Nightbooks

2021
PG
1h 43m

IMDb RATING

5.8/10

11K

YOUR RATING

Krysten Ritter, Cleo, Trixie, Lidya Jewett, and Winslow Fegley in Nightbooks (2021)

When Alex (Winslow Fegley), a boy obsessed with scary stories, is trapped by an evil witch (Krysten Ritter) in her magical apartment, and must tell a scary story every night to stay alive, he teams up with another prisoner, Yasmin (Lidya Jewett), to find a way to escape.

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Family Fantasy Horror Mystery

Alex, a boy obsessed with scary stories, is imprisoned by an evil young witch in her contemporary New York City apartment.Alex, a boy obsessed with scary stories, is imprisoned by an evil young witch in her contemporary New York City apartment.Alex, a boy obsessed with scary stories, is imprisoned by an evil young witch in her contemporary New York City apartment.

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IMDb RATING

5.8/10

11K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination

Trivia
The song "Cry Little Sister", the theme song to the 1987 Vampire film The Lost Boys (the movie playing on the TV that entices Alex into the apartment), is heard twice. The first time, when Alex and Yasmin perform their science experiment, it is performed by original artist Gerard McMahon. The second time, when Alex and Yasmin are in the boiler room, it is a cover version performed by Chvrches.

Quotes
Yasmin: Weird? Who called you that? --- Well, they're right. You are weird. I mean, look at you. The thing that makes you weird makes them ordinary, and nobody likes to be ordinary because ordinary sucks. So ordinary people are going to try and take that away from you by calling you names like... try hard or...
Alex: Or creepshow
Yasmin: Yeah, or creepshow.

Connections
Featured in What's Your Favorite Scary Movie?: Krysten Ritter on The Lost Boys (2021)

Soundtracks
Boys Need a Mother
From The Lost Boys (1987)
Written by Thomas Newman (as Thomas Montgomery Newman)
Music by Thomas Newman
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

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Featured review

8/10

Scarier than a PG

Me and my 6 and 9 year old have looked forward to this becoming available. So when movie night started tonight we were excited snacks ready, I LOVE a horror. So does my 9 year old. Rated pg I thought maybe my 6 year old would... within 20 minutes it was too much and she left!

Very enjoyable, but I'm glad she wasn't there especially for the last 30 minutes very scary ! I think caution should be taken. Saying that, my 9 year old loved it! I actually did too.

Finally a decent scary movie that's not full of over the top gore or violence!