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Movie Info

A widow begins to discover her recently deceased husband's disturbing secrets.

Rating:

R (Language|Some Violence/Disturbing Image|Some Sexual References)
Genre:

mystery and thriller, horror
Original Language:

English
Director:

David Bruckner
Producer:

David S. Goyer, Keith Levine, John Zois
Writer:

Luke Piotrowski, Ben Collins
Release Date (Theaters):

Jul 16, 2021 limited
Runtime:

1h 48m
Production Co:

Anton, Phantom 4 Films
Aspect Ratio:

Flat (1.85:1)

Cast & Crew

Rebecca Hall
Beth

Samantha Buck
Becky

Stacy Martin

Vondie Curtis-Hall
Mel

Sarah Goldberg
Claire

Evan Jonigkeit
Owen

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Critic Reviews for The Night House

All Critics (24) | Top Critics (7) | Fresh (21) | Rotten (3)

Bruckner told the premiere crowd your reaction will come down to what you find most frightening, "the idea that ghosts exist or the realization that they don't." The statement alone rattled me. Having it on my mind during his movie chilled me to the bone.

February 5, 2020 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…

Perri Nemiroff
Collider
Unfortunately, the script by Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski is clunky-in the convoluted nature of its reveals and also in the sometimes-baffling behavior on display.

February 5, 2020 | Rating: C+ | Full Review…

A.A. Dowd
AV Club
If you're in the mood for scares, and a fantastic lead to boot, The Night House demands a visit.

January 30, 2020 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…

Meagan Navarro
Bloody Disgusting
Instead of making the story more ominous with its very broody tone, The Night House negotiates both lacking ideas about loss and dull horror execution.

January 28, 2020 | Full Review…

Nick Allen
RogerEbert.com
For as hard as it hits, "The Night House" doesn't bruise enough to follow you home. But the movie's soundscape will vibrate around the hollow of your bones for a long time to come.

January 27, 2020 | Rating: B- | Full Review…

David Ehrlich
indieWire
A knack for creepy atmospherics and individual scares goes a long way in the horror genre, and it takes "The Night House" pretty far.

January 27, 2020 | Full Review…

Dennis Harvey
Variety
THE NIGHT HOUSE is a horror film of the mind and the heart and a very successful one at that. It holds no easy answers and is very daring for taking that lonely route.

March 1, 2021 | Full Review…

Dolores Quintana
Dolores Quintana
A strong haunted house film, where ghosts and the occult come into play.

February 25, 2021 | Rating: B | Full Review…

Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Benefits from [David] Bruckner's finely calibrated direction, Elisha Christian's moody cinematography, and Rebecca Hall's utterly committed central performance.

February 28, 2020 | Full Review…

Mel Valentin
ScreenAnarchy
Marrying grief and the horror genre isn't exactly new territory, but in The Night House, we see it explored in a much different fashion than before, thanks to an effective and thought-provoking script from writers Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski.

February 4, 2020 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Heather Wixson
Daily Dead
Whether it's because of the script or David Bruckner's so-so direction, its attempts at eschatological dread don't quite stick.

February 2, 2020 | Rating: C+ | Full Review…

Matt Cipolla
The Film Stage
It's both human and supernatural in its exploration, and this is what horror, in both the universal encapsulation of fear and our own psychological untangling of it, is supposed to do.

February 1, 2020 | Full Review…

Kristy Strouse
Film Inquiry