The Night House

Cast View all

	Rebecca Hall	Beth
	Sarah Goldberg	Claire
	Vondie Curtis-Hall	Mel
	Evan Jonigkeit	Owen
	Stacy Martin	Madelyne
	David Abeles	Gary
	Christina Jackson	Heather
	Patrick Klein	Bob
	Crystal Swann	Principal
	Catherine Weidner	Teacher
	Laura Austin	Relative
	Jacob Garrett White	Clerk
	Samantha Buck	Becky
	Lydia Hand	Woman in Pink
	Lea Enslin	Woman in White
	Amy Zubieta	Woman in Green
	Allie McCulloch	Woman in Red
	Amber Anne	Bridesmaid
	Toni Ann Barretta	Waitress
	Juniper Cherniak	Claire's Kid
	Michael Flores	Stand-in
	Michael Harrington	Teacher
	Jack E. Jones	Teacher
	James W. Meagher	Teacher
	Derek M. Puma	Bar Patron

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Director	David Bruckner
Writer	Ben Collins, Luke Piotrowski
Producer	David Bruckner, François Callens, Ben Collins, Ricardo Festiva, Rebecca Hall, Keith Levine, Alexander Norton, George Paaswell, Jeffrey Penman, Luke Piotrowski, Sébastien Raybaud, David Tracy, Todd Williams, Laura Wilson, John Zois
Musician	Ben Lovett
Photography	Elisha Christian

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My quick rating - 6,7/10. It is a shame that this one hit theaters at the same time as both Old and Don't Breathe 2 since I would have to say this is the best of the 3. Lots of good things to point out in this one and one MAJOR negative. First has to be the atmosphere of this one. Everything looks so good with plenty of attention to the details here. The camera work to make things so creepy with the perfect angles and lighting is so well done. When scenes start scanning a room to see what is going on, you have to realize early on to make sure you are checking the whole picture or you might miss something. Next is a performance by Rebecca Hall that cannot be ignored. Not often are you watching a horror flick and paying the acting a lick of attention but she really held the tone of the whole movie making you really feel for what was happening. Between these two elements, you are really given a feel of this not just as a viewer but almost of being a part of it. Rarely are the whole surroundings so well polished. The story itself we have seen with a wife losing her husband only to find that everything with him is not all that it seems. But to use a straightforward plot such as this is fine when you just do so well with the presentation of it all. So after a gripping 100 minutes rolling along to the climax, it just falls apart. It isn't that it doesn't satisfy the movie, it is just so anticlimactic that after such beauty up until then, I expected so much better. To be honest, I expected anything better than what we got. But don't let that stop you from checking this one out. It teeters between horror and thriller since it has heavy elements of both but still a great pick for your #shocktober

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