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The Scary Stories Books

Books
3
Stories
82
Years of memories
37
Millions of copies sold
7

What reviews are saying

The Scary Stories documentary is special because in heralding books that are so important in the horror genre, Meirick has crafted a worthy defense of the horror genre as a whole.

Bryan Christopher Daily Dead

Inspired visual touches… A rewarding watch.

Branden Pickrell DownrightCreepy.com

I’ll give it five out of five AHHHHHHHHHS! It’s pretty damn near perfect.

Patti Pauley NightmarishConjurings.com

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Trailer

Scary Stories is available now on Amazon Prime and Tubi (U.S.), all major VOD platforms and DVD. Here is the trailer. It features the animation, the music, and some of the key interviews that can be seen in the full-length documentary. And it demonstrates the three main topics being explored: the stories, the art, and the controversy.

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