Scary Stories

Littered with garbled audio, facile arguments, and astoundingly poor production values, the film feels cheap, lazy, and opportunistic...

An informative and entertaining warm-up to the upcoming feature film adaptation.

The meandering approach to Scary Stories, combined with a less-than-compelling group of interviewees, makes this a very long 84-minute documentary.

This adoring, enlightening, and engrossing look back at some of the most groundbreaking, frightening books in the history of children's literature is surprisingly full of heart.

An immensely fun and satisfying experience that will make you want to bury yourself into Schwartz's unique and inspired world.

Fans of the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark series will delight in Cody Meirick's documentary ... because of how it takes the time to create context for the stories themselves.

Less than the sum of its parts, it doesn't have enough of a distance from its subject to appeal to non-fans.

Scary Stories documentary isn't just about the books' creators, fans, and foes. In particular, Schwartz's son Peter has a grand personal arc that leaves us with a satisfying sense of redemption.

[An] insightful, fascinating, and entertaining documentary, Scary Stories is a 'must see' for the horror fan and fans of the 'Scary Stories' books!

So jam-packed with passion for its subject that it's impossible to come away without an appreciation for the work and the generation of horror-loving kids it inspired.