![]() The film opens almost like a throwback to low-key 80s teen horrors like Lady in White and Watcher in the Woods, but with a less naïve approach to the main characters. Possibly influenced by her new crush and current gothic literature teacher (Scott Speedman) or possibly because she shares her father’s illness, Rebecca slowly starts chalking up the deaths and expulsions of her other close friends to the new kid, who might just turn out to be a vampire of something. ![]() Their bond – forged apparently by the suicide of Rebecca’s father and Lucie’s sympathy – slowly begins to break down thanks to the arrival of a creepy new student named Ernessa (Lily Cole) who seems to want Lucie for her own. ![]() Returning back a posh boarding school in the former Bragwyn Hotel for a new term, Rebecca (Sarah Bolger) reunites with her BFF Lucie (Sarah Gadon). Second, the film doesn’t start off half bad, setting the tone for a cheesy slumber party styled romp before descending slowly and painfully into self-importance, offensiveness, and laughable incoherence. The first would be the participation of writer-director Mary Harron, who previously helmed both American Psycho and The Notorious Betty Page, and has proven that she’s quite adept to the feminine sensibilities this adaptation of Rachel Klein’s novel deserves. ![]() ![]() The categorical failure of the Canadian produced teen horror flick The Moth Diaries comes as a shock for two main reasons. ![]()
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