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Aniunoh and Franklin shine as Nikiya and Luc, delivering exceptional chemistry in moments of love and terror. Ogunlade's chilling score enhances the genre-bending atmosphere, keeping the tension high throughout. The explosive finale unveils shocking family secrets, challenging the audience's patience for the reveal.

You never really know someone until you meet their family. It is a crucial step towards building a lifelong, forged bond before entering into matrimony. But what happens when the in-laws-to-be hold a nightmarish secret? Director Daniel Emeke Oriahi tackles the consequences of meeting a family-to-be in his Nigerian horror film, The Weekend. With a team of creative writers including Egbemawei Dimiyei Sammy, Vanessa Kanu, and Freddie O. Anyaegbunam Jr., Oriahis feature comes with genre bending and overwhelming suspense capable of entertaining and shocking its viewers.

The Weekend (2024)

Director Daniel OriahiRelease Date June 9, 2024Writers Egbemawei Dimiyei Sammy, Vanessa Kanu, Freddie O. Anyaegbunam Jr.Cast Gloria Anozie, Keppy Ekpenyong-Bassey,...

The horror of introducing a new partner to one’s family is a very real thing. We all have skeletons in our closets; embarrassing relatives, trepidation about showing someone where we come from, rituals and traditions that we only realize are strange once we strike out into the wider world. In his new film, The Weekend, Nigerian filmmaker Daniel Oriahi follows one such sojourn a rather unique heart of darkness where it only takes a couple of days to expose a deadly family secret. Nikya (Uzoamaka Aniunoh) and Luke (Bucci Franklin) are a happy, recently engaged couple with a bright future ahead. Nikya was orphaned young and has always longed for a family to call her own, and though Luke’s family remains largely intact, he’s long...

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The family that slays together stays together in Nigerian director Daniel Oriahi’s “The Weekend,” a bloody thriller about a woman who discovers a shocking secret about her soon-to-be in-laws. Variety has been given exclusive access to a clip from the movie ahead of its world premiere in the Midnight section of the Tribeca Festival, which runs through June 16.

Produced by Uche Okocha of Trino Motion Pictures and executive produced by Babatunwa Aderinokun, “The Weekend” marks the fourth theatrical release from Oriahi and was written by Egbewamei Sammy, Vanessa Kanu and Freddie O. Anyaegbunam, Jr. New York-based The Film Sales Company is repping world sales. Here’s an exclusive first look:

Speaking to Variety from Lagos, Oriahi dished on the evolution of Nigeria’s ragtag Nollywood industry, his crash course in the “Roger Corman film school” and the long journey from Lagos to the starry heights of New York’s premier film fest.