Duncan's Gothic suspense novel, DOWN A DARK HALL, is being filmed for the Big Screen and will probably be released in. Down a Dark Hall (1974), a young adult gothic novel by Lois Duncan, follows Kit Gordy, whose parents send her away to a boarding school.

The film is based on the novel of the same name by Lois Duncan and s. That book has now been republished by Scholastic along with two sequels, News for Dogs (2009) and Movie for Dogs (2010). My spoiler-free review of Down a Dark Hall from director Rodrigo Cortes and Lionsgate. Recorded at Abbey Road Studios with the Chamber Orchestra of London, the CD comes with a lavish 16-page booklet that includes an interview with the composer by film music writer Daniel Schweiger. The 1971 children's book Hotel for Dogs was released as a theatrical movie in 2009, starring Emma Roberts. An obsessive and classy waltz 'Etude,' composed by Reyes and Cortés, is also included.

It encompasses the sound of Gothic terror, full-blooded romanticism, an impressionistic love theme (Kit & Jules), and a return to the openly symphonic sound that we miss in other current scores. Kit (AnnaSophia Robb), a difficult young girl, is sent to the mysterious Blackwood Boarding School when her heated temper becomes too much for her mother to handle. Victor Reyes crafts a mesmerizing, haunting orchestral score with suspenseful atmospherics. The story is about a troubled teen named Kit Gordy (Rob) who is forced to join the exclusive Blackwood Boarding School, only to find herself trapped by dark forces surrounding its mysterious headmistress, Madame Duret (Thurman). Quartet Records and Lionsgate present the soundtrack album of the new collaboration between Victor Reyes and Rodrigo Cortés, following their three successful films together: The Contestant, Buried and Red Lights.ĭown a Dark Hall, starring Uma Thurman, AnnaSophia Rob and Noah Silver, is based on a novel by Lois Ducan. The story follows Kit ( AnnaSophia Robb ), one of five students at the mysterious Blackwood Boarding School that's run by headmistress Madame Duret ( Uma Thurman ). *Composed by Víctor Reyes and Rodrigo Cortés Parents need to know that Down a Dark Hall is based on the classic gothic YA novel by Lois Duncan.

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