Where to find it: I think it’s on Netflix? I have a hard copy.
What is it, in summary?: A horror movie about three best friends plus a love interest plus a sister accidentally awakening an evil book that sends fictional monsters to destroy them.
What do you love about it?: I love Stella, Auggie, and Chuck’s friendship. Stella is implied to be a social pariah, in this small conservative town in 1968, and yet these two boys choose to stay best friends with her, instead of siding with the town. I hate what happens to Auggie and Chuck, but I love that the movie ends with Stella vowing to get them back. Just the three of them bonding over the world being against them, and PTSD.
What sort of things are you likely to request for it?: Ship fic. It’s so easy to imagine Chuck and Auggie being queer, and Stella knowing and keeping their secret. I also am totally uninterested in Ramon, and ship the trio. Fic about their friendship pre-book would be great, but so would a fixit fic, or one where Stella does what she vows, and gets them back.
Are there sections of canon (rather than the whole canon) that can be consumed by themselves to fulfil your requests, or that showcase particular characters and relationships?: Nope, just the full movie.
Content warnings (ie, rape, incest, racism, gore/violence): Mild gore/violence, it’s a pg13 horror movie. Racism towards a secondary character. Major character death.
Scary Stories To Tell in The Dark
Media: Movie
Approx length: 108 minutes
Where to find it: I think it’s on Netflix? I have a hard copy.
What is it, in summary?: A horror movie about three best friends plus a love interest plus a sister accidentally awakening an evil book that sends fictional monsters to destroy them.
What do you love about it?: I love Stella, Auggie, and Chuck’s friendship. Stella is implied to be a social pariah, in this small conservative town in 1968, and yet these two boys choose to stay best friends with her, instead of siding with the town. I hate what happens to Auggie and Chuck, but I love that the movie ends with Stella vowing to get them back. Just the three of them bonding over the world being against them, and PTSD.
What sort of things are you likely to request for it?: Ship fic. It’s so easy to imagine Chuck and Auggie being queer, and Stella knowing and keeping their secret. I also am totally uninterested in Ramon, and ship the trio. Fic about their friendship pre-book would be great, but so would a fixit fic, or one where Stella does what she vows, and gets them back.
Are there sections of canon (rather than the whole canon) that can be consumed by themselves to fulfil your requests, or that showcase particular characters and relationships?: Nope, just the full movie.
Content warnings (ie, rape, incest, racism, gore/violence): Mild gore/violence, it’s a pg13 horror movie. Racism towards a secondary character. Major character death.