Down a Dark Hall
Blackwood Boarding School hides a outrageous enigma , and it ’s up to problem - teen Kit Gordy and her friends to figure it out in the coming filmDown a Dark Hall . An adjustment of Lois Duncan ’s supernatural YA novel by the same name , the film was just declare for expiration courtesy of Lionsgate , and features Uma Thurmanin an eye - capture character as the headmistress of Blackwood , Madame Duret .
When Kit ( AnnaSophia Robb ) gets sent to the boarding school by her female parent after a tally - in with the law , she soon learns that she ’ll be sharing the expansive priming with four other vernal women from similarly troubled backgrounds . Unfortunately , it ’s just them and the grownup , with no other students in flock . The radical eventually builds a shaky Mystery Inc.-like team , explore the mysterious hall of their irregular plate , and bring out hidden paranormal dangers within that were clearly not outlined in the brochure .
TheDown a Dark Hallbook was first optioned back in 2013 by the author ofthe best - sellingTwilightseries , Stephenie Meyer . The pic features several young women in central function , including AnnaSophia Robb ( The Carrie Diaries ) as the lead , Lost in Space’sTaylor Russell , andTeen Wolf’sVictoria Moroles . Thurman is easy the most placeable star , and the new trailer features an unusually qabalistic accent for the ex-serviceman actress .
motion-picture fan might have a go at it Lois Duncan ’s name fromI Know What You Did Last Summer , the film that was primitively adapt in the previous 90s from her 1973 novel , eventually becoming a underage enfranchisement . Down a Dark Halllooks to be considerably different territory , with a gothic revulsion case of flavor , accented by the grim light and high cap of the elegant planetary house .
Rodrigo Cortés ( Buried ) directs an adapted screenplay by Michael Goldbach and Chris Sparling , crafting what looks like a late - summertime PG-13 spooky potboiler . For a teen - tailor thriller , the preview might not give a whole lot to the imagination ; it clearly depicts a fierce pallid - skinned fiendish booger who is probably not on the official shoal roll , garbed in a cloak and skulk around , as well as some possession and satanic ritual theatrics , complete with candles and chants .
As for Meyer , her most recent yield credit rating had nothing to do with sparkly vampires — she farm an adaption ofThe master of ceremonies , her best - selling sci - fi romance novel , back in 2013 . WhileThe Hostfailed to find a similarly enthusiastic moving-picture show interview , perhaps a Lois Duncan novel will result in a loge office success this prison term around .
Down A Dark Hallhits theaters on August 17 .
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