Nightsiren

Play trailer

Nightsiren

2023

1h 49m

Drama

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

Play Trailer

Watchlist

Watchlist

Tomatometer

Popcornmeter

100%

Tomatometer

14 Reviews

74%

Popcornmeter

Fewer than 50 Ratings

In a remote mountain village, two sisters grow up at the mercy of their abusive mother. A terrible accident happens when the eldest, Šarlota, escapes into the woods, followed by her sister Tamara. Otyla, a Roma woman living on the outskirts of town, is blamed for the girls' disappearance and accused of witchcraft. Twenty years later, Šarlota unexpectedly shows up in the village. As she digs into her past, the locals grow suspicious. Only a young and eccentric herbalist, Mira, is willing to befriend her. When the animals in the village start to fall ill, the locals accuse Šarlota of conjuring Otyla's spirit.

Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

AWFJ.org

06/15/2023

This is a canny, emotionally impactful film that shows just how powerful folk horror can be as a tool to address urgent aspects of the present day.

Go to Full Review

Matthew Monagle

Austin Chronicle

10/07/2022

Nightsiren is a bewitching film that will hopefully work its magic on countless horror audiences to come.

Go to Full Review

Calum Cooper

In Their Own League

07/17/2024

4/5

“Nightsiren” staunchly believes that the supposed horrors of imagined supernaturals pale in comparison to the horrors of ordinary people. That belief is what makes it such a strong film.

Go to Full Review

Dennis Harvey

48 Hills

10/30/2023

It’s a very handsome-looking movie that doesn’t entirely pull together, but provides a lot of intriguing elements to chew on.

Go to Full Review

Tanner Gordon

Spectrum Culture

09/25/2023

It’s only a horror movie as much as the reality it portrays is horrific, but it nevertheless engages with much of the eerie, mystifying imagery that has made folk horror so alluring as a subgenre.

Go to Full Review

MontiLee Stormer

MovieReelist.com

09/23/2023

4.5/5

The far from linear approach creates a dreamlike narrative where there isn’t a single reliable memory. The tropes of the witch in the woods, the creepy cabin, missing children can be rationally explained, but no one ever rallied a mob from common sense.

Go to Full Review

Read all reviews

Victor P

Feb 15

As thought-provoking as it is visually stunning, The Night Siren delivers a deeply unsettling exercise in slow-building folk horror that suggests great things for debuting writer-director Tereza Nvotová. This is a canny, emotionally impactful film that shows just how powerful folk horror can be as a tool to address urgent aspects of the present day.

See more

Brad P

03/07/2023

Nightsiren leaves you with arresting, dangerous thoughts even if they felt lost in the confused finished product.

See more

Read all reviews

Read More

Read Less

POST RATING

WRITE A REVIEW

EDIT REVIEW

Tereza Nvotová

Director

Natalia Germani

Charlotte

Eva Mores

Tamara

Juliána Brutovská

Helena

Iva Bittová

Otyla

Jana Olhová

Anna

Impetigore

92%

79%

Impetigore

Watchlist

Wishes of the Blue Girl

%

%

Wishes of the Blue Girl

Watchlist

Three

67%

%

Three

Watchlist

TRAILER

for Three

Witch Hunt

63%

35%

Witch Hunt

Watchlist

TRAILER

for Witch Hunt

Fever Dream

71%

46%

Fever Dream

Watchlist

Discover more movies and TV shows.

View More

View more photos

Synopsis

In a remote mountain village, two sisters grow up at the mercy of their abusive mother. A terrible accident happens when the eldest, Šarlota, escapes into the woods, followed by her sister Tamara. Otyla, a Roma woman living on the outskirts of town, is blamed for the girls' disappearance and accused of witchcraft. Twenty years later, Šarlota unexpectedly shows up in the village. As she digs into her past, the locals grow suspicious. Only a young and eccentric herbalist, Mira, is willing to befriend her. When the animals in the village start to fall ill, the locals accuse Šarlota of conjuring Otyla's spirit.

Director: Tereza Nvotová
Producer: Milos Lochman
Screenwriter: Tereza Nvotová, Barbora Namerova, Tereza Nvotová
Distributor: Breaking Glass Pictures
Production Co: RTVS, Moloko Film, BFILM
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: Slovak
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 22, 2023, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 24, 2023
Runtime: 1h 49m

Most Popular at Home Now