Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark - Nostalgia Critic

[@ChannelAwesome]

Last Nostalgia-Ween of the year.....or is it? Let us know in the comments if you want another video! Support this week's charity - www.tmadifference.com/ Watch more Nostalgia Critic here - bit.ly/NCPlaylist13 Follow us on Twitch - www.twitch.tv/channelawesome

[@Admiral-tz1sp]

Give us one more!!!! Review The Expanse please.

[@bethanymcmurtrey9542]

Yes! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do Addams Family Reunion! Perfect way to celebrate Tim Curry coming into the public again.

[@mathgodoflife280]

Yes one more

[@deshawnedwards6412]

Review The Addams Family (1991), Addams Family Values and The Addams Family (2019).

[@thomasbriscojr.3765]

Would you please do hang man's curse. Please🙂

[@ryukiravenwing8530]

Theory: the Jangly man was maybe designed to look like a soldier from the war, which is why he was in Ramone's plot. The face is very gaunt and emasiated but with a bone structure that one could imagine being on a Sargent (or the like). Also, Ramone said his brother came back "in pieces" and the man literally comes down in pieces. This would also explain why the Jangly Man called him a coward for running away from his draft call.

[@the.gods.of.obliviousity]

Thats what I got out of it and this review is the first I've ever seen of the movie and never even heard of the book.

[@Fluffkitscripts]

Ah yes, the well-known... sergeantly... bone structure?

[@MrJustonemorevoice]

*They call him Camouflage*

[@skullton3292]

I thought it was supposed to be what each person found scary. Like, Chuck with the Red Room it's stated that it's a recurring nightmare he has. With the Jangly, a mangled corpse screaming at him that he's a coward would be the scariest thing to him because he mentioned that his brother died horrifically in a war and that he dodged the draft for that said war. It would make sense that he would find things related to war and the suffering it causes the scariest thing.

[@0ne0nlyLarry]

I actually saw a Scary Stories illustration that looked like the Jangly Man for this movie so I think they took that design sense we couldn't see him in the book

[@jamilis6031]

I really don't know why they did this weird "we'll bring everyone back" ending. 1. Kids watching a PG13 movie should be able to handle character deaths. 2. There was never any sign that there was a way to bring the disappeared people back. 3. Everything happened because of Sarah Ballows, so if at anytime, they should have come back after the finale. Where do they even wanna go to try and find August and Chuck? 4. The bully was stabbed, then vomited straw, so he is probably dead and the new scarecrow is his corpse. So why shouldn't the other two be killed? 5. If there's a way to bring back August and Chuck, does that mean Sarah's family is still alive too? 6. If there's some place where the kidnapped people go, how do they know, where it is? If it is in the book, they'd probably seen it earlier and they didn't find any other clues or get any hints from Sarah.

[@justanomorifan3059]

I heard that he is alive and still feeling the pain.

[@JaxBlade]

Do one more and Do the 2019 Chucky lol

[@khomozhea5216]

En ingles se llama Child's play

[@dustinperez545]

YESSSS 😆😆😆

[@Arc115YT]

Oh look it's JaxBlade. I second this let's gooooooo

[@bdndl3715]

Oh god... that would be perfect!

[@nomad8049]

Had to make it 69 likes

[@angbandsbane]

"I'll admit I'm not particularly afraid of spiders." Awwwwww man, I was hoping Doctor Smith would pop up again

[@gaminggoof1542]

Yeah that'd of been cool. But yeah man that shit is fucking scary. I mean there's an insect that can lay eggs in your ear so I guess that's where the idea came from. But I hate being near one spider and one time my families' car hit a nest and they were all over the car, the last thing I would ever want to see is an organic spider nest out of a person

[@mopeysadcloud3925]

SPIDERS!!

[@CitizenKahne1992]

@@mopeysadcloud3925 A GIANT LEGION OF SPIDERS!

[@monsterhanna6691]

Same. 😭

[@wouldntyouliketoknow5098]

I actually went to school with the guy who dies in the toe story. He always wanted to be an actor and it's really cool seeing him get bigger roles as the years go by 😁

[@EkoBahamut]

Cool! That sounds interesting.

[@Daeneas.]

Nice

[@tomlinson1710]

That’s awesome

[@keegansandlin]

Shit, you went to school with Gabriel Rush? That's awesome!

[@TuxKamen]

I think earlier on in the movie, someone mentioned that the sister that had the Red Spot had been locked up in an asylum or something from the traumatic experience. That's why it was such a big deal that she was riding with them at the end

[@ChildOfChaos07]

THANK YOU!

[@MadTurnip]

Malcolm: "Hey, Critic, what's lighting your office?" Critic: "Aurora borealis."

[@SetzerII]

"Aurora borealis. At this time of year, at this time of day, in this part of the country, localized entirely within your office?"

[@wyattcampbell2077]

@@SetzerII yes

[@Nivalyr]

@@wyattcampbell2077 May I see it?

