Down a Dark Hall

PG-13

8/17/20181h 36m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ Welcome to Blackwood. Where lost girls find their way. ~

Overview:

Kit, a troubled girl, is sent to the exclusive Blackwood boarding school, where she discovers that only four other female students have been admitted to learn the four pillars of knowledge under the ominous wing of the mysterious headmistress Madame Duret.

Director:

Rodrigo Cortés

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$2,707,199.00

Key words:

boarding school
music teacher
haunted house
private school
possessed
math teacher
schoolgirl
teacher student relationship
troubled teen
isolated house
art teacher
locked room mystery
literature teacher

Cast

AnnaSophia Robb

~ as ~

Kit

Uma Thurman

~ as ~

Madame Duret

Isabelle Fuhrman

~ as ~

Izzy

Victoria Moroles

~ as ~

Veronica

Noah Silver

~ as ~

Jules

Taylor Russell

~ as ~

Ashley

Rosie Day

~ as ~

Sierra

Rebecca Front

~ as ~

Miss Orlonsky

Jodhi May

~ as ~

Heather Sinclair

Pip Torrens

~ as ~

Professor Farley

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Reviews (1)

Wuchak
Written 2 year(s) ago
6
Ghostly happenings at a creepy manor with AnnaSophia Robb and Uma Thurman

A troubled teen (AnnaSophia) is sent to Blackwood Boarding School in Upstate New York where she and a handful of other difficult girls are coached by the mysterious headmistress (Uma) and her staff to be productive members of society. It doesn’t take long for the teens to discern something eerie is going on.

Based on the 1974 book by Lois Duncan, "Down a Dark Hall" (2018) is stylish Gothic mystery/horror with the milieu of the seminal "The House That Screamed" from five decades prior. Fans of that film and later ones, such as "Lust for a Vampire," "Picnic at Hanging Rock," "Suspiria," "The Woods" and “The Moth Diaries,” should appreciate this. There are also elements of “The Fog” remake from 2005.

The first 50 minutes are rather uneventful, but they’re just a set-up to the lively last act. Winsome AnnaSophia is an effective protagonist and it’s good to see Uma again.

The movie runs 1 hour, 36 minutes, and was shot in late 2016 in Barcelona on the northeastern coast of Spain, as well as Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands, which is also Spain.

GRADE: B-