Ahari uses every inch of his setting to immerse his audience and his characters in an atmosphere-rich environment and unloads in a final act full of chilling imagery and a steady feel of unease.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 17, 2022

Overall, I'd say The Night is a very strong showcase for Kourosh Ahari. He has an intuition for staging and framing and a keen sense of timing that keeps the viewer off balance.

| Original Score: 7/10 | May 17, 2022

Although the story is quite derivative - and surely the "fault" of the woman will raise the eyebrows of any feminist in the audience - the truth is that the director Ahari delivers a very effective horror film.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 3, 2021

While the premise is intriguing and the environs appropriately spooky, The Night perhaps doesn't have enough to say to flesh out an entire film without occasionally feeling repetitive.

| Aug 26, 2021

The Night withholds any ... catharsis while also whiffing on the terror, ending on a purposefully ambiguous note that irritates more than it entices.

| Jun 5, 2021

It may be conventional - shadows loom; people aren't what they seem - but Kourosh Ahari, the film's director, shows he has a knack for elegant spookiness.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 5, 2021

It delivers a clammy shiver of disquiet.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 30, 2021

A nerve-shredding, nail-biting, anxiety inducing nightmare, The Night is a masterclass in fear-building and easily one of the scariest films of the year so far.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 29, 2021

The Night defies easy explanation. There's more lurking here, in the lies we tell ourselves and each other, that you should experience for yourself.

| Mar 21, 2021

The big reveal in the film is not as surprising as it is heartbreaking. And the impact that this revelation might have on viewers is what makes The Night a horror movie that wants people to think about issues that are larger than a ghost story.

| Mar 13, 2021

a film that doesn't just make us tense up and jump, but rather feel for the protagonists as they must face down all the demons they have tried to hide within

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 8, 2021

A goosebumps-inducing affair, "The Night" is at its most effectively unsettling when the focus is to evoke fear as opposed to when it physically shows what's haunting the characters trapped in their respective secret tragedies.

| Feb 22, 2021

The Night is more about sustained creepiness than actual big scares

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Feb 21, 2021

The Night unfortunately does not live up to the expectations it sets for itself and the expectations of a genre.

| Feb 20, 2021

It's a carefully laid-out picture, albeit perhaps a bit too restrained to become anything more than solidly unnerving. Still, strong moments abound.

| Original Score: 88/100 | Feb 19, 2021

The film results more formulaic than twisted.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Feb 14, 2021

It turns into a pretty good horror pic (however there are reservations over its logic).

| Original Score: B | Feb 12, 2021

A synchronous collection of horror tropes keeps up the pressure from beginning to end.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Feb 8, 2021

The great strength of The Night is the acting talent on display.

| Feb 8, 2021

The first US-produced film to receive distribution in Iran in four decades, Kourosh Ahari's The Night is also one of the very best horror movies I've seen in recent years, rich in atmosphere and clever storytelling.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Feb 8, 2021