In the wake of CBS Films unleashing four mini teasers for the Guillermo del Toro-produced Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, releasing in theaters on August 9, 2019, they’ve now provided us with the full synopsis for the film, which gives us a better idea what to expect from it. How do the iconic stories work their way into the movie, you ask?

Read the plot rundown below and expect the teaser trailer in a few weeks!

In the André Øvredal-directed film adaptation of the spooky books…

A group of young teens must solve the mystery surrounding sudden and macabre deaths in their small town.

“It’s l968 in America. Change is blowing in the wind…but seemingly far removed from the unrest in the cities is the small town of Mill Valley where for generations, the shadow of the Bellows family has loomed large. It is in their mansion on the edge of town that Sarah, a young girl with horrible secrets, turned her tortured life into a series of scary stories, written in a book that has transcended time—stories that have a way of becoming all too real for a group of teenagers who discover Sarah’s terrifying tome.”

Zoe Colletti, Michael Garza, Gabriel Rush, Austin Abrams, Dean Norris, Kathleen Pollard, Gil Bellows, Lorraine Toussaint, Austin Zajur and Natalie Ganzhorn star.

Daniel Hageman & Kevin Hageman and Guillermo del Toro wrote the script.