The Moth Diaries

9/26/2023

**_Modern version of Carmilla at an all-girls boarding school in the Northeast_** Rebecca (Sarah Bolger) becomes suspicious of a mysterious new student (Lily Cole) at her private prep school. Is it just teenage jealousy heightened by trauma over her dad’s death or does Ernessa have a dark secret? “The Moth Diaries” (2011) is a psychological youth drama that eventually throws in bits of fantasy or horror. The latter is low-key with enough ambiguity about what’s going on to (mis)lead some. I can’t say more because I don’t want to give anything away. I’ll just point out that “Carmilla” is emphasized in the English Literature class, which was written by Irish novelist Sheridan Le Fanu and published in 1872, predating Bram Stoker's "Dracula" by some 25-26 years. The setting of course