The Sisterhood of Night is a film in which should be shown to everyone. This movie is based around a group of teens who opted to step away from the social networks and all the ignorant drama that takes place within them, in fact they specified Facebook to be the one to opt away from. A group of teens form a secret club and that club was to simply help each other have an outlet to work on their inner problems and cope with them without the ignorance of gossipers.This movie showed how something as simple as their club can be turned into a public spectacle due to jealousy within the social aspect of social media outlets such as facebook. This movie was not a perfectly overpriced film, and it did not casts the A list of actors and actresses, it put the story out as it was to be. The story-line was amazing, the cast did a wonderful job, this movie as a whole deserves an award for what they made. Outstanding!!!

All references to the crucible aside this is not that. It has nothing to do with the theme of the crucible and the pressure of that closed off community. This is the story of a bunch of 15 year olds who destroy a town and everyone in it because they're cold blooded sociopaths. Maybe the feminist narrative is to call that empowered or a story of how teenagers girls relate to each other in a real way but it's not. These are girls who grow up to be serial killers. They are literally the manifestation of pure evil. I really can't understand why anyone who's seen this movie says they can relate to these girls unless they see themselves as sociopaths to too. And who knows maybe they do. I think they should have set the movie in 1975 Cambodia and had the girls join the Khmer Rouge to wage genocide on their schoolmates. Or maybe 1935 Germany where they grow up to be guards at Auschwitz. Either way I'm sure someone will claim it's a feminist epistle.

When I saw the trailer for this movie, it looked gorgeous; the idea of a secret society of teenage girls is one that I've enjoyed since I was a teenage girl myself. What young girl doesn't want to be a part of something bigger than herself, something secret and special? Initially, I admit, I thought that the movie was going to take a turn toward the supernatural or horror genres, that the sisterhood was going to turn out to be a cult, that they were summoning something or casting spells, and although the lack of it wasn't disappointing, the entire movie felt like it was building up to something that just didn't come through. The entire time, I was setting myself up for some big reveal or plot twist, but if the true purpose of the sisterhood was supposed to be a plot twist, it was a disappointing one. The film was still gorgeous. I thought it was well acted, and I enjoyed watching it. But it felt unfinished, like there was something missing, or something that I didn't quite understand. And maybe I didn't understand it; I certainly am not going to rule that out. But it definitely left me wanting.

I was fortunate to be in the North American Premiere of this film at the Woodstock Film Festival in October. Having grown up in Kingston, NY where the film was shot was an added highlight. In addition, the screenwriter and director, along with many actors in the film were available for a question and answer session after the showing. The filmmaking and acting was terrific. Georgie Henley did a great job as the main female lead as did Kal Penn, as a Guidance Counselor. The storyline was intense, but humor added in between the dramatic parts of the plot worked very well. Since the main characters are teenage girls, I would imagine that it would be that age group that is drawn to this film.