If you’re a woman around the age of 30, chances are you read a great deal of L.J. Smith and Lois Duncan novels when you were a teenager. Based on Lois Duncan’s novel of the same name, Down a Dark Hall is a supernatural teenage thriller coming to theaters this August 17th. The film is produced by Stephanie Myer, of Twilight fame, and looks to be in a similar vein as far as films go.
The film stars Uma Thurman as an odd Headmistress of the school, as well as AnnaSophia Robb (Soul Surfer, The Carrie Diaries), Isabelle Fuhrman (Orphan), Victoria Moroles (Teen Wolf), Noah Silver (The Tribes of Palos Verdes), Taylor Russell (TV’s Falling Skies) and Rosie Day (Outlander).
Here’s the official synopsis from Lionsgate:
Kit (AnnaSophia Robb), a difficult young girl, is sent to the mysterious Blackwood Boarding School when her heated temper becomes too much for her mother to handle. Once she arrives at Blackwood, Kit encounters eccentric headmistress Madame Duret (Uma Thurman) and meets the school’s only other students, four young women also headed down a troubled path. While exploring the labyrinthine corridors of the school, Kit and her classmates discover that Blackwood Manor hides an age-old secret rooted in the paranormal.
