The Long Night | |
Director: | Rich Ragsdale[1] |
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Cinematography: | Pierluigi Malavasi |
Editing: | Jay Gartland |
Music: | Sherri Chung[2] |
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Distributor: | Well Go USA Entertainment |
Runtime: | 91 minutes |
Country: | United States |
Language: | English |
The Long Night (also known as The Coven) is a 2022 American horror film written by Robert Sheppe and Mark Young and directed Rich Ragsdale. It stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Nolan Gerard Funk, Jeff Fahey, Deborah Kara Unger. The film is about a couple whose quiet weekend takes a bizarre turn when a nightmarish cult and their maniacal leader come to fulfill an apocalyptic prophesy.[3] [4]
While searching for the parents she's never known, New York transplant Grace returns to her childhood southern stomping grounds with her boyfriend Jack, 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.
It was released on February 4, 2022.[5]
Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 44 out of 100, based on 6 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[6]
Nadir Samara of Screen Rant give the film a mixed review and wrote:
Richard Whittaker of The Austin Chronicle give the film a positive review and wrote:
Peter Sobczynski of RogerEbert.com give the film a 1 and half star and wrote:
Michael Pementel of Bloody Disgusting give the film a mixed to positive review and wrote: