Dir- Daniel di Grado
Alena is a young girl who has been accepted at a posh private school with the hope she can make friends and excel in her new environment. Her attempts at socializing are thwarted by a group of girls led by the leader of the Lacrosse team who makes it her goal to get her kicked out of school. Alena does have some dark secrets and a mysterious friend who seems ready to defend Alena to any extent. Horror movies set in boarding schools often focus on some secret society of witches or ghosts, yet Alena is not a horror movie in the conventional sense. Based on a Swedish graphic novel by Kim W Andersson, Alena is a tale of the horror of teen life as seen through the eyes of a young woman who has faced the pain of loss and struggles to overcome the bullying she faces for merely being from a low-income family. Although the film does follow the formula of some supernatural themed teen revenge films, it is not a copycat of Carrie. Instead it a coming of age film that uses themes that most teen girls face along with the trauma felt after one faces tragedy. Watching Alena, I was drawn to the title character as she is well cast in a role that is more Carrie White and less Clueless.
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