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  • 2021
  • TV-PG
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 43 m
  • 2021
  • TV-PG
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 43 m

Summary When Alex (Winslow Fegley), a boy obsessed with scary stories, is trapped by an evil witch (Krysten Ritter) in her magical apartment, and must tell a scary story every night to stay alive, he teams up with another prisoner, Yasmin (Lidya Jewett), to find a way to escape.

Directed By: David Yarovesky

Written By: Mikki Daughtry, Tobias Iaconis, J.A. White

  • 2021
  • TV-PG
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 43 m
  • 2021
  • TV-PG
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 43 m

Nightbooks

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
65
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 19 User Ratings
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Summary When Alex (Winslow Fegley), a boy obsessed with scary stories, is trapped by an evil witch (Krysten Ritter) in her magical apartment, and must tell a scary story every night to stay alive, he teams up with another prisoner, Yasmin (Lidya Jewett), to find a way to escape.

Directed By: David Yarovesky

Written By: Mikki Daughtry, Tobias Iaconis, J.A. White

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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60% Positive
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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60% Positive
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40% Mixed
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0% Negative
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75
Sep 16, 2021
By story’s end, I was happy to spend time in this original story that treats younger audiences, and the horror genre, with respect.
By Tara Bennett FULL REVIEW
70
Sep 15, 2021
Its devotion to frights makes it memorable.
By Natalia Winkelman FULL REVIEW

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42% Positive
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37% Mixed
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21% Negative
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thiago777
Nov 2, 2021
movie is good and Lidya Jewett is beautiful and works very well filme é bom e Lidya Jewett é linda e trabalha muito bem
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ResetButton
Sep 25, 2021
This is the best “kids” horror movie in years. All these negative reviews are coming from people who aren’t the target audience. The movie is too intense for anyone under 6, but if you’re looking for a good Halloween spooky movie that the entire family can watch, check it out. It goes up there with The Witches (1990) and Gremlins for PG horror movies.
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70
Sep 15, 2021
Its whimsical touches, along with a reverence for creative young minds, gives the film a warmth that counterbalances its shocks.
By Scott Tobias FULL REVIEW
60
Sep 15, 2021
Krysten Ritter, along with Winslow Fegley and Lidya Jewett, provide enough pizazz to keep Nightbooks afloat, creating an engaging supernatural hostage scenario.
By Matt Fowler FULL REVIEW
50
Sep 16, 2021
Throwing a lot of production design at the limp stories within this recycled tale doesn’t make it look or play scary. It just makes it loud and expensive looking.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
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HellHoleHorror
Feb 16, 2022
There are some really terrifying scenes but only once it feels like it goes too far for a younger audience. The near-perfect technical side of the production is only let down by some unconvincing cat CGI. Acting was excellent. Really great casting. Love the story and how it was told. The creative side of the production was only let down by some uneven pacing in the first half where it occasionally lost our attention. This is a great family horror, if you can take it! I loved the subtle The Evil Dead (1981) references.
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JLuis_001
Sep 16, 2021
I admit that its tone is darker than I expected, and that gives it a bit more personality, but it cannot escape the rules of the young audience to which it's aimed at. It might not be for simple kids, but it doesn't do anything out of the ordinary either. Krysten Ritter was good enough and the two lead kids are fine, and that's pretty much it.
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Sejusa
Sep 17, 2021
Quite boring and pointless. For children, yes, but if not, you will not be able to endure the whole movie
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JLau
Oct 5, 2021
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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MetacriticOnur
Sep 15, 2021
bad [ bad ] adjective, worse, worst;(Slang) bad·der, bad·dest for 36. not good in any manner or degree.
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Production Company Catchlight Studios, Ghost House Pictures, MXN Entertainment, Netflix
Release Date Sep 15, 2021
Duration 1 h 43 m
Rating TV-PG
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Tagline Write for your Life
Website https://www.netflix.com/title/81002270/
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Canadian Society of Cinematographers Awards
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