Night Encounters(2023)
Hindi86 mins
The line between the supernatural and guerrilla filmmaking becomes blurred when a director chooses an abandoned hotel to shoot her horror movie.
Mood:
darksuspensefuldisturbing
Quick Facts
- Streaming on
- Amazon Prime Video
- Theatrical Release
- 23 May 2023
- Language
- Hindi
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- Rating
- 10.0/10
Storyline
A filmmaker picks an abandoned hotel to shoot a scary movie. As filming begins, the line between staged horror and real supernatural events starts to disappear.
“Shoot a horror film. Become part of it.”
Film Details
10.0Rating
86Minutes
HindiLanguage
Release Date23 May 2023
Parental Guide
Violence
High
Language
Low
Sex / Nudity
Mild
Drugs
Mild
Intensity
High
Where to Watch
Vibe & Tags
Mood
darksuspensefuldisturbing
Themes
survivalidentitycorruption
Tonegritty
Pacingslow-burn
Complexityrequires-attention
Audienceniche
Best Withwith-partner
Violence4
Emotion3
Humor1
Rewatchability3
Cast & Crew
#1
A
Ambresh ShroffAmbresh
→#2
#3A
Ankur RatheeAnkur
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Sonia RatheeSonia
→#4
S
Simmer BhatiaSimmer
→#5
N
Nancy JainNancy
→#6
A
Anisa ButtAnisa
→#7
D
Dheeraj PandeyDheeraj
→#8
M
Mina PatelMina
→#9
A
Aakanssha MarwahaAakanssha
→#10
C
Chitra GroverGhost
→Trivia
- The abandoned hotel used as the main location is a real heritage building in Ooty, India.
- Director Simmer Bhatia also wrote the screenplay in just ten days during a power outage.
- The film's sound design uses only sounds recorded on set, with no added studio effects.
- It was shot chronologically to help the actors feel the growing tension of the story.
- A key ghostly figure in the movie is inspired by a lesser-known North Indian folk tale.
- The entire movie was filmed at night to use only natural moonlight and practical lights.
- It had a very limited theatrical release, premiering first at a horror film festival in Mumbai.