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Synopsis: It's Halloween 1997 - the last night of high school for Corey, Jango and their skater gang, The Gromits. Childhood is over and adult life beckons. But for Corey, his past has some unfinished business. When he encounters Jonah, a former childhood friend but now victimized by Jango's cruel streak, Corey takes pity on him and agrees to walk him home for old time's sake. What starts off as a normal walk through empty suburban streets descends into something darker and magical as they tell each other ghost stories, drawing upon their fears of the world around them. As they walk through their memories and ghosts of the past, Corey is surprised to discover how much he still has in common with his abandoned friend. But on the night of the grave's delight, even the most buried truths will find a way of coming to life.
Director(s): Nicholas Verso
Production: Mushroom Pictures
  3 wins & 7 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.3
Rotten Tomatoes:
80%
TV-MA
Year:
2016
112 min
296 Views


This is just for tonight. Don't think

'cause we're talking, we're friends.

I wouldn't dream of it.

And remember the rules.

Game isn't over till we get home.

No wimping out midway through. I know.

Ready to cross?

You're on.

'Tis the night...

...the night of the grave's delight.

Hey.

Short cut.

It rained last week.

I'm not going in some deathtrap drain.

Come on. This is Cocytus.

It's more than a drain. It's a passageway.

It could lead us anywhere.

Where's your sense of adventure?

Where's your common sense?

I don't want to go in there.

Scared? Scared certain death lurks within?

It's not death I'm scared of.

Jeannie was scared.

Is this part of the game?

Haven't you heard the stories?

Once there was...

...and once there was not.

A girl called Jeannie

who was afraid of the dark.

She played Cocytus too with her older sister.

In her fantasy, they were princesses

living in a castle far, far away.

Two dreamers, united against the world...

...waiting for their lives to begin.

And one day, the knights came.

But they weren't valiant or brave.

And though they were pretty,

the girls weren't wise.

For wolves may lurk...

...in any guise.

She didn't want to be left behind,

so she followed.

But the distance between them

grew and grew...

...until she could barely

see her sister anymore.

While Jeannie was afraid of the dark...

...she was more scared of being left behind.

Katherine!

But Jeannie didn't know

that there are some dark places...

...one should never walk alone.

For tunnels can be longer than they appear.

Katherine!

And there are things in this world

we don't read about in the storybooks.

Not everyone can survive the dark.

Did she die?

Can't have a good story without a dead body.

Now she's just another lonely ghost

haunting these tunnels.

The saddest part...

...she doesn't even know she's dead.

Ghosts, huh?

Suppose you believe in the tooth fairy too.

Light a match.

Only when she sees light

does she realize she's dead.

And her scream will stay with you

till the day you die.

- You're trippin'.

- Light it.

- You're retarded.

- You're scared.

Least I'm not the only one.

Be ready.

Yeah, Kurt Cobain.

You don't know who Kurt Cobain is?

No.

Hey!

Who wants to go hunting?

Miss Susie had a steamboat.

The steamboat had a bell.

Miss Susie went to heaven.

The steamboat went to hell.

I wish you'd go away.

We taking High Street or Cotham?

I'm not falling for your sh*t again.

Yeah, I am.

Suppose you want to walk

on the other side of the street.

This place doesn't scare me anymore.

Yeah, right.

You used to wet yourself

when we passed Boo Radley's.

His name is Edward.

It's open.

I'm not going inside.

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