THE NIGHT HOUSE

Rebecca Hall turns in a superlative performance as the main character in this impressive supernatural and psychological horror film.

She is Beth, whose husband Owen has recently committed suicide.  Gradually Beth comes to believe that their isolated house on the edge of a lake is haunted by Owen's ghost. 

Equally disturbingly, she starts to believe that Owen was cheating on her.  

These two strands are expertly weaved together, building to a gripping and moving climax where Beth and we learn the real horror of what drove Owen to kill himself.  

I'm not generally into ghosts and suchlike so afterwards I tried to persuade myself that another interpretation of the film might be that everything Beth experiences may simply be in her mind, consumed by grief as she is.

However this really won't wash, since it doesn't explain various facts that Beth discovers which are undoubtedly real.

But no matter, on this occasion I was happy to accept the supernatural elements since ultimately the film is grounded by Hall, who is totally convincing throughout. 

RATING: ✓✓ Catch It If You Can