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The Night House (2020)

★ 6.4R108 min

2020 film directed by David Bruckner

The Night House is a 2020 supernatural psychological horror film directed by David Bruckner, and written by Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski. It stars Rebecca Hall as a widow who discovers a dark secret about the house her recently deceased architect husband built. Other cast members are Sarah Goldberg, Evan Jonigkeit, Stacy Martin, and Vondie Curtis-Hall.

It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 24, 2020, and was theatrically released in the United States on August 20, 2021, by Searchlight Pictures. It received positive reviews and was nominated for several awards, including Saturn Award for Best Horror Film.

Plot summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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What is The Night House about?
The Night House (2020) — Having buried her husband recently, emotionally scarred, grief-stricken high-school teacher Beth returns to the spacious, eerily vacant lake house he built for her in the heart of a gloomy forest. But as pained Beth tries to pick up the pieces, before long, mysterious shadows and
Is The Night House based on a true story?
See the production background and source material details on the official Wikipedia article.
Is The Night House scary?
Content rating: R. See the reviews tab for parental guidance and tone notes.