Fear The Night ((link))

“Dad…?”

In 2023, director Neil LaBute (known for In the Company of Men ) delivered a lean, brutal home-invasion thriller titled . On the surface, it is a violent genre piece. Beneath the surface, it is a thesis statement on female rage and rural isolation. Fear the Night

Tess (Maggie Q) reluctantly attends a bachelorette party for her younger sister Rose at their family’s isolated farmhouse in the California hills. The group includes their other sister, Beth, and several friends. The Attack: “Dad…

“What you are when the sun lies.”

Culturally, humanity has spent millennia personifying this fear. Almost every civilization has developed a mythology of the night that serves as a warning. “Dad…?” In 2023

Thump. Thump. Thump.