[@wyattcampbell2077]

@@Nivalyr no

[@garretdrake2347]

@@wyattcampbell2077 well critic, you are an odd fellow, but i must say: you nostalgia a good ween

[@evelinnagy1059]

"What's lighting up your office?" "My glowing personality." The. Single. Most. Best. Nostalgia. Critic. Joke. In. History. Ever.

[@Rgoid]

I would have guessed radiation.

[@destroyerblackdragon]

I read this as he said it for the first time I watched this.

[@finelineguy8733]

🔥 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@selah199]

I think there are way funnier jokes that he’s done. That is funny, but there are so many funnier jokes that he said son of the mask easily.

[@Nicky2414]

"Want one more Nostalgia-Ween episode?" *Shia LaBeouf:* DO IT!!! JUST DO IT!!! NO, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR...DO IT!!!

[@transport3812]

What?

[@_grievous_the_epok_gamur_7140]

What?..

[@JTeam45]

Poor kid thinks Stella is gonna stay single while he's in Nam. THAT'S the most unrealistic part of this movie.

[@redhood7650]

@@Anamath90 oh yeah now I understand why you said that.

[@Operation_Bagel]

@@redhood7650 I don’t

[@aaronking5640]

@@Operation_Bagel they survived a really terrifying situation and she's going on a roadtrip with her dad and friend's sister to find a way to bring back her friends who died

[@brooklynmccarthy94]

Maybe they will be together if he survives,she just has to wait 7 years

[@countdooku7152]

You can’t ignore Blade: Trinity forever Doug!

[@sebastianemond5313]

The hell he can't. I wish we *all* could.

[@Christopher-vj2ie]

Oh yes, he can.

[@jrcarter9175]

Somewhere, Doug's read this and said, "Watch me."

[@hitbox524]

Remember Reynolds name tag saying Fuck You. so badass dude

[@BrodyLNg]

I want him to do this

[@yadonkno3320]

The color palette being green almost definitely was a trick to keep from getting an R. A lot of effort went into making this available for younger audiences.

[@CombustableLemon]

I would guess. They didn't wanna make it R cause kids read the books and they want kids to be able to watch the movie.

[@josephcalabrese6337]

"One more!" "It will be weird!" Halloween is a weird holiday. SO yeah. One more Nostalgiaween Episode this year! Bring it!

[@Snipe-99]

I like that thinking

[@tristanhartup4936]

Suggestions for next year's Nostalgiaween: - The Dark Tower (for the honorary Stephen King review) - Rob Zombie's Halloween 2 - The Wolfman (2010) - The Mummy Returns - Resident Evil

[@SuperVideogamer]

Child’s play 2019

[@JONAH_918]

I'm voting for the first option

[@soulcross]

Agreed with the suggestion for The Dark Tower movie. It was so bad in comparison to the books!

[@astrowolvez]

Oh I loved the wolfman! That would be so cool to see him review it.

[@thegreyjedi2372]

Honestly, I’d like a double SKT next year; The Shining and Doctor Sleep.

[@javathehunt790]

A huge problem I had with this movie was the trailers. They basically gave away every monster.

[@aguy8736]

That's something I don't really like about a lot of modern horror movies, they always show the monster in the trailer, which kinda deletes some of the suspense that could have been built up IN the film.

[@tylerprime9555]

Which is why you... DON'T watch the trailers if you don't want to be spoiled lmao

[@javathehunt790]

@@tylerprime9555 absolutely!

[@matttheman9740]

I'm guessing cause they assumed most people already knew the monsters from the books and art.

[@SwiftNimblefoot]

Not to mention how every monster was just some crappy zombie. No originality.

[@maggieplummer2950]

I'm not particularly scared of ants, doesn't mean I'm not totally freaking out if a huge nest of ant eggs suddenly hatches....OUT OF MY FACE!!!!!!

[@Goddess_Mee]

you think that's bad wait until you have a nightmare about a red room and a women standing there IN A HOSPITAL!!!

[@maggieplummer2950]

@@Goddess_Mee That sounds terrifying!!😱 And why I also don't watch horror movies. 😨😰😖

[@gaminggoof1542]

The only monster that feels out of place is the jangly man

[@devincrawford6383]

Dude it’s not ants it’s spiders what the hell read the book

[@maggieplummer2950]

@@devincrawford6383 I'm aware it's spiders, since that's what the critic SAYS. You seem to have missed my point. In the review the critic says he doesn't understand why the spiders hatching out of the girls face is scary, since he is not scared of spiders (17:30-17:45). I was making an analogous argument for why the scene is scary. It's not the choice of insect that is disturbing, rather that ANY insect hatching out of your face would be terrifying. My comment does not require knowledge of the book, only that one LISTENS to what is being said in the video.

[@clownymoosebean]

That switchblade quip is a mexican/hispanic stereotype. As a hispanic myself who does own a knife, I'm in no position to defend against this stereotype, but, um... shut up!

[@CrazyGamerDragon64]

Want more Nostalgiaween? Palpatine: "Do it!"

[@aaronroberts5272]

you spelled it wrong, It's DEW IT!!!

[@michaelbugner7011]

What about the jangly man? Palpatine: "they blew it!"

[@JV571]

"Want more?" "OF COURSE!"

