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The Night House

  • 2020
  • R
  • 1h 47m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
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Rebecca Hall in The Night House (2020)
A widow begins to uncover her recently deceased husband's disturbing secrets.
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A widow begins to uncover her recently deceased husband's disturbing secrets.A widow begins to uncover her recently deceased husband's disturbing secrets.A widow begins to uncover her recently deceased husband's disturbing secrets.

  • Director
    • David Bruckner
  • Writers
    • Ben Collins
    • Luke Piotrowski
  • Stars
    • Rebecca Hall
    • Sarah Goldberg
    • Vondie Curtis-Hall
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.4/10
    75K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    2,046
    430
    • Director
      • David Bruckner
    • Writers
      • Ben Collins
      • Luke Piotrowski
    • Stars
      • Rebecca Hall
      • Sarah Goldberg
      • Vondie Curtis-Hall
    • 645User reviews
    • 189Critic reviews
    • 68Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 19 nominations total

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    Rebecca Hall
    Rebecca Hall
    • Beth
    Sarah Goldberg
    Sarah Goldberg
    • Claire
    Vondie Curtis-Hall
    Vondie Curtis-Hall
    • Mel
    • (as Vondie Curtis Hall)
    Evan Jonigkeit
    Evan Jonigkeit
    • Owen
    Stacy Martin
    Stacy Martin
    • Madelyne
    David Abeles
    David Abeles
    • Gary
    Christina Jackson
    Christina Jackson
    • Heather
    Patrick A. Sova
    Patrick A. Sova
    • Bob
    • (as Patrick Klein)
    Crystal Swann
    Crystal Swann
    • Principal
    Catherine Weidner
    • Teacher
    Laura Austin
    Laura Austin
    • Relative
    Jacob Garrett White
    • Clerk
    Samantha Buck
    Samantha Buck
    • Becky
    Lydia Hand
    Lydia Hand
    • Woman in Pink
    Lea Enslin
    Lea Enslin
    • Woman in White
    Amy Zubieta
    Amy Zubieta
    • Woman in Green
    Allie McCulloch
    Allie McCulloch
    • Woman in Red
    Amber Anne
    Amber Anne
    • Bridesmaid
    • (uncredited)
    • …
    • Director
      • David Bruckner
    • Writers
      • Ben Collins
      • Luke Piotrowski
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    User reviews645

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    7FeastMode

    Scream 5 would call this elevated horror

    Well-made psychological horror flick with a great performance by Rebecca Hall. It can be considered a slow burn but I was fully invested and never bored. Very atmospheric. Lots of beautiful shots. Some effective scares. Great movie overall and I would definitely watch it again.

    (2 viewings, 2/7/2022, 4/21/2024)
    7johannes2000-1

    Effective ghost story, especially the first half.

    For the first hour of the movie I was very much intrigued by this slowly but effectively unfolding story, getting more and more bewildered, just like main character Beth, by the weird and scary goings-on. The photography is great, and beside a nice sinister atmosphere, there are multiple jump-scares to keep you on the edge of your chair. Rebecca Hall carries the whole movie admirably, she's totally convincing, first as the grieved and forlorn widow of a husband that out of the blue committed suicide, subsequently as the exasperated woman who thinks she's losing her mind. She's not trying to win our sympathy with her aggrieved and angry behavior and her heavy drinking, but you do team up with her when her world turns upside down on her.

    Unfortunately in the last half hour, when you expect that all loose ends finally will come together, the story went totally overboard, every other new thing that Beth finds out about her husband only made the narrative get more and more incomprehensible, and at last the weirdness and confusion escalated into a conclusion that was really too mind-boggling, at least for my simple brain.

    But maybe expecting some logic in a supernatural ghost story is a bit naive anyway.
    8george.schmidt

    Hall is remarkable in this excellent modern ghost story.

    THE NIGHT HOUSE (2021) *** Rebecca Hall, Sarah Goldberg, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Evan Jonigkeit, Stacy Martin. Compelling supernatural drama about a recently widowed woman (Hall in a remarkable performance) who begins to question her sanity when she begins to make discoveries of her late husband's past as well as their home which seems to house a sinister presence. Well directed by David Bruckner with just the amount of dread and genuine jolts thanks also to a shrewd screenplay by Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowsk. The pin-pricking score by Ben Lovett & handsomely shot cinematography by Elisha Christian makes all the difference in this modern day ghost story.
    7A_Different_Drummer

    creepy and well done

    First there is Hall who, until now, has been punching below her weight class and finally gets to show she can carry a film. A tight script, nicely directed. And some genuinely scary scenes.
    5themadcamel

    Genuinely Creepy, But....

    Good pace, Brilliantly acted, and above all intense and genuinely creepy......

    But,

    And this is where it looses me...

    Being Vague isn't intelligent.

    So many films these days just skip over that little part where it all comes together. Where the plot thickens. They avoid massive plot holes And just look the other way.

    There are whole scenes in this movie that have absolutely nothing to do with anything, they are only there to be scary and mysterious, but don't further the plot or are even explained in anyway.

    It's A Mystery if the Writer clearly has no idea how to end it?

    Would "Seven" have been a better film if we never found out "Whats in The Box"?

    Anticlimactic

    Leaving the viewer to fill in the voids is lazy storytelling.

    Rant over.

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    • Trivia
      When Beth flips through photos on Owen's phone, one of the first photos shown is of two men laughing. The photo is of the film's screenwriters, Luke Piotrowski and Ben Collins, who met in high school in Georgia and began writing together in college.
    • Goofs
      Whenever the stereo switches on to show a presence, it plays the same CD. However, the screen on the stereo always shows that FM is selected and it's tuned to 87.4, the starting point of the FM tuning spectrum where no channels exist.

      Not necessarily an error: it could just as easily be part of the mystery of supernatural occurrences.
    • Quotes

      Claire: But who knows, right? Who's to say what happens once we "shuffle off this mortal coil"? "What dreams may come"?

      Gary: No Shakespeare until next fall, please.

      Beth: Are you really trying to cheer me up with the suicide soliloquy?

    • Connections
      Featured in How Sound Is Used to Create Suspense in Horror Movies (2021)
    • Soundtracks
      The Calvary Cross
      Written by Richard Thompson

      Performed by Richard Thompson & Linda Thompson

      Courtesy of Universal-Island Records Ltd

      Under License from Universal Music Enterprises

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    • Release date
      • August 20, 2021 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • hotstar
      • Official Disney+ Hotstar Indonesia
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • La casa oscura
    • Filming locations
      • Syracuse, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Searchlight Pictures
      • TSG Entertainment
      • Anton
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $7,100,581
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $2,859,409
      • Aug 22, 2021
    • Gross worldwide
      • $15,437,703
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      • 1h 47m(107 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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