The Moth Diaries is a 2011 gothic horror[2] film written and directed by Mary Harron, based on the 2002 novel of the same name by Rachel Klein.

The girls' hallmate Charley is expelled for throwing a chair through a window after taking drugs provided by Ernessa at a party.

Rebecca's close friends all die, depart the school, or abandon her due to Ernessa's influence, leaving her with nowhere to turn for support but Mr. Davies, a new English teacher who is a fan of her father's poetry and shows a particular interest in her.

The two share ideas on Romantic literature and poetry, and he tells Rebecca that vampires do not necessarily drink blood, but seek to drain the life from their victims.

She hears a noise in Lucy's room one night and looks in to find her naked in bed with Ernessa, crying out in either pleasure or pain.

Ernessa confronts Rebecca in the library and presents her with a razor blade, elaborating on the pleasure of death and taunting her about her father's suicide.

The website's consensus reads, "Left in the dust of yesterday's vampiric novelties, The Moth Diaries swarms in the wind, amidst lackluster thrills and a script with too many holes to count.

He stated that "unlike other young-adult adaptations, the ritual and hardship of being in high school is never edged out by the supernatural goings-on; Rebecca and her friends worry about boys and grades as much as vampires ... Harron was attempting to communicate honestly with teens and pre-teen girls, to make a movie with characters and situations they might recognize."

Tafoya further added, "Where the world refuses to stop turning just because crisis mounts for one girl, and thanks to a careless if not downright malicious marketing and distribution strategy, its audience never got a chance to watch it alongside Twilight sequels or Marvel movies ...