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The dramatic heft and dread of The Night delivers haunting psychological frights -- and an impressive feature directorial debut for Kourosh Ahari. Read critic reviews

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Movie Info

After a night out with friends, an exhausted married couple, Babak (Shahab Hosseini), Neda (Niousha Noor) and their baby take shelter in the grand, but eerie Hotel Normandie. Throughout a seemingly endless night, mysterious disturbances ruin their night's rest as Babak and Neda soon realize they're locked-in with a malevolent force that hungers for the dark secrets they've kept from one another.

Genre:

mystery and thriller, horror
Original Language:

Persian
Director:

Kourosh Ahari
Producer:

Alex Bretow, Kourosh Ahari, Jeffrey Allard, Cheryl Staurulakis, Armin Amiri, Mohammad Dormanesh
Writer:

Milad Jarmooz, Kourosh Ahari
Release Date (Theaters):

Jan 29, 2021 limited
Release Date (Streaming):

Jan 29, 2021
Box Office (Gross USA):

$26.1K
Runtime:

1h 45m
Production Co:

SuperNova8 Films, 7Skies Entertainment, Mammoth Pictures, Orama Filmworks, Indie Entertainment, Leveller Media

Cast & Crew

Shahab Hosseini
Babak Naderi

Niousha Noor
Neda Naderi

Leah Oganyan
Shabnam Naderi

Kathreen Khavari
Elahe

Elester Latham
Displaced Man

George Maguire
Hotel Receptionist

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Critic Reviews for The Night

All Critics (59) | Top Critics (14) | Fresh (48) | Rotten (11)

It delivers a clammy shiver of disquiet.

March 30, 2021 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Peter Bradshaw
Guardian
The Night defies easy explanation. There's more lurking here, in the lies we tell ourselves and each other, that you should experience for yourself.

March 21, 2021 | Full Review…

Roxana Hadadi
Pajiba
A goosebumps-inducing affair, "The Night" is at its most effectively unsettling when the focus is to evoke fear as opposed to when it physically shows what's haunting the characters trapped in their respective secret tragedies.

February 22, 2021 | Full Review…

Carlos Aguilar
Los Angeles Times
Spooky and unsettling, director Kourosh Ahari's eerie suspense yarn The Night got under my skin.

January 30, 2021 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

Sara Michelle Fetters
MovieFreak.com
It's all mood, and I don't know if it necessarily adds up.

January 30, 2021 | Full Review…

Christy Lemire
FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
I thought it really was effectively creepy... There's a pervasive sense that something is off.

January 30, 2021 | Full Review…

Angie Han
FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
It may be conventional - shadows loom; people aren't what they seem - but Kourosh Ahari, the film's director, shows he has a knack for elegant spookiness.

April 5, 2021 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Edward Porter
Sunday Times (UK)
Kourosh Ahari's disorienting ghost story books a guilt-laden Iranian couple into a hell of mirrors.

April 1, 2021 | Full Review…

Anton Bitel
VODzilla.co
A nerve-shredding, nail-biting, anxiety inducing nightmare, The Night is a masterclass in fear-building and easily one of the scariest films of the year so far.

March 29, 2021 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Kat Hughes
THN
The big reveal in the film is not as surprising as it is heartbreaking. And the impact that this revelation might have on viewers is what makes The Night a horror movie that wants people to think about issues that are larger than a ghost story.

March 13, 2021 | Full Review…

Carla Hay
Culture Mix
a film that doesn't just make us tense up and jump, but rather feel for the protagonists as they must face down all the demons they have tried to hide within

March 8, 2021 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

James Kendrick
Q Network Film Desk
The Night is more about sustained creepiness than actual big scares

February 21, 2021 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…

Steven Prokopy
Third Coast Review