The Night House - La casa oscura

First there is Hall who, until now, has been punching below her weight class and finally gets to show she can carry a film. A tight script, nicely directed. And some genuinely scary scenes.

... Frightening, Unnerving, Nightmares! The widow of a shock suicide is haunted by dreams and reality from the past, and the present. A towering performance by Rebecca Hall makes all the difference in a story that will leave you scratching your head and your chin but for all the right reasons.

Good pace, Brilliantly acted, and above all intense and genuinely creepy......

But,

And this is where it looses me...

Being Vague isn't intelligent.

So many films these days just skip over that little part where it all comes together. Where the plot thickens. They avoid massive plot holes And just look the other way.

There are whole scenes in this movie that have absolutely nothing to do with anything, they are only there to be scary and mysterious, but don't further the plot or are even explained in anyway.

It's A Mystery if the Writer clearly has no idea how to end it?

Would "Seven" have been a better film if we never found out "Whats in The Box"?

Anticlimactic

Leaving the viewer to fill in the voids is lazy storytelling.

Rant over.

For the first hour of the movie I was very much intrigued by this slowly but effectively unfolding story, getting more and more bewildered, just like main character Beth, by the weird and scary goings-on. The photography is great, and beside a nice sinister atmosphere, there are multiple jump-scares to keep you on the edge of your chair. Rebecca Hall carries the whole movie admirably, she's totally convincing, first as the grieved and forlorn widow of a husband that out of the blue committed suicide, subsequently as the exasperated woman who thinks she's losing her mind. She's not trying to win our sympathy with her aggrieved and angry behavior and her heavy drinking, but you do team up with her when her world turns upside down on her.

Unfortunately in the last half hour, when you expect that all loose ends finally will come together, the story went totally overboard, every other new thing that Beth finds out about her husband only made the narrative get more and more incomprehensible, and at last the weirdness and confusion escalated into a conclusion that was really too mind-boggling, at least for my simple brain.

But maybe expecting some logic in a supernatural ghost story is a bit naive anyway.

"The Night House" is a haunting and captivating psychological thriller that keeps you on the edge of your seat from start to finish. Starring Rebecca Hall in a tour de force performance, the film follows a widow named Beth as she struggles to come to terms with the sudden and mysterious death of her husband. As she delves deeper into her husband's past, she uncovers a series of dark secrets that threaten to unravel her own sanity.

What sets "The Night House" apart from other horror movies is its nuanced exploration of grief and trauma. The film is not just about jump scares and gore, but rather about the psychological toll that loss can take on a person. Rebecca Hall delivers an outstanding performance as Beth, capturing the character's emotional turmoil and vulnerability with incredible depth and nuance.

The cinematography and sound design in "The Night House" are also top-notch, creating a palpable sense of unease and tension throughout the film. The movie's stunning visuals and eerie atmosphere will leave you feeling unsettled long after the credits roll.

Overall, "The Night House" is a must-see for fans of psychological horror. It is a thought-provoking and deeply unsettling film that will stay with you for a long time. Rebecca Hall's powerful performance and the film's masterful storytelling make it one of the best horror movies of the year.