Nightbooks [Movie Review] | When I see the title and the poster on Netflix, I immediately taken by it and put it on My List.
SYNOSPSIS
Nightbooks (2021) Trivia
- Starring: Winslow Fegley, Lidya Jewett, Krysten Ritter
- Directed by: David Yarovesky
- Produced by: Sam Raimi, Romel Adam, Mason Novick, Michelle Knudsen
- Production
companies: Ghost House Pictures, MXN Entertainment, Catchlight Studios
- Distributed by: Netflix
- Release date: September 15, 2021
- Running time: 103 minutes
- Rating: TV-PG
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Tomatometer: 80%
- Metascore: 65%
- IMDb: 5.8/ 10
- The movie is based on 2018 horror-fantasy children's book by J.A. White.
- The song 'Çry Little Sister' by Chvrches is a cover from the soundtrack to the 1987 Vampire flick 'The Lost Boys'.
Growing up, Alex loves to write horror stories and the collection is called 'Nightbooks'. When he overhears his parents discussing ways to let him settles into the society better (as all the other kids are calling him weirdo due to his passion), he swears never to write again. He takes the 'Nightbooks' and sneaks out from his apartment. He takes the elevator to the furnace of the apartment building, intending to burn the 'source of his unhappiness'. As he makes his way to the furnace, he passes an apartment with an open door that somehow entices him to entering the apartment. He enters and the door immediately shuts behind him and disappear!
Later, he learns that he is now the hostage of a witch named Natacha who tells him that she'll 'get rid ' of him if she finds no use of him anymore. When she learns that Adam writes scary stories, she demands him to write and tell her a scary story, every night, or she'll kill him.
He is not the only hostage. There is a girl, Yazmin, who was lured into the apartment years ago and now is the housekeeper for Natacha. Along with them is Lenore, Natacha's magical cat who can turn invisible and tells Natacha everything.
Yazmin shows Alex the huge library just to show Alex that Natacha has read and heard every single scary story that has ever been written, thus the need for Alex to write a new one, everyday.
Each night, Alex reads his story and Natacha will always find flaws in his story, demanding a better one the next day. Alex tries to find his inspiration from the books in the library. From some of the books, he encounters notes written by another trapped girl years ago, whom he named Unicorn Girl.
From the notes, Alex and Yazmin discover a recipe for a sleeping potion, which they try to concoct and slip into Natacha's perfume, so that they will be able to run away from the apartment and back to their families.
Will the potion work? Can the duo escape the witch and see their families again?
MY REVIEW
Plot: 4.6/ 5.0 A good movie to watch with your kids. You'll know the whole backstory for each and every character towards the end of the movie.
Cast: 4.7/ 5.0 Everyone delivers a great performance and keeps me glued to my seat throughout the movie.
Will I Watch It Again: Yes, I would watch it with my nephews and nieces.
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