Nightbooks Is a Wickedly Entertaining Horror Flick for the Young and Young-at-Heart

Leave it to Sam Raimi and his Ghost House Pictures to curate the perfect entry point horror film for kids with. An adaptation of J. A. White’s middle grade book of the same name, this Netflix original harkens back to the ‘80s era of filmmaking where it was understood that giving tweens and teens light nightmares was a cinematic rite of passage. A big part of the fun ofRight from the top, director David Yarovesky doesn’t dither with setup and gets right into the plight of young Alex .

It drops him off on a creepily desolate floor where the door to 4E is wide open, featuring a tasty slice of pumpkin pie and a small TV playing. As it turns out, Alex is an easy mark because that’s all it takes for him to get trapped inside the busily decorated abode of Natasha . She’s a witch that lures children into her clutches and if there’s nothing special about them, they’re dispatched with nary a second thought.

Alex soon meets the only other residents of the apartment: Lenore the hairless cat and fellow tween prisoner Yasmin , the de facto housekeeper at Natasha’s scary beck and call. Reading from his Nightbooks of original stories only lasts for a while and then Alex starts to panic because he’s been hiding a potent case writer’s block that’s keeping his creative tank empty.

Screenwriters Mikki Daughtry and Tobias Iaconis have scripted a tight adventure within the confines of this magical apartment. There’s a cathedral-like library for Alex to explore for clues to escape and a magical black-light garden with terrifying Raimi-influenced beasties for Alex, Yasmin and Lenore to fight. As they navigate their environs with more assurance, the overarching mystery revealed is engaging and challenging enough to keep your attention throughout.

A lot of credit also goes to Fegley and Jewett, who make you believe in the stakes of their strange predicament and sell the plausibility of their slow crawl towards friendship. Fegley also lands the emotional beats in the third act, which adds a lot of relatable resonance to why Alex is so upset in the opening minutes. Without being maudlin or corny, he earns our admiration and empathy and becomes a quiet hero because of it.

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