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Jealousy flares after the headmistress of an elite boarding school for girls becomes obsessed with a new student.


“Welcome to Blackwood. Where lost girls find their way.”
Kit, a troubled girl, is sent to the exclusive Blackwood boarding school, where she discovers that only four other female students have been admitted to learn the four pillars of knowledge under the ominous wing of the mysterious headmistress Madame Duret.

AnnaSophia Robb
Kit

Uma Thurman
Madame Duret

Isabelle Fuhrman
Izzy

Victoria Moroles
Veronica

Noah Silver
Jules

Taylor Russell
Ashley

Rosie Day
Sierra

Rebecca Front
Miss Orlonsky

Jodhi May
Heather Sinclair

Pip Torrens
Professor Farley
Down a Dark Hall is a horror, mystery, thriller, fantasy, drama film released in 2018 exploring themes of boarding school, music teacher, haunted house, private school, possessed, math teacher. Directed by Rodrigo Cortés, it stars AnnaSophia Robb, Uma Thurman, Isabelle Fuhrman. Kit, a troubled girl, is sent to the exclusive Blackwood boarding school, where she discovers that only four other female students have been admitted to learn the four pillars of knowledge under the ominous wing of the mysterious headmistress Madame Duret.
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