History YMMV / ScaryStoriesToTellInTheDark2019

* NauseaFuel: The big toe scene features a pot of stew with a rotting severed toe floating in it.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Lana Del Rey's cover of "Season of the Witch" recorded for the film meshes surprisingly well with the final trailer's Gammell-like imagery and has a real "Halloween-y" atmosphere to it.

* AwesomeMusic: Lana Del Rey's cover of "Season of the Witch" recorded for the film meshes surprisingly well with the final trailer's Gammell-like imagery and has a real "Halloween-y" atmosphere to it.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Many were disappointed when Del Toro said in interview that only 4 or 5 stories would make it into the film, the problem being that there are so many iconic stories that a lot of good ones are inevitably going to be left out. Del Toro hinted that other stories might be used in potential sequels, but some feel that it's unwise to save stories for future installments when the first film's success is not guaranteed.

* NightmareFuel:
** The Pale Woman looks ''exactly'' like how she did in the book illustration, complete with the same [[{{Gonk}} beady eyes and wide mouth]]. If you were traumatized by the image like many children were, have fun seeing her moving in live-action!
** There is a quick shot in the trailer of a creature that resembles a crab-walking human figure with an upside-down head crawling toward one of the protagonists.

* TaintedByThePreview: Some were not pleased by the March 28th trailer, due to the {{Narm}}y "The book reads you" line and overall being advertised as a standard cliched horror movie that relies on nostalgia. [[BrokenBase On the other hand]], others think the film looks great aside from the aforementioned line and think that the creature design is top-notch.

* TaintedByThePreview: Some were not pleased by the Marth 28th trailer, due to the {{Narm}}y "The book reads you" line and overall being advertised as a standard cliched horror movie that relies on nostalgia. [[BrokenBase On the other hand]], others think the film looks great aside from the aforementioned line and think that the creature design is top-notch.

* TaintedByThePreview: Some were not pleased by the Marth 29th trailer, due to the {{Narm}}y "The book reads you" line and overall being advertised as a standard cliched horror movie that relies on nostalgia. [[BrokenBase On the other hand]], others think the film looks great aside from the aforementioned line and think that the creature design is top-notch.

* BrokenBase: It has been pointed out that the Ghost Woman from "The Haunted House", as shown by the brief glimpse at the end of the teaser trailer, more closely resembles her design from the re-released editions of the book illustrated by Brett Helquist. Others are okay with this seeing as how the Big Toe creature is heavily modeled after the Gammell version of the Ghost Woman, meaning we essentially get both designs in the film.

* BrokenBase: It has pointed out that the Ghost Woman from "The Haunted House", as shown by the brief glimpse at the end of the teaser trailer, more closely resembles her design from the re-released editions of the book illustrated by Brett Helquist. Others are okay with this seeing as how the Big Toe creature is heavily modeled after the Gammell version of the Ghost Woman, meaning we essentially get both designs in the film.

* TaintedByThePreview: Some were not pleased by the Marth 29th trailer, due to the {{Narm}}y "The book reads you" line and overall being advertised as a standard cliched horror movie that relies on nostalgia. [[BrokenBase On the other hand, others think the film looks great aside from the aforementioned line and think that the creature design is top-notch.

* TaintedByThePreview: Some were not pleased by the Marth 29th trailer, due to the {{Narm}}y "The book reads you" line and overall being advertised as a standard cliched horror movie that relies on nostalgia.

* {{Narm}}: While the March 28 teaser trailer was over received well, Zoe Colletti's "You don't read the book. The book reads you." line brings RussianReversal to mind and overall sounds like a line specifically written to be put into a trailer.

* {{Narm}}: While the official trailer was over received well, Zoe Colletti's "You don't read the book. The book reads you." line brings RussianReversal to mind and overall sounds like a line specifically written to be put into a trailer.

* {{Narm}}: In the official trailer, a girl says, "You don't read the book. The book reads you." Brings RussianReversal to mind.
* NightmareFuel: The Pale Woman looks ''exactly'' like how she did in the book illustration, complete with the same [[{{Gonk}} beady eyes and wide mouth]]. If you were traumatized by the image like many children were, have fun seeing her moving in live-action!

* NightmareFuel: The Pale Woman looks ''exactly'' like how she did in the book illustration, complete with the same beady eyes and wide mouth. If you were traumatized by the image like many children were, have fun seeing her moving in live-action!

* BrokenBase: While many fans are ecstatic about the film and love how much the monsters accurately recreate the book's artwork, others are still skeptical and worry that the film will be a standard generic horror film that will rely solely on nostalgia to attract viewers rather than actually being good.

* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Given that it's a Creator/GuillermoDelToro film, it's to be expected that the makeup looks great. Special note goes to the Pale Woman from "The Dream", who looks ''exactly'' like Stephen Gammell's illustration of her from the book.

* WinTheCrowd: When the film was first announced, many people were skeptical towards how it would be adapted into a film and whether or not it would be an InNameOnly adaptation. Many of these fears were assuaged on February 1 when the first poster, featuring the iconic [[ScaryScarecrow Harold]], was released to much excitement. This was later done a few days later during Super Bowl LIII with four short TV spots featuring adaptations of "The Big Toe", "The Dream", and "The Red Spot".

* NightmareFuel: The Pale Woman looks ''exactly'' like how she did in the book illustration, complete with the same beady eyes and wide mouth. If you were traumatized by the illustration like many children were, have fun seeing her moving in live-action!
* WinTheCrowd: When the film was first announced, many people were skeptical towards how it would be adapted into a film and whether or not it would be an InNameOnly adaptation. Many of these fears were assuaged on February 1 when the first poster, featuring the iconic [[ScaryScarecrow Harold]], was released to [[SugarWiki/AndTheFandomRejoiced much excitement]]. This was later done a few days later during Super Bowl LIII with four short TV spots featuring adaptations of "The Big Toe", "The Dream", and "The Red Spot".