Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Brutal
- eerie
- foreboding
- brooding
- late night horror marathon
- rainy evening
What critics said
Critics broadly praised Rebecca Hall’s gripping performance and the film’s atmospheric, intellectually engaging supernatural horror, while finding its mythology and final act increasingly muddled and contrived.
What sets it apart
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Beth’s recent widowhood and worsening nightmares directly shape her encounters with the lake house’s sinister presence.
The spacious house built by Beth’s deceased husband is the central site of shadows, reflections, discoveries, and nocturnal terror.
Beth opens boxes and searches through her husband’s belongings to understand the disturbing forces surrounding his death and their home.
Shadows and blood-curdling reflections on windows create recurring visual suggestions of an unseen presence.
Films like The Night House, and why
The Babadook
Shared atmospheric supernatural horror, grief-centered protagonist, isolated house, and psychologically destabilizing mystery.
The Others
Shared haunted domestic setting, oppressive dread, grief themes, and an emotionally intense female lead.
The Empty Man
Shared slow-burn occult mystery, ambiguous supernatural menace, and escalating psychological unease.
Saint Maud
Shared cerebral horror, fractured perception, and a protagonist investigating disturbing secrets in an isolated environment.
Movie Details
- Director
- David Bruckner
- Release Date
- 2021-07-15
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Rating
- 6.5 / 10 (1405)
Cast
- Rebecca Hall
- Sarah Goldberg
- Vondie Curtis-Hall
- Evan Jonigkeit
- Stacy Martin
- David Abeles
- Christina Jackson
- Patrick Klein
- Crystal Swann
- Catherine Weidner
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- fuboTV, YouTube TV, FXNow
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Night House about?
- A grieving widow confronts unnerving reflections and occult secrets in the isolated lake house her dead husband built.
- What is The Night House like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Night House as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is The Night House violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in The Night House as brutal.
- What did critics think of The Night House?
- Critics broadly praised Rebecca Hall’s gripping performance and the film’s atmospheric, intellectually engaging supernatural horror, while finding its mythology and final act increasingly muddled and contrived.
- Which films are like The Night House?
- Films with a similar feel include The Babadook, The Others, The Empty Man, and Saint Maud.
- How long is The Night House?
- The Night House runs 107 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Night House?
- In United States, The Night House streams on fuboTV, YouTube TV, FXNow.
