
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 ... (Full plot summary below)
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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.
Leave your thoughts about Boys in the Trees.
| HorrorNews.netMichelle SwopeBoys in the Trees is a wonderful love letter to Halloween that explores friendship, growing up, and death. Magnificent to look at and devastating, it is a masterpiece. |
| JunkeeGlenn Dunks[A] defining scream in the dark for people to listen to the voices and the stories of queer youth, which are often told without spoken words. |
| The Final CutJason Di RossoIt feels like an urban legend told at a slumber party - earnest and creepy with a plot twist you see coming - but first-time writer/director Nicholas Verso's delight is palpable. |
| Birth.Movies.Death.Robert SaucedoA wonderful feature debut from a filmmaker who is sure to be somebody to watch very closely. |
| AV ClubKatie Rife... its hallucinatory imagery anchored by realistically profane teen dialogue and a tragic LGTBQ subtext. |
| The AustralianStephen RomeiThis is a film that grows on me the more I think about it. |
| ABC Radio (Australia)CJ JohnsonWho knew to mesh the American Halloween aesthetic to Adelaide streets, skateboard culture and Dinosaur Jr? |
| The Film StageJared MobarakReality and fantasy merge into a waking nightmare of stunning revelations. |
| Sydney Morning HeraldSandra HallAdolescence is not endlessly fascinating. |
| sbs.com.auAnthony MorrisVerso packs his film with memorable moments, but often they feel like they're simply stacked one atop the next without any dramatic drive or progression. But that's how being a teen feels like sometimes. |