Fear the Night

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Fear the Night

2023

1h 32m

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Mystery & Thriller

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Eight women attend a bachelorette party at a remote farmhouse in the California hills. They are interrupted by the arrival of masked intruders who surround the place and begin shooting arrows at the home and the guests. One partygoer--Tess, a military veteran who is fighting her addictions and her difficulty at fitting in with other people--leads the women in making a stand against the attackers as they fight back in an effort to save themselves over the course of a single dark night.

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Critics Consensus

Despite typically strong work from Maggie Q, Fear the Night is a fairly generic and disappointingly tension-free thriller from writer-director Neil LaBute.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

Sep 19, 2023

1/5

This is a waste of time and streaming pixels.

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Noel Murray

Los Angeles Times

Jul 24, 2023

It's crafty enough, but it's lacking LaBute's usual acid wit and fearless provocations.

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Simon Abrams

RogerEbert.com

Jul 21, 2023

1/4

Eventually, it becomes hard to tell if the movie and its canned culture clash/battle of the sexes drama is just self-consciously tedious or also hatefully ungenerous.

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Chad Collins

Dread Central

Apr 1, 2024

4/5

Bloody, funny, and cathartic, Fear the Night is a wickedly violent showcase for Maggie Q.

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Jessica Scott

Nightmarish Conjurings

Feb 1, 2024

Shallow and unsatisfying, Fear the Night is an adequate home invasion thriller that could have been so much more...it turns away from interesting choices at every turn, leaving a generic, half-baked thriller behind.

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Chris Ward

Flickering Myth

Oct 13, 2023

There is actually very little here that you haven’t seen before; the lead performance from Maggie Q is strong, but that really is all it has going for it.

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Brian K

@CrazyLegs Nov 6, 2026

Absolutely nothing makes logical sense in this movie. The plot is laughably stupid. Maggie Q can't save this, but that's not her fault. Nothing is believable.

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michael P

@Labspeciman Nov 5, 2026

About several women friends who go to a house to throw a party and are attacked by local men who want money. Its not very good. I thought it was worth a try. My question is why didn't Tess take the bow and arrow in the shed instead of the axe?

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Denis R

@mrhollio Oct 13, 2026

another "hallmark horror" movie - shallow characters, women good, men bad, no soul video. skip it and save the time

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Marc Z

@TKDLife Oct 12, 2026

I became aware of Maggie Q when I screened the 2021 action film, The Protege. She is a poised and very cool action star and actress. This crazy movie about a bachelorette party gone wrong is very violent and fun to watch. While it is not very believable it is a good action film. The story and the action move along quickly. I never heard of this but I was glad I saw it.

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Charles P

@RT36323923 Oct 4, 2025

There are worse films about both female badassery and tormentors getting their just desserts...but there are also way, WAY, WAAAAAAAAY better films about these themes too. The script and likely direction are to blame, as the actors are acting their poor little hearts out (in some instances too hard, but these are relatively minor) - the lead however is written in such a way as to make one sorta hope the venerable evil 'good ole boys' at least get a few good licks in, even if they don't win - not because the character is female, but because she's so bleeding annoying to friends and random people alike...the character is also a magat however, so maybe just let the good ole bad boys just finish'er off...

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Sin S

@RT02343123 Sep 11, 2025

This movie may not work for the people it mocks but it definitely works for those of us who have had to endure them. If you like Fear The Night, you may also appreciate Big Driver (2014)

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Synopsis

Eight women attend a bachelorette party at a remote farmhouse in the California hills. They are interrupted by the arrival of masked intruders who surround the place and begin shooting arrows at the home and the guests. One partygoer--Tess, a military veteran who is fighting her addictions and her difficulty at fitting in with other people--leads the women in making a stand against the attackers as they fight back in an effort to save themselves over the course of a single dark night.

Director: Neil LaBute
Producer: Lawrence Greenberg, Lucas Jarach, Eric Brenner
Screenwriter: Neil LaBute
Distributor: Amor Media
Production Co: Buffalo 8 Productions, Quiver Distribution, BondIt Media Capital
Genre: Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 21, 2023, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 21, 2023
Runtime: 1h 32m

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