Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, the classic 1980s collection of horror stories (supposedly aimed at children,) has auspicious plans with a movie adaptation that’s long been in the works.

Entertainment One (eOne) and CBS Films is financing the movie adaptation with Guillermo del Toro (The Shape of Water, Pacific Rim, Hellboy, Pan’s Labyrinth) as a producer and co-writer, and André Øvredal as director.

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Trailer

A new Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark trailer is here, primarily focused on one of its original – non-book-inspired – concoctions, the Jangly Man. Of course, that is not to say that the clip is short on classic nightmare fuel from the books. Check it out below:

Below is the first full trailer for the film: