Blaschke brought similar talents to bear in The Witch and his style is one of the huge selling points to Down a Dark Hall. He smartly uses cinematographer Jarin Blaschke's skill to create a very lush yet foreboding picture. Director Rodrigo Cortés (Buried) brings a stylish (yet somehow classical) feel to the proceedings. As their talents increase, so to does a malevolent sense of creeping doom, until Kit is faced with the realism that they may just be pawns in some larger game.ĭown a Dark Hall is an okay film. Time seems to be slipping away from Kit, as she finds herself in odd places, not knowing quite what's happened in the interim. Their passion turns into obsession and the women find themselves shrugging off earthly requirements, such as eating and drinking. Unfortunately, these new gifts come with a cost. The bully Veronica seems to be the only person who doesn't seem to be taking in the newfound artistry. And Kit, who cozies up to our handsome music teacher Jules (Noah Silver), is seemingly possessed by some musical maestro. Izzy (Isabelle Fuhrman) becomes a little math genius.

Ashley (Taylor Russell) begins to compose Romantic poetry and prose to stun the greats. Sierra (Rosie Day) begins to furiously paint with surprising artistry.

None of these young women seem to have any penchant for the arts, and yet as the days go by they seem to quickly fall into a groove. These five young women are to learn from a variety of teachers, including a mathematician, an artist, an English professor and the cutest and youngest music teacher, who gets awfully close to our dear Kit. At Blackwood, she meets the headmistress, played with scene-chewing aplomb by Uma Thurman, the staff and four other young women who also have been getting into trouble. You know she's punk AF, by the way, because she's sporting a lip ring, smokey eyes and a pink streak in her hair. She is sent to Blackwood Boarding School when her attitude and vaguely criminal in a YA story way gets too much for her mom to handle. Kit Gordy (AnnaSophia Robb) is a difficult young woman, who has continually gotten herself into trouble.

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