
Variety
The Night House is ultimately somewhat muddled and unmemorable as storytelling, but it pulls off what’s arguably the most crucial matter of simply being pretty chilling.
Full reviewWonderfully scary, The Night House knows the tropes of the haunted house genre through and through. Aided by a marvellous performance by Rebecca Hall, it delivers the thrills and chills you’d expect with expert precision - and also subverts expectations.
The Night House is ultimately somewhat muddled and unmemorable as storytelling, but it pulls off what’s arguably the most crucial matter of simply being pretty chilling.
Full reviewThe film upends the cliches that practically define the ghost story in surprising and intriguing ways.
Full reviewIt's elegantly filmed and well constructed, building to a haunting climatic sequence that could sear your eyeballs.
Full reviewI’d watch Hall in anything—but... The Night House isn’t worthy of her gifts.
Full reviewAlthough let down by muddled plotting, The Night House is a low-key, well-made thoughtful horror flick...
Full reviewWhatever small contrivances or inconsistencies might dwell in this story... they melt away as soon as the camera cuts to the face of its star.
Full reviewThe Night House is a compelling meditation on the horror of one's own mind.
Full reviewThe Night House is available to stream in New Zealand now on Google Play and Apple TV and Neon and Disney+.
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