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The boy Jacob Felsen (Luke Prael) lives with his mother and stepfather and has frequent nightmares. He is bullied at school and when his unknown grandmother dies, Jacob attends the funeral and becomes attracted to her, wearing her clothes and listening to her records. When his stepfather sees Jacob wearing his grandmother dress, his wife and him decide to send Jacob to a boarding school for outcasts and misfits in a creepy mansion in the middle of nowhere. Jacob is introduced to the principal and teacher, Dr. Sherman (Will Patton) and his wife Mrs. Sherman (Tammy Blanchard), and soon he meets his six other mates. Along the days, Jacob befriends them and together with the young Christine (Sterling Jerins), they note that something strange is happening in the school. What will they do to survive?

'Boarding School" is a weird but worthwhile watching psychological horror film. The locations are creepy and the young cast has great performance. The pace is slow but builds tension and the last minutes are intense with many plot points. The conclusion is great. My vote is six.

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I have to say this was a very odd film. But I was blown away by two particular young actors: Nicholas J Oliveri and Christopher Dylan White. Never heard of either but extremely impressed by both. Luke Prael is very good too. But the only reason I am commenting at all on this film is because of awesome performance given by Nicholas and Christopher. You'll just have to watch it to see why,

It has been some time since I have seen a kid with such pur acting chops. I loved Luke Prael as Jacob. He really keeps us wondering what is going on in that expansive imagination/head of his. His performance was near perfect alongside some other amazing young stars; not forgetting to mention a particularly breathtaking performance from the young starlet. This is a must see for indie lovers and lovers of horror outside the box. Just watch this if you appreciate the art of acting. I foresee a long career for Prael...if he keps it up and chooses his scripts wisely he can and will become one of the greats.

This is not your running around screaming getting slashed kind of horror movie - if it is a horror movie at all really. It certainly touches into the genre, but the story really crosses a lot of genre boundaries.

I found it compelling watching after the first five or ten minutes. You are not given all of the answers straight away - you have to wait - work it out for yourself - a gentle tease that keeps you glued to it.

The story is good, although there are a couple of parts that don't seem to fit very well initially, but make sense much later on.

The performances by the cast - especially the younger ones - is superb.

Well worth watching - but best suspend your expectations and enjoy the ride.

This film is a very well done, well acted, and well written. It was great to see Will Patton and Samantha Mathis as the villainous antagonists, but the two huge standout performances to me were the young Luke Prael and Sterling Jerins. I recognized Sterling Jerins from the first two "Conjuring" films, but her role in those was much smaller in comparison to this film. It was nice to see her talents utilized in a bigger, more fleshed out role as the pretty but devious Christine. Luke was a great counterpart for her, even if his character's eccentricities weren't really explained more. I also would've like to see the oddly romantic friendship between the two of them expanded on. Despite these lacking points, "Boarding School" was a good horror/thriller movie and I hope it gets some sort of following in the future.