[@Phoebe5448]

"GOOD."

[@eternyti]

This movie would've been so much better if they stuck to the source material more and made it an anthology film. As someone who would religiously sign out the books from my school library, I'm disappointed in the movie. Definitely a missed opportunity.

[@christopherhorton4634]

I was going to comment the same thing. And I checked these out from the library all the time too! 11 year old me was scared to death of the drawings.

[@rogue7723]

Y’know, _Tales Of Halloween_ is a good anthology horror movie. :)

[@limun9585]

I like the movie but I think they should make a anthology TV show it will focus on the books

[@anthonyjat1964]

In the original book with harold the scarecrow, the scarecrow skins one of the farmers and lays his bloody skin on the roof to dry in the sun.

[@ambermation1816]

I heard somewhere they filmed the bully getting skinned but then realized that it was more rated R instead of PG-13. So then we got what was put in the final film with the bully sprouting hay from his insides.

[@SpiderNightcrawler]

@@ambermation1816 Which was easily the most squicky part to me - maybe I'm just a baby but the thought of, like, eternally needing to puke and pulling out stuff and it doesn't stop coming and choking on it sounds like a nightmare

[@ambermation1816]

@@SpiderNightcrawler Oh yeah me too. When I saw this in the theaters I wasn't expecting that so for the rest of the movie I was slightly tense because I expected something just as queasy like and I couldn't continue eating my snack. I still really like this movie though.

[@gaminggoof1542]

It’s never explained how he came to life though

[@Fluffkitscripts]

For the chillerns!!!

[@adwadswadsda8458]

Ironically 10:46 there is a fake jumpscare story in the original books. Read the one called "the walk".

[@PunakiviAddikti]

Did he really just recreate the "this is fine" meme?

[@adamwalker4709]

Yup! XD

[@nellabearggg3880]

Thanks captain obvious

[@adamwalker4709]

@@nellabearggg3880 No need to be a doucher about my comment. If you don't like it, don't say anything, just downvote.

[@TrivatorGaming]

well it is 2020 in a nutshell

[@grabble7605]

No. Way to force it though.

[@brandytownsend5049]

YES!!! To quote Thor: "I like this! ANOTHER!"

[@austinhangs5577]

@@kevinmitchell6466 scary godmother is the best horrer movie ever made.

[@davesmith4839]

To quote Bill from the Nostalgia Critic, “mmm, hmmm”

[@MDWolfe-ks5fu]

“One more!” “It will be weird.” Hmm... ☝🏻One more. Have you done Goosebumps with Jack Black?

[@ghostlyspace2015]

I loved that Movie, not cause it was scary but just fun to watch, tho Slappy was still a little creepy kind at times but the fun kind

[@anubusx]

Blade Trinity.

[@6324MR]

Rose Red

[@dustinperez545]

OMG PLEASE LET DOUG KNOW ABOUT THIS 😆😆😆😆

[@Jones183]

Yes this needs to happen

[@theboundless05]

Fun fact: in the original draft of the film a lot of things were very different. The 1968 setting was more important, and Oren, (Stella's Dad) had a much more prominent role but the big twist was that Stella was Sarah's granddaughter.

[@tristanhartup4936]

I'm thinking that there was probably some studio interference going on behind the scenes of this movie.

[@monsterhanna6691]

​@@tristanhartup4936 Why doesn't that surprise me? 🙄

[@CombustableLemon]

I think that it'd be better if they instead made a tv show with 3 seasons obviously. Every episode would be that respective story but told in a more cinematic. Episode 1 would be The Big Toe and so on.

[@novic3250]

the best of both options: "Ghost of the Comercials" celebrating halloween commercials of the 80s - 2000's

[@jobywonkanobi]

Agreed

[@sarahmcmann5253]

That’s a awesome idea

[@brandonchapman4532]

Yuss

[@saturos3093]

PLEASE

[@Folklor_Wonder]

Even better than mine.

[@Vivalarosa45]

I had a love/hate thing with Scary Stories. I loved most of the stories in the book (Bloody Fingers), but the drawings were crazy horrific. It wasn't my book it was the fifth-grade library book. So I would look at it anytime. This is bringing back so many memories. Scary Stories was the creepy book that you want to put down but won't because you're too intuned.

[@drakeware655]

I'm almost afraid to ask, but what was Bloody Fingers about?

[@Vivalarosa45]

@@drakeware655 It was about a ghost with bloody fingers.

[@drakeware655]

@@Vivalarosa45 ...Neat

[@msmockturtle4921]

@@drakeware655 it was funny . ..not haha funny but silly

[@simplyjuannie5128]

I liked the story of the dead girl who didn't realize that she was dead. Even though that story has been told in different ways in different books, movies, and shows over 70 years

[@StarshineGoomba]

This would have been better as two separate films. One anthology film, bringing the stories from the books to life. The other being what we got but stripped from the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark property. That being said, I actually really liked it.

[@toonsandloons3883]

Could you possibly do Coraline for your last Nostalgiaween this year? I've heard that you liked it but I'm curious about what you really think of the movie and your more in-depth thoughts about it.

