![]() When she finally gets home she jumps out of the car, screaming for her dad to call the police. As she drives, she realises it's following her, changing their speed to match hers and flashing their high beams intermittently to scare her. In Schwartz's telling, a young woman is driving home from school with a red pick-up truck behind her. Given the movie is taking us on a road-trip, the High Beams story (based on a popular legend Killer in the Back Seat) would be an easy fit into Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark 2. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark 2: High Beams ![]() This story, like Wolf Girl, wouldn't necessarily further the plot but would add a hefty dose of atmospheric creepiness to the movie. The dog turns out to be a deformed, rabid sewer rat. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark 2: Sam's New PetĪnother chance for CGI to do some good, Sam's New Pet would only need Ruth and Stella to be followed by a what appears, at first, to be a stray dog. Sam Lewis could be a new character, or the story could be adapted to fit Stella's nice-guy dad, Roy Nicholls (played by Breaking Bad's Dean Norris). He offers to help her, only to see an animated decapitated head, which jumps out of the basket and bites him on the legs. Innocent and kind Sam Lewis sees an old woman carrying a basket. Though the story is brief, May I Carry Your Basket is prime for a cinematic adaptation as it relies almost exclusively on a well-timed jump scare. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark 2: May I Carry Your Basket It's pretty straight forward and could aptly terrorise Ruth and Stella on their journey. The Wolf Girl would give movie-makers a chance to exercise make-up and special effects, with the story centring on a girl raised by wolves. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark 2: The Wolf Girl This could easily fit into the sequel as Ruth and Stella are on a journey and they could likely be passed by a hearse and laugh. The worms crawl in, the worms crawl out / The worms play pinochle on your snout / They eat your eyes, they eat your nose / They eat the jelly between your toes." "All goes well for about a week / Until your coffin begins to leak. They put you in a big black box / And cover you with dirt and rocks. They wrap you up in big white sheets / and cover you from head to feet. The lyrics include such fun nuggets as: "Don't you ever laugh as the hearse goes by / For you may be the next one to die. Part of Schwartz's first anthology, The Hearse Song is based on an actual song which was popularised during World War I. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark 2: The Hearse Song We can, however, estimate at what stories could be used in the sequel to scare audiences out of their boots. How the writers bring together the new stories remains to be seen. Perhaps the book will be used in a sequel to link the short stories together again, but the concept might be tired by that point. So the book is still integral, and who knows how well ghosts keep their promises.
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