The Moth Diaries
Rebecca is a young girl who, haunted by her father’s suicide, enrolls in an elite boarding school for girls. Before long, her friendship with the popular Lucy is shattered by the arrival of a dark and mysterious new student named Ernessa, whom Rebecca suspects may be responsible for the rising body count at the school.
Why it matters
A brooding, atmospheric take on gothic vampire lore filtered through adolescent grief and jealousy at an all-girls boarding school.
- Revisits Carmilla’s lesbian vampire mythos with subtlety and psychological unease rather than overt scares.
- Sarah Bolger’s vulnerable lead anchors a story about trauma’s distortion of reality and adolescent isolation.
- Lily Cole’s ethereal, unsettling presence blurs the line between supernatural menace and teenage paranoia.
- Slow-burning and ambiguous, it’s for viewers who prefer mood and metaphor over jump scares or gore.
Director
Cast
Horror DNA
Gore
14
Slow Burn
83
Psychological
100
Supernatural
0
Creature
18
Disturbing
67
Fun Factor
17
Cerebral
99
Survival
50
Vampire