[@666gorewhore]

Face it. He already recorded the next episode. We have no say.

[@raghunathb402]

@@666gorewhore well we can at least hope

[@toonsandloons3883]

@@666gorewhore aah aight. Thanks for letting me know

[@feathero3]

Another Halloween episode? Thor: *Smashes glass* Another!

[@SA80TAGE]

it's adorable you think the comments will make a difference to whether they do it or not.

[@feathero3]

@@SA80TAGE Eh, whether it makes a difference or not doesn't really matter. I just like sharing my opinion. I never even expect my comment(s) to be read by anyone at all really, but it's nice to see when it has been. =)

[@SA80TAGE]

@@feathero3 I mean in the sense that they already decided whether or not they were doing another episode or not before this one was uploaded. No ones comment is making a difference to that, they just want people to post comments for the trending algorithm.

[@feathero3]

@@SA80TAGE That cooould be it but I have seen this channel listen to comments before. They could generally care if fans want Halloween content post Halloween. But again either way, I write comments for my sake, because I like to share an opinion. I don't care if it affects algorithms or not.

[@alfeld3729]

No

[@KingXOreo]

"Where's my toe" = "Return the slab"

[@gaminggoof1542]

Personally fat Blob lady was pretty fucking creepy. She had the 'get in ma belley' death too. Plus out of all the others she actually looks just like the illustration

[@crane8015]

oh god THAT episode, I still can't watch that animation of Rameses because of the impact it left me

[@HazbinCovenWitch]

@@crane8015 Pfft. THAT wasn't scary/creepy. The episode

[@LSTORMTheMC]

Lmfaoooo

[@jennikifm2]

@@HazbinCovenWitch To you and me- and my mother- it’s not. To others it is.

[@Icarus11000]

In the words of Critic's favorite actor, "JUST DO IT!" May I suggest a Carpenter film? Maybe "Prince of Darkness"? OH, do "The Thing"! Sure it is regarded as classic now, but it got a pretty brutal reception back when it came out. Good analysis of how perception changes with time

[@ShadowSonic2]

Nearly everything Carpenter did got that, being re-evaluated over time. Except his earliest stuff like Halloween and Escape from New York.

[@Icarus11000]

@@weinerdogs actually the failure of the film had nothing to do with the book or previous movie, but rather due to the success of more optimistic alien films like "E.T." which came out very shortly before the release of Carpenter's film

[@Icarus11000]

@@weinerdogs according to Carpenter himself and the studio execs at the time, thats the truth

[@BreakerX42]

Nah. Issac from Children of the Corn is Doug's favorite character

[@Icarus11000]

@@weinerdogs I have this book called "John Carpenter: The Prince of Darkness", where the author sits down and interviews John Carpenter about his career and the movies he has made starting with Dark Star and ending with Ghosts of Mars. It is a really fascinating read, highly recommend it. Anyway, when they talk about the failure of The Thing, Carpenter talks about the surprise hit of "E.T." and how that affected the reception of "The Thing". Carpenter wanted to push it back to a Halloween release and chance the name but the studio refused. Carpenter talked about how the audience positively responded to an alien film that had an uplifting message and how he could tell that they wouldn't be so kind to his movie. One girl from a test audience even hated that the movie ended with a more ambiguous ending. Carpenter was criticized and more or less punished for not responding to what the audience wanted at the time and not doing "something positive for humanity". The topic of the original adaptation never once came up, and the topic of the original story came up only briefly

[@mst3k3000]

I just realized that in 2 weeks, NC's 500th episode will be here and i'm a betting man that it's this year's Commercial Special. Also yes, i do want one more Nostalgia-ween review this year. Hopefully it'll be a good one to close this year's out. ^^

[@bryanheilman4376]

What? really? that's awesome!

[@Rgoid]

Here for the “ ‘Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark’ should have been rated R” comments.

[@kriticalitylives]

Im glad they actually didn't, because the books were still made for children. It's a reminder that children can actually take really scary shit. Yeah, a r rating would be more gory, but you really don't need it because most of the scares are subtle, and slow.

[@nickmesogianes4638]

Truthfully, I have no problem with the rating. Its rare to find good PG-13 horror and what they managed to pull off was still some terrifying shit (the scarecrow and Me Ti Do Walker for example) Making the film rated R could have worked too but I feel a lot of the diaoluge and cheaters would become like the 2009 Friday reboot

[@dreamlandnightmare]

@@nickmesogianes4638 This would have been rated PG in the '80s.

[@thatstupidchannel4903]

The movie would’ve been better if it was a short story movie

[@jarrodedson5441]

@Joe Brown should have been a miniseries

[@salarzx62090]

Wow. If ERB ever feature Del Toro in a battle, they need to cast Rob. He makes a great Del Toro.

[@jfdrac]

At the pace they go by the time they did that ERB Rob would be an ACTUAL dinsoaur

[@simontrainbrainz6038]

“Oh I know it’s sounds suspicious, but you look damm delicious. If I only had your brain.” That part was amazingly hilarious and creative! 🤣

[@imsomewhatcertain1024]

This movie should’ve taken the Trick R’ Treat movie approach and done several stories separately.

