The Long Night
Directed by Rich Ragsdale
While searching for the parents she’s never known, New York transplant Grace returns to her childhood southern stomping grounds with her boyfriend 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. A SHUDDER EXCLUSIVE
A New York transplant returns to her southern stomping grounds. but the weekend takes a bizarre turn when a nightmarish cult arrives to fulfill a twisted apocalyptic prophecy.
Cast: Scout Taylor-Compton, Nolan Gerard Funk, Jeff Fahey, Kevin Ragsdale, Deborah Kara Unger
Member Reviews
**Spoilers Ahead** A good portion of the movie is people wearing animal skulls standing around a secluded house and the protagonists stumbling about. The last 10 to 15 minutes of the movie contains the entire plot without anything to justify the rest of the movie. Overall I think "The Long Night" would have worked better as an under 20 minute short film. Also, I take particular issue with the description of this moving calling them a "nightmarish cult." Since standing around at night wearing black robes and animal skulls while not doing anything is weird, not creepy or scary.
I watched because Scout Taylor-Compton!
DNF, slow and tiring to watch. went to sleep on this multiple times
Underwhelming movie that likely made compromises or edits from something better. Standoff between a couple and spooky invaders? I'd watch that! Exploration of demonic lore on a plantation? I'd watch that! But it seems to leave either of those approaches underdeveloped, lessening the intensity of a standoff plot and leaving little investment or wonder in the actual prophecy. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Boring