Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Slow
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Moderate
- eerie
- foreboding
- claustrophobic
- late night horror viewing
- rainy day
What critics said
Critics generally praised the film's atmospheric tone, performances, and ambitious ecological and cosmic horror while noting its slow opening, thin characterization, and familiar premise.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
A mysterious infection and spreading fog transform the coastal environment into an engulfing biological threat.
The beach-house crisis expands from baffling sickness into a sense of large-scale, incomprehensible invasion.
Emily and Randall's Cape Cod getaway becomes the enclosed site of infection, uncertainty, and survival.
Vomiting, sickness, and infected bodies provide the film's principal shock imagery and horror escalation.
Films like The Beach House, and why
The Thing
shares slow burn ecological horror, isolated coastal setting, and creeping biological dread
The Color Out of Space
combines intimate relationship drama with cosmic horror and an ominous natural environment
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
similar atmospheric natural horror, environmental threat, and escalating bodily unease
Movie Details
- Director
- Jeffrey A. Brown
- Release Date
- 2020-10-22
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Rating
- 5.4 / 10 (146)
Cast
- Liana Liberato
- Noah Le Gros
- Jake Weber
- Maryann Nagel
- Steven Corkin
- Michael Brumfield
- Matt Maisto
- Dan Zakarija
- Veronica Fellman
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Philo, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, Shudder, Shudder Amazon Channel, Shudder Apple TV channel
- 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 Beach House about?
- An isolated Cape Cod getaway becomes a claustrophobic nightmare when an unexplained infection and alien-seeming fog overtake the coast.
- What is The Beach House like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Beach House as slow, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is The Beach House violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in The Beach House as moderate.
- What did critics think of The Beach House?
- Critics generally praised the film's atmospheric tone, performances, and ambitious ecological and cosmic horror while noting its slow opening, thin characterization, and familiar premise.
- Which films are like The Beach House?
- Films with a similar feel include The Thing, The Color Out of Space, and Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
- How long is The Beach House?
- The Beach House runs 88 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Beach House?
- In United States, The Beach House streams on Philo, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, Shudder, Shudder Amazon Channel, Shudder Apple TV channel.