[@melvinshaw7574]

Del Toro actually had a specific reason against playing this as an anthology film. Saying an anthology film will always be as bad as its worst story, but never as good as its best. Looking at films like "Books of Blood" and "The Twilight Zone Movie", you can sort of see where that's coming from. Whether that approach would have helped this film or not is in the air, but perhaps we should just not have attempted to adapt a collection of short stories for film in the first place. I think the "Nightmares and Dreamscapes" approach would have been best here, where we adapt a series of stories as a short, limited anthology series. Say a series of ten or fifteen minute episodes, released on a streaming site.

[@nomad8049]

all connected

[@jarrodedson5441]

@@melvinshaw7574 thats a bullshit reason

[@koichidignitythief7429]

Actually, the stories in Trick R Treat were connected. The Scrooge was the bus driver that killed the disabled kids. He lived next to the murderous principal. The couple at the beginning went to the party the werewolf chicks were at.

[@NotAGoodUsername360]

"When did green become a scary color?" I blame Saw, personally.

[@snorgardark1908]

More likely Disney all their villains always have lots of green when being evil. www.dopicoart.com/uploads/1/0/1/0/101044820/main-qimg-ac6868a7d80f68542e193730af67bb61_orig.png

[@diamondmiles8462]

Green is not a creative color (I hope you got that joke)

[@vincenthawthorne9360]

@@diamondmiles8462 Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared. The show.

[@noot6230]

It was scary in saw, the first two times. After that it got old

[@diamondmiles8462]

@@vincenthawthorne9360 yes

[@gaminggoof1542]

I remember these, mostly the illustrations. My mom read them to me a couple of times and it did scare me. The only story I really remember though is one where a guy died from fright at the end or something. I also remember those fucked up illustrations

[@overdrive7349]

It was The Girl Who Stood on The Grave

[@malcomalexander9437]

Scary Stories and Goosebumps were apparently banned in some schools, meanwhile the far more brutal and messed up Animorphs went by unseen. Ah Animorphs, the only book series about kids who can turn into animals fighting a secret war against alien slugs. So many war crimes happened.

[@MrQwertysystem]

To be fair Animorphs hid the horrid detail within a normal looking teen stories while Scary Stories flaunted them on their covers.

[@supervideomanic2]

What did Animorphs do right that Goosebumps and Double S did wrong?

[@malcomalexander9437]

@@supervideomanic2 The covers of Goosebumps and Scary Stories were obviously horror, the Animorphs just had really weird covers that looked kinda stupid.

[@MoonShadowWolfe]

@@malcomalexander9437 Did you just call that 90s morph effect stupid? How. DARE. You. 12-year-old me needs to fight you.

[@jinhunterslay1638]

Really? Goosebumps is pretty kiddish though...

[@TheRibottoStudios]

"The only way to talk about scary stories, is to gather around a campfire, and to tell them in the spooookiest way possible." *Ryan and Shane:* also you need to have TOO MANY SPIRITS.

[@someone8003]

and they say endgame was the biggest cinematic crossover

[@kenguyii9108]

Do one more, Critic! Do either “Prometheus”, “Alien: Covenant”, or perhaps “Hellboy”!

[@brandonfj5811]

He already did Hellboy he needs to do Hellboy 2

[@GG_AKA_GAVIN]

If he saw this comment maybe he would

[@HK47_115]

@@brandonfj5811 mayne he ment the Hellboy reboot? Nevertheless I'll take either.

[@cyberruck]

HELLBOY2 PLEASE

[@brandonfj5811]

@@HK47_115 ik Doug isn't the best with consistency but he should really do Golden Army before tackling that piece of shit remake

[@MrMaradok]

The I my thing I can think of is that, while Sarah Bellows was appeased, The Book is still infused with evil - or whatever - so IT is still active. It’s like how, despite the Evil Wizard being defeated in the opening prologue, it’s his magical staff that becomes the focus.

[@davidjohnson3904]

YES DO ONE MORE! This is so weird, I'm doing a horror movie challenge that I definitely won't finish this month. I need someone else to keep watching them too. So yeah, keep it going.

[@davidjohnson3904]

@Black Ninja not what I meant, but ok

[@sarafontanini7051]

it's kinda disappinting that the actual stories aren't properly adapted, with Harold's being the closest to the actual story but wwith a lot of changes even then, so it doesn't really feel like an adaptation. the pale lady is COMPLETELY different from the actual story. Hell, she's not even ANTAGONISTIC in the original story.

[@JStryker47]

And not only did they use the murdered woman ghoul - from The Haunted House, to play the monster with the missing toe, but it was a *guy* wearing a costume. Wouldn't it be easier to have an actual woman wear tattered clothing and makeup, to look like a ghoul? It's not like it was a large part to play.

[@johnbones3455]

@@JStryker47 To be fair, It still looked pretty awesome

[@johnbones3455]

Sorry, but a homicidal scarecrow drying a human's flayed skin isn't going to make the cut these days.

