Mary Harron told us her film is "an emotional drama in a modern Gothic setting...with some supernatural trappings." She says it's "more emotionally intense" than scary.
The gothic thriller with vampire-literature-influences is based on the book by Rachel Klein. It's official synopsis reads,
Rebecca (Sarah Bolger), a young girl who, haunted by her father’s suicide, enrolls in an elite boarding school for girls. Before long, Rebecca’s friendship with the popular Lucy (Sarah Gadon) is shattered by the arrival of a dark and mysterious new student named Ernessa (Lily Cole). Lucy falls under Ernessa’s spell and becomes emotionally and physically consumed by her glamorous new friend. Rebecca, whose overtures of concern are rejected by Lucy, finds herself lost and confused. She begins to develop a crush on her handsome English teacher, Mr. Davies (Scott Speedman) and immerses herself in the Gothic vampire novel Carmilla for his class. Rebecca starts to suspect that Ernessa is a vampire, but, despite the suspicious deaths that begin to occur, her fears are treated as simple girlish jealousy. As the bodies of young girls pile up and the line between reality and the supernatural starts to blur, Rebecca decides to take matters into her own hands and get rid of Ernessa. Who can say what is real and what is unreal to the heart consumed by passion and a mind afire with loss? Based on the bestselling novel by Rachel Klein, THE MOTH DIARIES is a harrowing story of the anxieties, lusts and fears of adolescence.
The first teaser footage didn't show us much about the characters or the film, but this trailer does:
Mary Harron told us her film is "an emotional drama in a modern Gothic setting...with some supernatural trappings." She says it's "more emotionally intense" than scary.
That looks good. There should be more movies set in elite girl's boarding schools.
I'm just sayin'...