Nightbooks

Deeply hurt that his passion for writing horror stories seems to be undervalued by everyone around him, young Alex (Winslow Fegley) runs away from home at the start of NIGHTBOOKS. But he doesn't get far: The elevator out of his New York City apartment stops between floors, and when he gets out to explore, he's sucked into a strange, meandering, old-fashioned home. There, wicked witch Natacha (Krysten Ritter) kills all the kids she abducts, but Alex quickly discovers he has a talent that could prove useful for her in that she requires a newly-minted horror story every night. Alex meets Yasmin (Lidya Jewett), another young girl Natacha keeps around as her housekeeper and cook. Yasmin has been in the house for years. They're also watched over by a ferocious disappearing cat, Lenore. Yasmin and Alex put their heads together to try to figure out a way to escape, though it appears only one child has ever managed to do this before.