jangly Man’ segment has the right balance between visceral horror and psychological fear but overall it lacks impact.
If Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark had been a collection of short tales simply, it would have scared the daylights out of the audience but on the contrary, the film is nondescript and cliche ridden. Even the characters & their chemistry are one-dimensional and flat. Skip it!