Boys in the Trees

Boys in the Trees (2016) is an Australian supernatural drama from Nicholas Verso, and you can watch online on iFILM. It's Halloween 1997, the last night of a fading childhood for a pack of suburban skaters.

Corey is halfway out the door into adulthood when he runs into Jonah, a friend from primary school now bullied without mercy by Corey's own crew. Out of guilt, Corey offers to walk him home, and an ordinary stroll through empty streets turns into a trek through ghost stories, childhood fears and everything the two of them buried years ago.

Verso folds a teen coming-of-age story into quiet horror; there's far more melancholy and after-dark magic here than jump scares. Toby Wallace and Gulliver McGrath carry the film on the fragile chemistry of two boys who'd rather spook each other with tales than say anything honest. An atmospheric pick for anyone drawn to stories about friendship, loss and the dread of growing up. Stream Boys in the Trees (2016) online on iFILM.