Lionsgate is pretty good about making audio description for their releases, but they aren’t necessarily as reliable when it comes to making good films. Last year, they bet everything on a duo that bombed at the box office and ended up hated by critics and audiences with borderlands and The crow. They were also responsible, technically, for letting Magalopolis onto the world. However, when it came time to release a trio of underfunded and poorly marketed dramas during awards season, they had nothing to give White Bird, Small Things Like These, or The Return. All three smacked into the wall with the impact of tissue paper. I suppose I should at least give them some accolades for not sending The Nighttime World into wide theatrical release, because this film simply isn’t good.

It is an anthology film where a podcaster, who apparently airs his stuff also live, has a call in from someone claiming to be a real vampire, and some dark stories are told. So, we see these stories played out much like the vHS franchise has done, cutting back to the podcaster in between.

While some of the violence and gore might satisfy horror fans, the individual stories aren’t inherently interesting. This is all populated by people who are not strong actors, and therefore don’t really even support a serious tone. It becomes hard to distinguish if they are choosing to be bad stylistically, in some campy form of storytelling, of if no one in this film is likely to be cast outside this project.

the audio description was fine. In one memorable scene, a man returns home to find his roommate chose to get sex with the wrong type.

Truly, I won’t remember this a year from now.

Rotten: Final Grade: D, Audio Description: B+