The Long Night

Name: The Long Night
Genre: Horror
Released: February 4, 2022
Duration: 91 min
Rating: 44
Cast: Bobby Davis, Deborah Kara Unger, Erika Stasiuleviciute, Jeff Fahey, Kevin Ragsdale

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Well Go USA Entertainment | Release Date: February 4, 2022 | R

Starring: Bobby Davis, Deborah Kara Unger, Erika Stasiuleviciute, Jeff Fahey, Kevin Ragsdale, Nolan Gerard Funk, Russ Gladden, Scott Daniel, Scout Taylor-Compton, Wendy Oates

Summary: While searching for the parents she’s never known, New York transplant Grace (Scout Taylor-Compton) returns to her childhood southern stomping grounds with her boyfriend (Nolan Gerard Funk) to investigate a promising lead on her family’s whereabouts. Upon arrival, the couple’s weekend takes a bizarre, terrifying turn as a nightmarish cultWhile searching for the parents she’s never known, New York transplant Grace (Scout Taylor-Compton) returns to her childhood southern stomping grounds with her boyfriend (Nolan Gerard Funk) to investigate a promising lead on her family’s whereabouts. Upon arrival, the couple’s weekend takes a bizarre, terrifying turn as a nightmarish cult and their maniacal leader terrorize the pair en route to fulfilling a twisted ancient apocalyptic prophecy.… Expand

Director: Rich Ragsdale

Genre(s): Horror

Rating: R

Runtime: 91 min

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Richard Whittaker

Feb 7, 2022

The Long Night may not be revolutionary, it's definitely got its own dark magic. Read full review

The Film Stage Jared Mobarak

Jun 27, 2022

Everyone involved does the best with what they’re given, though, perhaps saving The Long Night from being even more forgettable than it already is. The script does none of them any favors by fearing its own mythology and hiding it in a way that makes it seem like it has none. Read full review

Nadir Samara

Feb 12, 2022

When one thinks The Long Night is walking in circles, it breaks off from the beaten path just in time to give viewers exactly the movie that was sold. Read full review

Matt Donato

Jun 30, 2022

The Long Night’s understanding of horror genre fulfillment is nonexistent, no more satisfying than rice cakes with a little red food coloring splashed on to mimic spooky decorations. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Peter Sobczynski

Feb 4, 2022

The Long Night wants to create a sense of encroaching fear and unease in viewers but cannot inspire much of anything other than boredom and apathy. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Mar 29, 2022

There are a couple of effective moments, a chill here and there, a canted camera that captures Grace’s possession by whatever “snake” this cult worships. Read full review

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JLuis_001

Mar 19, 2022

For decades the myth has been fed that the horror genre can afford very low quality films because its style and setting allow it to do so.

We have seen a countless number of really bad films and the genre can boast that many of them can even become cult films. It's amazing how horror isFor decades the myth has been fed that the horror genre can afford very low quality films because its style and setting allow it to do so.

We have seen a countless number of really bad films and the genre can boast that many of them can even become cult films.
It's amazing how horror is allowed to be exploited in such a banal way and still get huge adulation from gigantic legions of fans.

The Long Night comes to find its place in that niche of mediocrity with a production that thinks it can induce horror when all it can provide is tedium.

An apathetic film full of clichés that don't even attempt the most familiar tropes of the genre to achieve a little freshness due to a clear absence of creative and artistic motivation.

Add to that a few appealing characters that give you nothing to care about, and you get a story that knows very well what arena it's playing in, it just forgot the weapons with which to fight for something.

Even for the fans I think it will be an irrelevant movie.… Expand

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