Devil’s Night: Dawn of the Nain Rouge is a 2020 horror film about a female veteran assigned to a seemingly supernatural case. A series of cases surrounded by urban mythology reveals that the chaos of the supernatural takes over her small town and the legend of the Nain Rouge creature arrives.
Co-produced, directed by and co-starring Sam Logan Khaleghi from a screenplay by Aaron Russman, based on Khaleghi’s story, the Kyyba Films production also stars Jesi Jensen, Nathan Mathers and Jerry Narsh.
Reviews:
“Devil’s Night: Dawn of the Nain Rouge walks a fine line between horror and police drama, often flitting back and forth between the genres as the story develops – before ultimately settling on the horror elements as the final third unfolds […] Thankfully, whilst the film flips and flops between genre tropes it has a core cast that holds all the elements together, none more so than Jesi Jensen, playing army vet turned cop Billie, whose performance is – beyond anything else in the movie – a true highlight.” Nerdly
“Somewhere around the hour mark Devil’s Night: Dawn of the Nain Rouge remembers it’s also a horror film and brings the title demon back. It doesn’t really help. It’s so poorly done it’s more laughable than scary. And having it wear a hoodie doesn’t help […] Failing as a horror film as well as a police film, Devil’s Night: Dawn of the Nain Rouge doesn’t have much to offer anyone.” Voices from the Balcony
Trailer:
Full film – free to watch on YouTube:
Cast and characters:
Jesi Jensen … Billie Jean Finnick; Nathan Mathers … Detective Liam O’Connor; Sam Logan Khaleghi … Marcellus/Marcel; Jerry Narsh … Chief Romano; Swifty McVay … Mayor Flynn of Detroit; Grover McCants … Nightingale; Napolean … Museum Curator/Doctor Sudhir; John C. Forman … Pastor Wilhem; Andrew Dawe-Collins … Cal; Ammar Nemo … Detective Sammie Alayoubi; Amy Andrews … Mayor Marion Devaux; Jay Towers … DJ Towers; Keyna Reynolds … Brie; Shelby Bradley … Wendy Winston; Gabrielle Wild … Candy
Technical specs:
1 hour 37 minutes
Film Facts:
The Nain Rouge (“Red Devil” or “Red Dwarf, in French) is a Detroit-based urban legend dating back to the days of one of the city’s founders, Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, and a sighting of the Nain is said to predict misfortune.
