Fear the Night

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Fear the Night

2023

1h 32m

Action

Mystery & Thriller

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Eight women attend a bachelorette party at a remote farmhouse in the California hills. They are interrupted by the arrival of masked intruders who surround the place and begin shooting arrows at the home and the guests. One partygoer--Tess, a military veteran who is fighting her addictions and her difficulty at fitting in with other people--leads the women in making a stand against the attackers as they fight back in an effort to save themselves over the course of a single dark night.

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Critics Consensus

Despite typically strong work from Maggie Q, Fear the Night is a fairly generic and disappointingly tension-free thriller from writer-director Neil LaBute.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

This is a waste of time and streaming pixels.

Rated: 1/5

Sep 19, 2023

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Noel Murray

Los Angeles Times

It's crafty enough, but it's lacking LaBute's usual acid wit and fearless provocations.

Jul 24, 2023

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Simon Abrams

RogerEbert.com

Eventually, it becomes hard to tell if the movie and its canned culture clash/battle of the sexes drama is just self-consciously tedious or also hatefully ungenerous.

Rated: 1/4

Jul 21, 2023

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Chad Collins

Dread Central

Bloody, funny, and cathartic, Fear the Night is a wickedly violent showcase for Maggie Q.

Rated: 4/5

Apr 1, 2024

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Jessica Scott

Nightmarish Conjurings

Shallow and unsatisfying, Fear the Night is an adequate home invasion thriller that could have been so much more...it turns away from interesting choices at every turn, leaving a generic, half-baked thriller behind.

Feb 1, 2024

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Chris Ward

Flickering Myth

There is actually very little here that you haven’t seen before; the lead performance from Maggie Q is strong, but that really is all it has going for it.

Oct 13, 2023

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Charles P

There are worse films about both female badassery and tormentors getting their just desserts...but there are also way, WAY, WAAAAAAAAY better films about these themes too. The script and likely direction are to blame, as the actors are acting their poor little hearts out (in some instances too hard, but these are relatively minor) - the lead however is written in such a way as to make one sorta hope the venerable evil 'good ole boys' at least get a few good licks in, even if they don't win - not because the character is female, but because she's so bleeding annoying to friends and random people alike...the character is also a magat however, so maybe just let the good ole bad boys just finish'er off...

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

10/04/25

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Sin S

This movie may not work for the people it mocks but it definitely works for those of us who have had to endure them. If you like Fear The Night, you may also appreciate Big Driver (2014)

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/11/25

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Mrugesh S

Like Nice 🤠💃 Movie 🎥

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/09/25

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Kashgar A

Bit of a mess, didn’t make a lot of sense. Why didn’t they all just run out the back door in different directions? And the epilogue was unnecessary and clunky. Still entertaining enough so it gets two stars

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

08/11/25

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Kit C

Utterly awful. A stupid story, unbelievable characters, cheap effects and routinely over acted. The attempt at a “female power” theme fails completely. It’s a waste of time.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

08/07/25

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Sarah C

Maggie Q (Tess) always has the best character which is why I'm glad she's the lead but other than that, this movie really isn't worth it, from flat characters with zero common sense to just okay writing. Kat Foster (Beth) has one of the worst characters which has you hoping for the whole movie that her character dies.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

07/23/25

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Synopsis

Eight women attend a bachelorette party at a remote farmhouse in the California hills. They are interrupted by the arrival of masked intruders who surround the place and begin shooting arrows at the home and the guests. One partygoer--Tess, a military veteran who is fighting her addictions and her difficulty at fitting in with other people--leads the women in making a stand against the attackers as they fight back in an effort to save themselves over the course of a single dark night.

Director: Neil LaBute
Producer: Lawrence Greenberg, Lucas Jarach, Eric Brenner
Screenwriter: Neil LaBute
Distributor: Amor Media
Production Co: Buffalo 8 Productions, Quiver Distribution, BondIt Media Capital
Genre: Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 21, 2023, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 21, 2023
Runtime: 1h 32m

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