The disturbing insider tip The House at Night is one of the best horror films of recent years. Today on TV you can see for yourself the clever creepy mystery.
Director David Bruckner already disturbed horror fans with the Netflix thriller The Ritual and most recently brought back the iconic Hellraiser franchise from hell. Less well known is his nightmarish horror mystery The Hosue at Night, which cleverly plays with your perception and keeps you guessing. Today you can catch the horror film on TV.
What is The House at Night about?
After the suicide of her husband, teacher Beth (Rebecca Hall) falls into deep mourning. She is plagued by the uncertainty of not knowing why Owen took his own life. All he left her was a mysterious note – and many dark secrets.
Beth’s desperate search for answers thrusts her into a vortex of shocking truths and supernatural encounters. In her lonely house by the lake, a ghost seems to be up to no good. You’ll have to find out for yourself whether his intentions are sinister.
What makes the horror movie The House at Night so special
The horror film The House at Night features eerie staging that creates an oppressive atmosphere of uncertainty. Using clever camera tricks, the film lets you see silhouettes and faces of ghostly apparitions that aren’t actually there. Like the protagonist, you begin to doubt your sanity.
Through this play with perception, Beth’s lostness becomes a tangible horror experience. The film’s great strength, however, is the story, which comes up with more and more bizarre and disturbing twists and turns with each passing minute. Until, after more than 100 minutes of creeps and guessing, The House at Night escalates into a nightmarish finale that will leave you puzzling over hidden meanings and preoccupied even after the credits roll.
