Hong Kong Synopsis
“Stories taken from true urban legends”
Mill Valley, Pennsylvania, Halloween night, 1968. After playing a joke on a school bully, Stella and her friends decide to sneak into a supposedly haunted house that once belonged to the powerful Bellows family, unleashing dark forces that they will be unable to control.
Audience Engagement
2,423 audience reviews — more than 99% of Hong Kong films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 94th percentile among Hong Kong films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Horror + Thriller in Hong Kong
16 Hong Kong titles in our catalog blend the Horror and Thriller genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark itself).
The 2018–2020 Hong Kong Window
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark holds position #12 of 27 Hong Kong films in the 2018–2020 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s Hong Kong Landscape
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark premiered in 2019 — a quieter year for Hong Kong cinema with only 8 titles in our catalog. The 2010s overall landed 166 films and series across 10 years of activity.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 48m runtime, production spent $231K per minute on screen and earned $968K per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 7 other Hong Kong films in 2019.
The 810th Hong Kong title from Hong Kong we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our Hong Kong catalog contains 836 titles in total (828 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- halloween · 3
- scarecrow · 2
- aspiring writer · 2
- draft dodger · 1
- 1960s · 20
- haunted house · 17
- small town · 13
- urban legend · 10
- racism · 7
- family secrets · 6
- high school friends · 6
- folk horror · 6
- based on novel or book · 288
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #314 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (62nd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.2 points above the Hong Kong average of 6.3/10.
Among Hong Kong Horror productions specifically: #16 of 81 (top 20%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Canada, Hong Kong, United States of America |
| Original Language | En |
| Production Companies | 1212 Entertainment, Double Dare You Productions, Entertainment One, CBS Films, Rolling Hills |
| Runtime | 1h 48m |
| Release Date | August 8, 2019 |
| IMDb | tt3387520 |
| Official Site | www.scarystoriestotellinthedark.com |