The Night review: haunted hotel, migrant paranoia
The Night is available on digital platforms from 2Â April. In The Night, a young couple check into a haunted hotel and discover theyâve brought more ghosts with them than they find on the premises. Itâs a familiar set-up, though director and co-writer Kourosh Ahari doesnât fall into the trap of rationalising every phantasm away as a manifestation of unresolved issues. Among Ahariâs earlier work is a short based on Charlotte Perkins Gilmanâs classic psychological/feminist ghost story The Yellow Wallpaper (1892); here, he draws on a variety of film texts â includ...
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