Night of the Caregiver is a 2022 American horror film about a young nurse who suspects she is not alone with the old lady she is looking after.
Directed by and co-starring Joe Cornet (Assault on Rio Bravo; Incident at Guilt Ridge; A Prayer for the Damned) from a screenplay written by co-producer Craig Hamann (Assault on Rio Bravo; Showdown in Manila; The Haunted Dollhouse; Dollman vs. Demonic Toys). Also produced by Sean Murray and Alexander Nevsky.
The Hollywood Storm-San Rafael Productions movie also stars Eileen Dietz (The Fearway; The Exorcist), Natalie Denise Sperl, Eric Roberts and Anna Oris.
Plot:
Hospice nurse Juliet (Natalie Denise Sperl ) is hired to be a caregiver for Lillian (Eileen Dietz), who lives in an isolated house in a remote area. Although she’s terminally ill, the elderly Lillian seems to be a cordial and sweet lady.
However, as the night goes on, Juliet suspects someone else is also living in the house causing her and Lillian to be in grave danger…
Reviews:
“Let’s be grateful that we get to see Dietz in another horror film. She’s absolutely wonderful here, and Sperl isn’t a bad leading lady, either. The film is a bit hamstrung by some flat characterization, but its atmosphere and the performances by its leading ladies make up for that. Overall, Night of the Caregiver is a spooky good time…” 1428 Elm
“In a horror movie that is persistent in its efforts at scaring the audience, there exists a delicate balance between the jump scares and the revealing of the ghost entity. Any horror movie that overplays the use of this ghost figure leads to the trickling away of the element of horror. Night of the Caregiver (2023) suffers from the latter. It also does not boast a good enough background score that can keep up with the director’s intention of scaring the audience.” High on Films
“Night of the Caregiver treads familiar ground. A lone woman in a strange, isolated location. A few jump scares. Some scenes of long, dark demonic fingers curling around doorways. (How many times have we seen that?) A final chase. Apart from Dietz, most of the cast are acceptable if uneven in their performances. Dietz is the standout…” Hollywood Investigator
“The scares are effective, and the reveal brings out the horror in the story. However, the detective story feels a little bit more loose-changed. It felt like there was more to be pulled out of the story or not involved in it at all […] Night of the Caregiver is a nice little late-night horror movie.” 3 out of 5, Movie Reviews 101
“A piece of horror that hardly sets a foot wrong, with all the suspense and jump scares in all the right places, a directorial effort that’s heavy on atmosphere – also helped by many fittingly macabre props – and very stringent storytelling, even if the film’s two plotlines meet only towards the finale.” Search My Trash
“The filmmakers seem to have no feel for the genre, and even cinematographer Sam Wilkerson’s prowling camera can’t produce any sense of danger. Things just sort of plod along to a revelation around the hour mark that you’ll have seen coming long before […] The demon hand we keep seeing looks good, but when we see its head that’s obviously a cheap mask with glowing eyes.” 1 out of 5, Voices from the Balcony
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Release date:
In the US, ITN Studios released Night of the Caregiver theatrically in select locations and On-Demand (VOD) on August 15, 2023.
Technical specs:
1 hour 17 minutes
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