Now & Then Perfectly Captured The Spooky Side Of Girlhood

By candlelight in the cemetery, four girls summon the courage to speak to the dead. Samantha’s hand tightens around Teeny’s as they sit cross-legged around Dear Johnny’s grave, attempting to summon answers about his death. For most millennial girls, this is familiar territory: the sleepover Ouija board, the dare to summon Bloody Mary, the friend obsessed with crystals or astrology.When I first saw that scene in Now & Then, I was equal parts mesmerized and spooked, but fully entranced. It didn’t feel like make-believe; it felt like permission. Soon after, I was recreating it myself. These r