Down a Dark Hall (2018)

A troubled teen named Kit Gordy is forced to join the exclusive Blackwood Boarding School, just to find herself trapped by dark forces around its mysterious headmistress, Madame Duret.

Director:

Rodrigo Cortés

Writers:

Michael Goldbach (screenplay by) (as Mike Goldbach), Chris Sparling (screenplay by)

Stars:

AnnaSophia Robb, Uma Thurman, Isabelle Fuhrman

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
AnnaSophia Robb	...	Katherine 'Kit' Gordy
Uma Thurman	...	Madame Duret
Isabelle Fuhrman	...	Izzy
Victoria Moroles	...	Veronica
Noah Silver	...	Jules Duret
Taylor Russell	...	Ashley
Rosie Day	...	Sierra
Rebecca Front	...	Mrs. Olonsky
Jodhi May	...	Heather Sinclair
Pip Torrens	...	Professor Farley
Kirsty Mitchell	...	Ginny Gordy-Dabrowski
Jim Sturgeon	...	Dave Dabrowski
David Elliot	...	Robert Gordon
Brian Bovell	...	Dr. MacMillan
Julia Stresen-Reuter Ramírez	...	Young Kit (as Julia Stressen-Reuter)

Storyline

After the death of her father when she was a child, Kit Gordy has grown up as a troubled teen for disgust of her mother Ginny and her stepfather Dave Dabrowski. Called to the principal's office of her high school and accused of a failed attempt to burn it, Kit is expelled from the high school, but Dr. Heather Sinclair, member of the staff of the Blackwood Boarding School, appears to offer her a place in the next school year. Ginny enlists Kit against her will in a try to correct her daughter, and Kit travels Blackwood, an old, isolated and dark mansion in the middle of a forest outside the city. There she meets her companions: nice Izzy, shy Ashley, reluctant Sierra and borderline Veronica, so troubled teens as her own. In the dinner presentation, Kit and the other girls meet Madame Duret, Blackwood's headmistress, and the rest of the staff: Pr. Farley (maths), Jules Duret (music), Heather Sinclair (arts) and Mrs. Olonsky, Madame Duret's rude right-hand to keep the peace in Blackwood....

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Plot Keywords:

troubled teen | private school | schoolgirl | piano playing | teacher student relationship | 

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Taglines:

Welcome to Blackwood. Where lost girls find their way.

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Genres:

Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for mature thematic content, terror and violence, some language including a sexual reference, and smoking

Did You Know?

Trivia

The movie is based on a book with the same title "Down a Dark Hall" by Lois Duncan. The hit horror film I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) was also adapted from a Lois Duncan novel.

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Goofs

The music teacher mentions several composers during the first lesson, among them "Giovanni Peroglessi". The composers name, however, is "Pergolesi".

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Crazy Credits

After the credits end the movie returns back to the secret room on fire at the Blackwood Boarding School.

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Connections

Referenced in Zoe Ball on ...: Sunday 9 (2018)

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Soundtracks

Black Balloon
Performed by The Kills
Written by Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince
From the album Midnight Boom

User Reviews

Bland effort.

Just finished watching this and to be honest, I couldn't wait for it to end. This movie just shows you can have a great cast, decent score, and a great setting but still fall by the wayside. It's not terrible, just meh. It gave off vibes of "The Orphanage" (2007) but it is nowhere near the class of that movie.

Details

Country:

USA Spain

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 August 2018 (USA)

Also Known As:

Down a Dark Hall

Filming Locations:

Barcelona, Spain

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$2,707,199

Company Credits

Production Co:

Summit Entertainment, Fickle Fish Films, Nostromo Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1