PREVIEW: Nightbooks (PG TBC)

WHO’S IN IT?

Winslow Fegley (Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made), Lidya Jewett (Feel the Beat), Krysten Ritter (Big Eyes), Khiyla Aynne (Work It), Jess Brown (The Toll), Luxton Handspiker (film debut), Miley Haik (film debut), Liam Couvion (The Bird Men), Taylor Belle Puterman (Falling), Eden Gjoka (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

David Yarovesky (Brightburn), director; Mikki Daughtry (The Curse of La Llorona) and Tobias Iaconis (Five Feet Apart), writers; Michelle Knudsen (Queen & Slim), Mason Novick (Juno), Sam Raimi (Don’t Breathe) and Rob Tapert (Drag Me to Hell), producers; Michael Abels (Us), composer; Robert McLachlan (Cursed), cinematographer; Peter Gvozdas (The Purge), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Alex (Fegley), a young boy obsessed with spooky stories, is kidnapped by an evil witch (Ritter) who holds him prisoner in her enchanted apartment. To stay alive, Alex must tell the witch a scary story every night, and with the help of the witch’s other prisoner Yasmin (Jewett) they must find a way to escape…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Horror legend Sam Raimi produces this family-friendly chiller which harkens back to when movies like Gremlins and Poltergeist could give young children nightmares.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

WEDNESDAY 15TH SEPTEMBER 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON NETFLIX

 

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