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Imagine a haunted hotel and a struggling marriage. Now, think less about The Shining and more about Alfred Hitchcock. Add some unsettling Los Angeles noir and you've got The Night - a spooky international co-production and the first American movie given legal screening rights in Iran since their 1979 revolution.

Motion Picture Terror Scale: 4 (Marcus) / 3 (Melissa) / 2 (Grady). Quality: 5 / 4 / 4. Enjoyment: 5 / 2 / 2

Articles mentioned in this episode:

"Why horror flick "The Night" is the first American film to be released in Iran in four decades," by Gary M. Kramer in Salon

"‘The Night’ Review: Farsi-Language Horror Thriller Set in an L.A. Hotel Delivers Classy Scares," by Richard Kuipers in Variety

"Reviews: The Night" by Matt Zoller Seitz in RogerEbert.com

"'A silent act of resistance': the hidden tattoo studios of Tehran," by Renate van der Zee in The Guardian

"The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon," by Richard Gale on YouTube

"They can take our electricity but they can never take our nachos," on TikTok