[@yadonkno3320]

@@JStryker47 I don't see how it would have made a difference if it was a chick. I don't think the costume would have looked any different.

[@kervinsantos5808]

@@JStryker47 and that's not any man, its Javier Botet. Well known to play a lot of horror character from IT the Painted lady and MAMA. He's not just some man and the way his body us poprptionailsie makes him perfect for those roles

[@ssjichigo666]

the red spot always got me, not for a fear of spiders, but just knowing the nature of spiders, when a spider nest hatches, the babies feast on whatever they hatched from, usually the mother spider if it couldn't find anywhere else to put the egg

[@acdc1721]

“This Randolph Hurst guy wouldn’t lie, right?” That line actually got a laugh out of me.

[@superkid2815]

Hmm... one more? I dunno, what do you think Palpatine? Palpatine: "Do it"

[@michaelbugner7011]

What did that kid with the toe do? Palpatine: "chew it!"

[@Smallvillcyro]

He chewed it? But....did he... Palpatine: Pooed it.

[@eqs1782]

Tamara's delivery of "I'd kill anyone you want me too" was the most frightening line in scary stories to tell in the dark.

[@MrKodachii]

Now I want to see her as a movie slasher....

[@tophers3756]

@@MrKodachii "Carrie" reboot?

[@matthewkoch6937]

@@MrKodachii Having seen her play an Annie Wilkes parody role, Tamara would knock them dead as a crazed killer, pun intended.

[@MrKodachii]

@@tophers3756 A documentary that follows her daily life. A loner who only expresses herself through silent murder... who knows the motives? Whats the connection? People who upset a certain man. His life made slightly better... but he, none the wiser. Insert catchy name title *Guillermo Del Torro's List*

[@phantomtail2270]

Review Child’s Play 2019. You covered the first three already may as well cover the reboot.

[@FrequentUser99]

I honestly forgot there was a reboot

[@julymedia752]

I got suggestions: The Addams Family 2019 House of Wax 2005 Blade Trinity Pinocchio's Revenge Scary Movie Ouija Casper: A Spirited Beginning The Mummy Returns Night of the Lepus Friday the 13th 2009 Which one will it be?

[@KyleRobots]

Do another! Never stop Nostalgiaween! Also, who else thought of; “So he learned he ENJOYS violence and he’s ready to kill like a man oughtta!” when he turns himself in for the draft?

[@mayajohnson1585]

I think what the movie was trying to show, and failed honestly, was that he was capable enough to face his fears and fight in a high stress situation. Therefore, Ramon is ready for war, which I think is not enough of a push. Honestly, after a scare like that, I’d keep dodging till the end for the simple discovery of how much I valued my life.

[@robanah]

"Is it possible for a ceiling to look like a bed sheet of flames?" (Insert John and Mary Winchester joke here) lololol

[@TheSweetser69]

Inside joke to Dean and Sam.

[@UlshaRS]

I'll Jess be over here.

[@dmdragonlord8209]

"This is 2020" It's scary to know there are people out there who will do exactly that.

[@rubyr8922]

you mean people who use the gregorian calendar, the one most people use

[@ravishing_cadet4625]

Hi

[@Valentina-ng4hh]

Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark were the best books in my elementary school library! If you had the books you labeled as a badass. Sadly I was too much of a pussy to read the entire book XD I remember one instance where I was at a slumber party and one of the girls had brought the book and one other girl got so scared she had to go home. Sadly her mom never allowed her to go to another slumber party after that...

[@rebeccacalledalice]

Channel Awesome: Want to see one more episode of Nostalgia-Ween?? me: YES! YES! YES! PLEASE NOSTALGIA CRITIC, ONLY YOU CAN SAVE 2020!!!

[@kmyspace2111]

Yeah another episode 👍

[@doubledamn2599]

"Scary stories to tell in the....LINE" "Green! Scary Stories to tell in the Green!"

[@HurricaneDDragon]

Bulk and Skull were more intimidating than the bully in this movie.

[@Marinealver]

Binky from PBS Arthur

[@KillerCaitie]

I would do anything to have Bulk & Skull be in a horror film as bullies.

[@polarknight5376]

@@KillerCaitie as the movie monsters as well.

[@cannibalbunnygirl]

@@KillerCaitie hocus pocus is pretty close

[@imnotacat3798]

@@KillerCaitie they would probably survive by sheer accident

[@tationajones6876]

2020 been bad enough. Give us one more Nostalgia-ween episode pweeaase.

[@ScorpionTamer]

okay that ending was great. I was expecting the "this is fine" meme but the "this is 2020" got me XD

[@D-TayWashington]

I was too honestly

[@theincredibledrl9684]

Unus annus

[@ScorpionTamer]

@@theincredibledrl9684 Unus Annus

[@deshawnedwards6412]

Review The Addams Family (2019).

[@chasehedges6775]

Oh, you mean that boring film that nobody saw and makes us remember the 90s films more? If so, no.

[@GordonN661]

That film is bullshit Can’t wait to see critic suffer

[@frakspikes2619]

C'mon! has't he suffered enough!? ... on the other hand *BRING IN THE* meh...

