In terms of 2019 cinema release, Shazam! gave us Christmas in April, and now Scary Stories... gives us Halloween at the end of a sweltering August! Playing like a more serious-minded Goosebumps and serving as a horror genre primer for younger viewers, this movie offers some well-mounted takes on urban legends in the mini-stories told in the film, there is a large amount of story in its running time that hangs together well, and the pleasant young cast works well on screen. It was rated PG-13 in America, and there is very little here that pushes it into the UK 15 category - it is not remotely scary and there is very little actual gore. Destined to become a young-teen Halloween favourite no doubt, this movie version of Scary Stories... looks good on screen, it is well put together but it is very firmly targeting its younger audience.
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