NIGHTBOOKS: Stylish Kid's Horror with a Focus on Acceptance
Nightbooks, the newest entry in children's horror, honors classic horror films, focuses on themes of acceptance, and has awesome production design.

Eleven-year-old Lauren is house sitting with her older brother Wout and sister Marit when their parents are away for the weekend. Lauren thinks the world of her sixteen-year-old brother, who, like fourteen-year-old Marit, seems to move in a magical world that is still obscure to Lauren. Lauren’s silent admiration and her feeling of being shout out battle for precedence.
Nightbooks, the newest entry in children's horror, honors classic horror films, focuses on themes of acceptance, and has awesome production design.
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