Film Review – The Long Night

Horror cinema always follows trends, and the current one involves tales of cult intimidation, often sold through storytelling chapters, with characters going from stable to completely unglued over the course of the run time. “The Long Night” is another offering of the same old stuff, with director Rich Ragsdale (“Ghost House”) and screenwriters Robert Sheppe and Mark Young trying to keep up with the state of “elevated horror,” assembling a feature-length movie that’s not big on fresh ideas, and generally resembles a short film in dramatic design. Ragsdale hopes to support the endeavor through atmosphere, but there’s not enough of the spooky stuff to keep “The Long Night” compelling. The stillness of the effort isn’t welcome, keeping frightening events, or anything involving movement, sporadic, with Ragsdale pursuing a directorial exercise with the picture, not interested in storytelling needs. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com