The Moth Diaries

The Moth Diaries

Every girl has her secrets.

Directed by Mary Harron

Produced by Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, Samson Films

201182 min5.3 / 10

A gothic boarding-school mystery that blends psychological horror with supernatural suspicion, anchored in grief and the paranoia of adolescent female friendships.

Rebecca is a young girl who, haunted by her father’s suicide, enrolls in an elite boarding school for girls. Before long, her friendship with the popular Lucy is shattered by the arrival of a dark and mysterious new student named Ernessa, whom Rebecca suspects may be responsible for the rising body count at the school.

Questions people ask

  • Is The Moth Diaries sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.

  • Is The Moth Diaries scary? Yes. More frightening than 82% of films.

  • Does The Moth Diaries end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 80% of films.

  • Is The Moth Diaries easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.

  • Is The Moth Diaries violent? Somewhat. More violent than 59% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

16/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity55

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise6

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love5

How much audiences actually like it

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

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Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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