
Movies that feel like Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)
If you loved Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, the closest films we have are The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016), The Little Stranger (2018) and Final Destination Bloodlines (2025). All three share Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark's dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 10 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, HBO Max and Amazon Prime Video and others, checked against today's data.
If Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark hit the spot, these will too

André Øvredal working the same nerve twice

Both land dread and unease at once

Common ground: 1960s

Both are built on the same subject: small town life

Both lean on twists more than on horror

Dread-soaked mystery in both cases

Horror with a pulse of unease, in both cases

Mystery built on twists, twice over

Dread-soaked horror, and it commits to that

Mystery built on unease, twice over

Both keep coming back to the same thing: small town life

The same preoccupation in both: 1960s
The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly
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