This week, we see the frontrunner for the worst trailer this decade, visit the afterlife and then come back to the real world, check into a terrible hotel, and more.
The Night, about a couple forced to confront their secrets while trapped in a haunted hotel.
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(star of
A Separation, Iran’s first Best Foreign Language Film winner) and Niousha Jafarian as Babak and Neda, an Iranian couple in America who come across a strange hotel while searching for a place to stay with their one-year-old daughter. Hotel Normandie turns out to be a place of Kubrickian nightmares, as Babak and Neda are tormented by loud noises, a mysterious hotel manager, and the fact that they’re trapped inside with no escape. Here’s the trailer, first revealed by Entertainment Weekly.
The haunted hotel horror movie
The Night details the terrifying torments of an Iranian couple, Babak and Neda, who live in the U.S. with their 1-year-old daughter. After spending the evening at a friend s house, the pair make the grave mistake of checking in to the Hotel Normandie, an establishment with a creepy night manager, some noisy guests, and a general air of menace while will be instantly familiar to fans of Stanley Kubrick s classic terror tale
The Shining. Over the course of the night, Babak and Neda find themselves imprisoned and forced to face the secrets they ve kept from each other. The result is an impressive chiller from writer-director Kourosh Ahari and a reminder to consult Tripadvisor before checking in to that conveniently-located lodging.
Welcome to the Hotel California.I mean Normandie. (Screenshot: IFC Midnight)
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You can check out, but you can never leave. IFC Midnight has released the first trailer for director Kourosh Ahari’s horror debut,
The Night, about a couple forced to confront their secrets while trapped in a haunted hotel.
The Night stars Shahab Hosseini
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