Alex and Yasmin look for an escape from a witch’s magical apartment.
Alex must tell a scary story each night to remain alive in Nightbooks. A witch has trapped him in her magical apartment, turning his interest in frightening fiction into an obligation imposed by his captor. Primary source: official synopsis and credits.
He is not the apartment’s only prisoner. Yasmin is also trapped there, and the two work together to find an escape. Their partnership gives the premise an objective beyond getting through the next storytelling session. Primary source: official synopsis and credits.
Winslow Fegley plays Alex, Lidya Jewett plays Yasmin and Krysten Ritter plays the witch. Netflix’s official logline identifies the apartment, the nightly demand and the prisoners’ collaboration as the central elements. Primary source: official synopsis and credits.
The stories Alex tells operate inside another story: his own confinement. Continuing to invent tales keeps him in the witch’s routine, while finding a way out requires the two prisoners to pursue something that routine does not offer. Primary source: official synopsis and credits.