The teenagers will love this Nightbooks

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The teenagers will love this Nightbooks

Sunday, 19 September 2021 | Shalini Saksena

The teenagers will love this Nightbooks

Netflix

*ing: Winslow Fegley, Lidya Jewett

Krysten Ritter

Rated: 5.5/10

One would think that a movie that has kids would definitely be kid-appropriate. But there have been a few execptions to this rule. Take IT for example — a movie that had kids — but Oh boy! was it scary at least for the kids.

Nightsbooks directed by David Yarovesky and written by Mikki Daughtry and Tobias Iaconis is no different. It is based on the 2018 horror-fantasy children’s book of the same name by JA White.

There is something very creepy and scary when it comes to films that have kids with horror as its genre. The kids are sweet, cute and somewhat innocent; they get lured in by the witch and wham! Now they are trapped in the evil house forever.

Sounds familiar? Nightsbooks, one can say is a modern twist to the Hansel and Gretel tale. However, there is nothing scary for the adults who love horror and scary movies. Strange, weird and even creepy would be some of the words to describe this one.

The only somewhat horrible looking character in the entire film is the real witch. Yes, there are two witches! The bad witch is the good one as compared to the older one. This older one eats kids and is all bones and candy! She has been sleeping for years and what puts her to sleep? A scary story. But there is a twist; the scary story can’t have a happy ending. Those unable to deliver this become little dolls.

But there are highs too. The CGI is great. If one can manage to get past the ugly looking witch, one can actually appreciate the effor that has gone into creating here. The kids are smart.

Another good is that this somewhat scary movie is something that young teenagers will love and enjoy. Who doesn’t like to best a witch and here there are two!

And if one the kids is smart enough to make a horror story on the go and outwit and outsmart even the witch, what can be better? For the teens, nothing gets them going than watching another teen with a streak of rebellion and yet never giving up or snitching of the friend. That is the underlinung message here — make frineds for life and never give up on them what the cost.

Nightbooks has a whimsical touch to it that definitely has a happy ending

 

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