History WMG / ScaryStoriesToTellInTheDark2019

** [[spoiler: Mostly jossed. The creature doesn't appear, but the story is referenced as a short story Stella is writing herself.]]

** [[spoiler: Jossed.]]

** [[spoiler: Jossed.]]

** [[spoiler: Jossed.]]

** [[spoiler: Confirmed. While none of the above stories are mentioned, it is revealed that Sarah's family were killed by her creatures. For example, her father was killed by the Wendigo.]]

** [[spoiler: While he is technically inspired by the story in design, his in-universe story is Me Tie Dough-Ty Walker.]]

** [[spoiler: Jossed as far as his in-universe name being Aaron Kelly. In-universe, the Jangly Man is based on a campfire tale that scared Ramon as a kid.]]

** [[spoiler: Jossed. Sarah Bellow's book doesn't have illustrations.]]

** [[spoiler: Jossed.]]

** [[spoiler: Somewhat. While the illustrations are just images of gnarled tree branches and blood drips, they are done in the same drippy style as Gammel's art. However, they are black and red instead of black and white.]]

** [[spoiler: Yes and no. It doesn't play over the credits, but it does play several times during the film and was apparently Sarah Bellow's favorite song.]]

** [[spoiler: Somewhat implied, but never explicitly confirmed or denied. The connection between the Harolds is obvious, and Sarah in the Past!House is being hunted by Ephraim at the same time as Ramon is being hunted by the Jangly Man in the Present!House, hinting at a connection, but this could be a coincidence.]]

** [[spoiler: Confirmed, although the details are slightly different. She was a child when she served the Bellows, explaining why she is still alive. Part of the Sarah Bellows urban legend is that Lou Lou's mother taught Sarah black magic, but this is debunked.]]

** [[spoiler: Jossed. ''Oh so very much, jossed.'']]

Simply put, they have a lot in common. They're both horror-obsessed social outcasts [[spoiler:who feel blamed by tragic events in their pasts]] and who channel their inner turmoil into writing creepy stories. The fact that [[spoiler:Stella is mistaken for Sarah Bellows in the Past!House could be seen as an indication that she, in a way, ''is'' Sarah Bellows.]] If she's not a direct reincarnation, she definitely has some significant connection to her, which could be explored in a possible sequel.

** As [[spoiler:this story was actually written by Stella herself and not by Sarah]], whatever supernatural entity is manipulating the stories this time will specifically use it against [[spoiler:her]].

* "Alligators". [[spoiler:Stella and her father]] are blatantly working together going forward, and metamorphosing them into grotesque alligator creatures would be a fitting use of SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome in spirit.

* A variation of "Maybe You Will Remember" to explain Stella's MissingMom. She did not leave her family voluntarily, but died and it was covered up to avoid a scandal (or possibly criminal charges, if her death was the direct result of someone else's actions). Stella may have even been left in her mom's care when the latter "disappeared", like the girl in the story, which could have contributed to her feelings of betrayal and trauma if she was alone and frightened for a long time before her dad could come get her. Stella believes her mom abandoned them now because someone convinced her of it to cover it up. Unfortunately, Stella will only learn this when her mom [[ComeBackWrong Comes Back Wrong]] as a creature ([[CompositeCharacter from another]] ''Scary Stories'') bent on revenge in a sequel, so Stella and her dad will have to stop her before they can all reconcile and she can move on [[spoiler:a la Sarah Bellows]].

At the end of the film, [[spoiler:Sarah lets go of her rage and moves on.]] Because we still need a ghostly antagonist to manipulate the stories, it will instead be the ghosts of Sarah's family members, having been turn into tortured spirits by [[spoiler:being killed by Sarah's stories.]] If the film leads into a trilogy (to mirror the trilogy of books), the ultimate main antagonist will be Sarah's father, who was [[spoiler:killed by the Wendigo]]. Similar to how Sarah appeared as the ghost from "The Haunted House", her father's ghost will manifest as [[spoiler:the Wendigo, having become the very creature that killed him.]]

Since what she ends up doing when she [[spoiler: catches Chuck is to hug him until she absorbs him into herself, at which point she looks at the area with a... rather warm, if still very disturbing smile.]] It's possible that, in her twisted mind, this is her way of making sure he's away from the "evil place".

Even before [[spoiler: turning entirely good at the end]], Sarah was benevolent enough to let the children out of her room when they'd been locked in. Considering that Stella at least tried to tell the truth about Sarah's death but wasn't believed, she may keep an eye on them out of gratitude. Ramon will have a lot of near-misses in combat that can be chalked up as improbably good luck, and Stella will be directly aided in finding Chuck and Auggie with the use of the book.

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Stella's mother disappears, which her dad suggests was without a trace; a large theme of the movie is people making up unflattering (and false) stories about others, so it would be only fitting if she turned out to have somehow gotten involved with the Bellows legacy and attracted Sarah's attention.

** [[spoiler: Confirmed. While none of the above stories are mentioned, it is revealed that Stella's family were killed by her creatures. For example, her father was killed by the Wendigo.]]

* "Is Something Wrong?". One of the characters will be chased by the hideous skull creature, who will turn out to be benevolent.
** Alternatively, the skull creature will undergo AdaptationalVillainy like this film's rendition of the Pale Lady.