Lately, I’ve been in the mood to watch coming-of-age films, and as someone who grew up reading Judy Blume and is a horror fan, I’m lucky that there’s an entire subgenre of films that explore the terror and mystery that is adolescence. I’m particularly interested in coming-of-age films that deal with the supernatural (think: Talk to Me, The Craft, Thelma). In these films, the adults are ineffective or untrustworthy, our protagonists are dealing with the unknown, and they’re also realizing that knowledge, good or bad, comes with consequences. And there’s no supernatural coming-of-age film that captures all of this better than Eve’s Bayou.

If it’s been on your watchlist for a while or you need an excuse to watch it again, now is a great time to revisit it. Eve’s Bayou is currently...