Nightbooks
Alex, a boy obsessed with scary stories, is trapped by a witch in her modern, magical New York City apartment. His original hair-raising tales are the only thing keeping him safe as he desperately tries to find a way out of this twisted place.
- Released: 2021-09-15
- Runtime: 103 minutes
- Genre: Family, Fantasy, Horror
- Stars: Winslow Fegley, Lidya Jewett, Krysten Ritter, Luxton Handspiker, Liam Couvion, Eden Gjoka, Jill Frappier, Neil Emmanuel Lu, Jess Brown, Mathieu Bourassa, Khiyla Aynne, Stephen R. Hart, Miley Haik, Taylor Belle Puterman, Riley O'Donnell, Evan O'Donnell, Jess Brown
- Director: David Yarovesky
Comments
- kimberlyely-27550 - 28 June 2023
Not into it
Nightbooks
Netflix has adapted Nightbooks into a movie, directed by David Yarovesky and written by Yarovesky et al. Along with Sam Raimi as a producer. It stars Krysten Ritter from Jessica Johns and Braking Bad, Winslow Fegley, Lidya Jewett, and Jeremy Ray Taylor from It and It chapter 2.
If you know the story of Hansel and Gretel, for the most part you know the overall plot. Alex (Winslow Fegley) gets trapped in a witch's house. In order to stay alive he has to write a new scary story for her each night.
This movie's problem isn't the cast, they all played their parts well. Krysten Ritter wasn't as scary as adults probably would have hoped but for a family horror movie she's a likeable and scary enough character. Fegley did a good job portraying Alex, someone who loves horror and is a writer. He got scared at the right moments, which made his fear believable. Lidya Jewett did a well enough job playing Yasmin, the girl who is trapped. She clearly has been there awhile, therefor she doesn't want to get close to Alex, in case he dies.
The script wasn't very interesting or engaging. It's obvious that everyone involved in this movie loves horror, based on to the references to the Brother's Grim Fairytales.
This movie never seems to know what it wants to be. In 2021, Netflix marketed this movie as a family horror film for Halloween time, yet, some scenes might be too scary for kids but it's also not scary or interesting enough for adults. Though Nightbooks has a theme of accepting yourself, the movie itself has an identity crises. - trashgang - 22 May 2022
nice, even for adults to watch with their teens
Title looked promising but after 5 minutes into this flick i knew it, it's a flick for kids. The main lead are 2 children and the story is rather simple but somehow I just watched it and before i knew it the flick was over.
Ideal for youngsters to watch their first horror flick. Suspense, creepy moments, it's all there and the acting was good. And as an adult you can watch it too. Okay, no blood or whatsoever but the way it all was done, nice.
Gore 0/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 3/5 Story 2/5 Comedy 0/5.
