The Night House

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Beth (Rebecca Hall) is a high school teacher whose husband Owen (Evan Jonigkeit) recently shot himself. She has nightmares and there are signs of a haunting. She confides in friends who tell her to let things alone. Owen was a designer and builder. He was into Caedroia, the Celtic belief of making mazes to confuse evil demons. Beth discovers pictures of women on Owen's phone, all who look like Beth. This is a mystery with limit clues that is explained in the end. I liked the idea, but they best part of the film is all the action Owen did. I think it might have worked better if the film took place with his suicide at the end. Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity.

I was lucky enough to see this when it premiered in Jan. 2020 in Sundance. I lived in Utah at the time and have always been a huge film fan especially horror. I saw five films at Sundance that year , all horror at their midnight section of films and none of them or anything I saw that year was scarier than the night house. Less is more , and the plot is really what stool out for me. If you love films like hereditary and it follows this is the next best of decade film for you. It's very dark in plot and goes to a rough place but man, is the ride full of scares that will leave you thinking about what happened to her husband and what happens when we die a year later. The film should get credit for how it's use of sound re-invents the jump scare , anything more would be giving away too much . Go see it in July and keep your lights on at night for weeks !

I'm blown by this horror story, I regret reading anything bad because it's way wrong! Rebecca Hall's character deals with the aftermath of her husband's suicide and is haunted with mysteries throughout. David Bruckner directed a crafty well done version of what tremendous loss is like. I absolutely loved the presence of unknown entity whenever it happens especially the epilogue is so good! I don't mean to spoil anything but I chose yes just in case. It's a shame The Night House isn't making more money cause it definitely deserves it.