[@tylerprime9555]

@@chasehedges6775 I saw it three times so tfym nobody lmao

[@antoniosalieri1048]

@@chasehedges6775 he does have to review it

[@Nindrhu]

"Next time there won't be a middle aged doughy guy there to save you..." Ha, shows what you know! There's *always* a middle aged doughy guy around to save people in trouble! They're basically the super heroes of the real world.

[@Ihartwalrusguy]

Yes do one more nostalgia-ween episode! and make it Addams Family 2019 please

[@anubusx]

Blade Trinity.

[@Chikadulce10]

So happy to finally see a review for this by someone who really was a fan of the books instead of just kinda remembers them. It’s a mix of some truly iconic moments from the books that was unfortunately frames against a Stephen King/Goosebumps movie setup. It NEEDED to be an anthology movie, and I’m still holding out hope that the second movie will be better, but I wish they could just scrap that and start fresh and do it right this time. We’ll appreciate it so much more. P.S. Yes, PLEASE do one more Nostalgiaween episode!!!

[@VampieOreo4636]

The ending really got me. Here we are, in a world full of social problems, basically sitting in a burning room, but still just talking about movies. So accurate. And yet, of course I want one more! I've been doing Nostalgia-ween for like 6 years straight and it always ends too soon.

[@johnbones3455]

Amy, see me after class.

[@johnnynguyen9240]

“This is 2020”. Pretty much. In Australia and the USA.

[@JD-ji5xs]

that thumbnail. the spooky "scary stories" version of the critic is too good.

[@pugtie4695]

18:29 I think the point of him bringing up his reacuring nightmare is to show that Sarah chooses what people fear most to get them, for the bully it was his scare crow, for the first friend it was a dead woman, and for this guy his nightmare, for the draft kid the gangly man, and for the main character Sarah herself. Oh and the the blond girl spiders and zits.

[@PixiePrincess501]

You gotta give Del Toro kudos for perfectly recreating those horrifying (but awesome) illustrations, tho! The Pale Lady scene genuinely gave me goosebumps! I've had nightmares like that before...

[@Genethagenius]

I used to love these books as a kid! So did most of the kids in my school. The stories were scary (at that age) and those illustrations were amazing and terrifying themselves! We also used to also bring them to our Boy Scout camping trips to read around the campfire. Sucks that movie went the route it did.

[@zbh9268]

Ever since I watched this movie I've had a theory about the monsters that come from Sarah's book. I might be reaching, but it feels like each of the monsters represents a member of the Bellows family that abused her in life. It started with one of her brothers being named Harold, just like the scarecrow. I also think "The Wendigo" that's written in book has her brother Ephraim's name in it. If my theory is correct then Sarah used the stories to show the hidden truth about her family, which would add an interesting layer to the story.

[@shotaaizawa1206]

Dang, thats dark buddy

[@thebluejayplays]

Imagine a Scary Stories movie in the same style of The Ballad of Buster Scruggs. Literally different stories in a book separated by chapters. In my opinion that would just be the best way to portray these stories on the big screen

[@tristanhartup4936]

Exactly

[@KyleScanlonNewfoundland]

Here are two that are interesting: Doctor Sleep or Stephen King Desperation. That Stephen King movie so follows so many of his tropes, like you can play A drinking game for how many are used.

[@NarwhalEntertainment]

Desperation is GREAT!... until Ron Perlman leaves the film of course.

[@Rhomega]

I found the illustration from The Dream to be the creepiest of them all. I couldn't stop staring at it when I read it the Christmas Eve I got it. Meanwhile, my cousin was playing Gangsta's Paradise on a loop, so I always associate the two.

[@pi_beta7306]

I don't know why this made me laugh but it did 😄

[@chrislupica4688]

Yes! Give us another for nostalgiaween! Actually, 2 birds with one stone....OLD VS NEW CHILDS PLAY!!!

[@pacoramon9468]

Guillermo del Toros makeup team is something else.

[@peppermintcutie5327]

"want one more Nostalgiaween?" Yes please and thank you

[@RubyDragoness.]

19:56 I love how you described her walking towards the boy

[@Kaz_theBean]

Tamara: “I will kill whoever you want me to kill” Yeah. That’s me.

[@leperwolf7287]

Why are there fanbases that think this is ok? I know here it's a joke, but the sad thing is there are actually people who feel this way and actually do it. "You make the movies I like so I'll burn down an orphanage and puppy farm in your name!"

[@DourdenAdam]

@@leperwolf7287 not the puppy farm!

[@leperwolf7287]

@@DourdenAdam I wasn't saying I'd do it. I was saying there are people that would take their fandom to that ridiculous level.

[@leperwolf7287]

@OutlawRebel117 oh I agree with you It's a sad state of affairs that our society goes completely ga-ga over celebreties and deem them more important than anything else in existence and people have killed over them or because of them.

[@lowrider993]

13:02 Doug's singing voice is both terrifying and catchy.

