TL;DR – A solid horror film, with a good premise that meanders a bit in the middle before coming back strong in the end.
Score – 3 out of 5 stars
Post-Credit Scene – There is no post-credit scene

Review –
I have to admit that I am not as big of a horror aficionado as a lot of the
critics out there. I prefer the tension and suspense of a film like Get Out
over a horror gorefest. However, I have made it a plan to try and broaden the
films I see and also if you ever want me to see a film having the story by Guillermo
del Toro is a great way to do it. With that in mind let’s have a look at a film
that champions what goes bump in the night.
In 1968 a lot of things are happening, the Vietnam War is in full swing, Richard
Nixon is up for re-election, and in a small town called Mill Valley in
Pennsylvania, the local residents are getting ready for Halloween. Stella (Zoe
Colletti) does not want to go out but is coaxed out by her friends Auggie (Gabriel
Rush) and Chuck (Austin Zajur) because this might be their last Halloween
together. After running into local bully Tommy (Austin Abrams) who is on a date
with Chuck’s sister Ruthie (Natalie Ganzhorn) they hide in Ramón’s (Michael
Garza) car. Ramón is from out of town, so Stella suggests they take him to the
Bellows’ House, the town’s local haunted house. Legend says that the family
that founded the town locked their daughter Sarah (Kathleen Pollard) in the
basement but she would tell stories through the wall to local children and then
the kids would die. Everything is going fine until Stella finds a book, a book
of Sarah’s stories, a book that is still writing more stories one by one.