Brightburn director David Yarovesky’s upcoming horror fantasy film Nightbooks may be primarily aimed at youngsters, but it also happens to have been produced by Sam Raimi – and that means it’s a “must-see” in my book, so I’ll be watching it as soon as it reaches the Netflix streaming service on September 15th. Also boosting my interest is the fact that the basic idea reminds me of the wrap-around story from the anthology film Tales from the Darkside: The Movie.
But instead of serving as a tribute to Tales from the Darkside, Nightbooks is actually based on a novel by J.A. White (pick up a copy at THIS LINK). Mikki Daughtry and Tobias Iaconis handled the screenplay adaptation. The film has the following synopsis:
Alex is a creative boy with a strong passion for writing scary stories. But when he’s labeled weird and rejected for what he likes, he swears he’ll never write again. That’s when an evil witch, captures him in her magical apartment in New York City and demands that he tell her a new tale every night if he wants to stay alive. Trapped inside with Lenore, the witch’s spiteful cat watching his every move, Alex meets Yasmin, another young prisoner who has learned how to survive the witch’s wicked whims. With Yasmin’s help, Alex must learn to embrace what makes him unique – his love for scary stories – and rewrite his own destiny to break them free.
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Winslow Fegley, Lidya Jewett, and Krysten Ritter star.
Raimi produced the film alongside Mason Novick, Michelle Knudsen, and Romel Adam. Raimi’s long-time collaborator Robert Tapert served as an executive producer, as did Jeanette Volturno.
You can check out the trailer for Nightbooks in the embed above and take a look at the film’s poster below, then get ready for the movie to arrive on Netflix in less than a month.
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