Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is a 2019 horror film directed by André Øvredal, based on the children's book series of the same name by Alvin Schwartz. The screenplay was adapted by Dan Hageman and Kevin Hageman, from a screen story by producer Guillermo del Toro. It stars Zoe Margaret Colletti as Stella Nicholls, Michael Garza as Ramon Morales, Gabriel Rush as Auggie Hilderbrandt, Austin Abrams as Tommy Milner, Dean Norris as Roy Nicholls, Gil Bellows as Chief Turner, Austin Zajur as Chuck Steinberg and Natalie Ganzhorn as Ruth Steinberg.