The Moth Diaries
2011 · Movie · R · 82 min · ★ 5.3 · 26% critics
At an elite girls’ boarding school, a grieving student tries to rebuild her life after a family tragedy. When a captivating new classmate arrives, friendships fracture and unsettling incidents begin to mount, leaving her torn between jealousy, trauma, and the fear that something truly dangerous has taken hold on campus.
Based on The Moth Diaries
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Details
- Years
- 2011
- Release date
- 2011-09-06
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 82 min
- Critic score
- 26/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.3/10 (163 votes)
About
You may enjoy this if you like slow-burn, teen-focused supernatural mystery with a moody boarding-school setting and lingering questions, in the vein of A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) or The Omen (2006); Not for you if you want fast, clear-cut scares.
Pros: eerie boarding-school mood; intriguing ambiguity; creepy newcomer energy | Cons: slow pace; uneven acting; thin scares
Themes
- vampire
- school
- schoolgirl
- woman director
- new girl at school
Cast & crew
Sarah Bolger
as Rebecca
Lily Cole
as Ernessa Bloch
Sarah Gadon
as Lucy Blake
Scott Speedman
as Mr. Davies
- VT
Valerie Tian
as Charlie
Melissa Farman
as Dora
Laurence Hamelin
as Sofia
Kathleen Fee
as Miss Bobbie
Judy Parfitt
as Miss Rood
Deena Aziz
as Dr. Olivio
Directed by Mary Harron