A kinder, gentler, quieter, September 2021 is what we get, a breather from the upstart and colorful August behind us (Ryan Reynolds just had to insist and deliver another $100m earner), and from the forthcoming blockbuster monstrosity that awaits in October (no, really, 'a lot' of huge movies are scheduled for next month, and they're not going anywhere).

Our instincts and familiarity with the horror genre tell us David Bruckner’s “The Night House” should play out just like any other of its kind—a typical shocker that’s a carbon copy of, say, “The Amityville Horror” or “What Lies Beneath.”