G review – gothic dread meets goofy comedy in a thrilling coming-of-age story

We hear how Baitface was chased to his death while returning home from school, accused of a crime he did not commit. In eerie circularity, these characters seem under suspicion by bigger surveilling forces, though they are eminently ordinary children. One is a high-achieving head boy worried about his standing when his homework diary is confiscated; another is grappling with gender identity; the third feels closely connected to a grandparent. You feel tenderness towards them as they banter, play-fight and fall out, in the way of children.