cast of nancy drew and the hidden staircase

The rest of the strange phenomenon is explained by a rig that emits concentrated nutmeg through the house's air conditioning, which triggers dangerous hallucinations. The secret passage also contains props the intruder used to simulate a haunting, such as a rigged fuse box to manipulate the lights in the house. Nancy and Helen investigate, and they find a secret passage that leads outside, revealing how the 'ghost' entered the house. The next day, Nancy believes that someone broke in and tried scaring them out. That night, strange things begin to happen, with lights going out and then exploding, cabinet doors and drawers opening, and a cloaked figure appearing and warning Nancy to give up her mystery.

Excited by the mystery, Nancy stays overnight at Flora's home, along with Flora's niece Helen.

While performing community service as punishment for a prank on a school bully, Nancy meets Flora, an elderly woman needing help with an apparent haunting in her home. A local thug named Willie Wharton threatens Nancy one night to try to scare her father into backing down. While Nancy struggles to fit in, Carson is active in local politics, fighting the development of a train line through the town. The film received mixed reviews from critics, with praise for Lillis' performance and humor, but criticized its muddled plot and inconsistent tone.Īfter her mother's death, 16-year-old sleuth Nancy Drew and her father Carson relocate from Chicago to rural River Heights. Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase was released in the United States on March 15, 2019, by Warner Bros. It also stars Zoe Renee, Mackenzie Graham, Laura Slade Wiggins, Sam Trammell, and Linda Lavin in supporting roles. Pictures, stars Sophia Lillis in the role of Nancy Drew, as she investigates a haunted house. The film, produced by A Very Good Production and Red 56 and distributed by Warner Bros. Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase is a 2019 American teen mystery comedy film directed by Katt Shea with a screenplay by Nina Fiore and John Herrera, based on the book of the same name by Carolyn Keene which was earlier adapted for a 1939 film.

Cast of nancy drew and the hidden staircase