🌑 THE NIGHT OF THE HUNT (2023): When the darkness remembers — and begins to hunt back.

"It waited in the woods not to feed — but to remember, to punish, and to reclaim the night."

Deep in the forest where moonlight is devoured by ancient canopies, the hunt begins — but humans are no longer the predators. “The Night of the Hunt” is a 112-minute nightmare, where every breath, every footstep, and every glance becomes part of a primal symphony of fear.

Night isn’t just a backdrop. Night is a living thing.
Set in an isolated wildlife reserve in Northern Canada, the film follows a group of hunters — men who believe they’re atop the food chain, until something else begins to hunt them back. But the true terror isn’t the creature itself. It’s how it thinks. How it waits. How it understands fear — and savors it.

Director Lena Forsyth, known for her icy precision in Cold Hollow, doesn’t just tell a survival tale. She breathes sentience into the shadows — a mind, a memory, and perhaps a grudge. Darkness here is not an absence, but a presence — a silent witness, a lurking will.

One by one, they’re forced to face the animal inside themselves.
Morgan Wade, a seasoned tracker and avalanche survivor, is the group’s battered heart. Haunted by the past and a gut instinct no one believes, he anchors the human side of the story. Opposite him is Riley Madsen, a young biologist driven by logic — trying to make sense of a world where reason fades and instinct takes over. The tension and trust between them form the emotional spine of the film.

There’s no bombastic soundtrack. No cheap jump scares. Just wind, leaves, footsteps in the snow — and the ragged breath of someone realizing they’re no longer the hunter.

True horror doesn’t scream. It listens.
“The Night of the Hunt” doesn’t roar. It whispers. It doesn’t attack with gore, but waits in silence — until you stare into the dark and wonder: is something staring back? This is the kind of horror that lingers after the credits roll — when you come home, open your door, and realize your room feels just a little too dark tonight.