Nightbooks
2021 · Movie · NR · 101 min · ★ 6.1 · 76% critics
A boy who loves scary stories is trapped by a witch in her modern, magical New York City apartment. To stay safe, he must use his own hair-raising tales to survive while searching desperately for a way out.
Also known as Night Books
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Streaming on Netflix.
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Details
- Years
- 2021
- Release date
- 2021-09-15
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Max quality
- UHD
- Critic score
- 76/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.1/10 (422 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy Nightbooks if you want a spooky, family-friendly twist on classic dark tales with inventive storybook moments; Not for you if you want nonstop thrills or hardcore horror like The Witches or Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween.
Pros: family-friendly thrills; creative magic; fun cat moments | Cons: basic plot; slow pacing; uneven writing
Themes
- witch
- cat
- held captive
- child protagonist
- scary stories
Cast & crew
Winslow Fegley
as Alex
Lidya Jewett
as Yasmin
Krysten Ritter
as Natacha
Jill Frappier
as Grizelda
- NL
Neil Emmanuel Lu
as Joshua
Jess Brown
as Mom
Mathieu Bourassa
as Dad
Luxton Handspiker
as Todd
Eden Gjoka
as Cody
Khiyla Aynne
as Jenny
Directed by David Yarovesky