[@jongon0848]

This is probably one of the best Nostalgia-ween's I've seen in awhile! Please do one more! Your picks for this year were great! Now do either Blade Trinity, Thirteen Ghosts, or Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow (an actual review not just a quick analysis)

[@roxym2783]

Thirteen Ghosts! Great idea

[@wintermoon7003]

I am not afraid of spiders, but insects inside the body freak me out! Also, I LOVED scary stories as a child! In fact, they did have some fake out scares, like the window washer guy who was German and said that he vished to vashed your vindows! They built it up like he was scary but in actuality, he was just a window washer!

[@colbystearns5238]

"This is 2020." Yep. That says it all.

[@WillShakes423]

19:36-19:41 "Man, you stop paying attention to Björk for a few years and this is the comeback she plans". In my opinion, the most underrated joke of the whole video.

[@TheGuardDuck]

Makes sense!

[@WillShakes423]

@Black Ninja She's an Icelandic singer. Look up her photo and the Red Room woman back to back; you might get a giggle.

[@lapsijahti]

@@WillShakes423 i think she would rock that costume

[@WillShakes423]

@@lapsijahti I can agree.

[@bryanegelhoffsanimationtec257]

The story's weren't scary, but the imagery was! Seriously, those pictures haunted me as a child.

[@antoniosalieri1048]

I kinda feel like doug is missing the point of the book though. Sure the stories may be like other stories we've heard before, but at least they take the concept in a different and interesting direction.

[@rogue7723]

The Scarecrow transformation and Stella'a abuse at the hand of the Bellows was scary to me.

[@bryanegelhoffsanimationtec257]

@@rogue7723 me too. I meant the stories in the book weren't always scary. It was usually the pictures that were scarier.

[@Jarod-vg9wq]

Hope the movie brought more attention to the scary stories books and got more souls introduced to them.

[@Folklor_Wonder]

Even though scary movies are not my department, the designs of these scary pictures I find strangely fascinating. You are freaked out by them but at the same time you can't look away, you are so interested and like their creative look.

[@Gamer3427]

It probably says something that from the title alone, I didn't remember the book series at all, but the instant I saw one of the images I instantly remembered it and recognized almost every one of the images the Critic showed from the books. I read them a ton in school and still remember quite a bit of the stories from them, and the imagery really made it all come together....

[@voiceofgrima1179]

It may not have been a perfect movie, but let's be honest: the bully turning into a scarecrow was pants-shittingly terrifying

[@ajsteenkamp3070]

I watched the "red room" seen and the night after when my mom woke me up in the middle of the night and she was wearing a dress. I lost my shit, screamed bloody murderer and punched her in the face.

[@jarrodedson5441]

@@Anamath90 same

[@jarrodedson5441]

@@ajsteenkamp3070 yikes did u get in trouble

[@BrownieVixen.]

Please please please do the movie “The Stuff.” Please anyone who sees this make him watch this!!!!

[@Drixenol86]

I read the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark books when I was a kid. The cover art and illustrations was pure nightmare fuel.

[@JStryker47]

There used to be an uploader by the name of MoonRaven; who made some pretty good videos on the stories too, as well as a few submitted ones. Tragically though, she became very sick and presumably died a couple years back. I miss her.

[@cherixxx9136]

« *smiles while sitting in a house that brunt for already thirty minutes and still isn't finished burning yet* That's 2020. » So accurate I don't know if I should laugh or cry. Also, of course we want one more ! :DD

[@devildogwhite]

Just two more months, we can make it through this!

[@Niznosleep]

just for the line " this is 2020" this should have more likes

[@SamM6599]

I literally didn't give the video a like until after that line. Granted, I would have liked it anyway, but that line reminded me to check if I did, and I didn't, so basically that line got me to click like. 🤣

[@TheGoldenDunsparce]

The moment I saw the table and chair, I already saw the joke

[@thehillisalive]

I only needed him to casually sit down at the table to start cackling loudly

[@christiano3819]

Give him 10 points!

[@jerraldwest2935]

There were plenty of things that I would watch as a young child that scared the crap out of me. But at the same time they had the sort of infectious Charisma for me. Like Large Marge in Pee Wee Herman's Big Adventure. It was scary but it was a fascinating kind of scary. I remember being 6 years old and watching the face melting scene from Indiana Jones. I looked at my brother and said "you sure this is PG?" He simply looks at the box and replies " yep" to which I replied " k". I was completely unfazed.

[@emiliam2279]

The wax face in indiana jones scared me so much when i was little, now i just think about how they did the effect

[@Vintria08]

I'd love another Nostalgiaween episode! I'd love to see "Coraline" or "Monster House"!

[@ryanyeager3258]

Coraline indeed

[@sparrowskeleton1831]

I love how Critic subverted my expectations at the end and said, “This is 2020.”

[@silverloony1170]

Plot twist: that's what the Nostalgia Critic's home always looks like.

[@SweetVermillion]

I was waiting for him to say "This is fine." But noooooo... He had to go and be accurate... Lol

[@GBmovieluv]

I kind of agree silverloony1 1 or at least about his reaction

[@ЖЕКа-г5с7ч]

21:18 Yeah, I remember that. "Lego Vietnam. Assemble your brother."