FilmMonster & Creature Psychological Survival

Take Back the Night2022

Name: Take Back the Night
Genre: Monster & Creature, Psychological, Survival
Released: 2022-03-04
Rating: 5.5

“Monsters are real.”

Directed by Gia Elliot

5.5

Crypt Score

Blended from 3 sources

IMDb 4.2Rotten Tomatoes 73%TMDB 4.1

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Year

2022

Runtime

90 min

Box Office

🏆 9 wins & 12 nominations

The premise

Finding herself the victim of a violent monster attack, Jane launches a vigilante campaign to hunt the beast that tried to kill her. Jane's efforts intensify, but her troubling history of drug use and mental illness bubbles to the surface causing her family, community, and authorities to question the authenticity of her account. Suddenly alone in her fight, Jane starts to doubt her own memory of the attack...to doubt if Monster exists at all.

Horror Vault's take

After a terrifying encounter with something monstrous in the night, Jane refuses to stay silent — but her past struggles with drugs and mental illness make her a witness no one wants to believe. As she wages a one-woman campaign to expose the creature and protect others, the people around her begin to peel away, leaving her increasingly isolated. The film weaponizes ambiguity, keeping viewers locked in Jane's perspective as the line between memory, trauma, and reality starts to blur. It's a horror story that doubles as a searing indictment of how society treats survivors who don't fit a convenient mold.

Content: Violence, Depictions Of Mental Illness, References To Drug Use, Threat Of Sexual Violence