“Ravishingly horrific. A genuinely cinematic experience.”Screen Anarchy
“Sensationally spooky and devilishly entertaining.”Mashable
“Riveting and endlessly entertaining.”Daily Dead
A wandering medium, Airi (Moeka Hoshi, “Shogun”), spends her life guiding restless spirits out of the world of the living accompanied by her constant companion: her dead sister Miku (Kurumi Inagaki). Summoned to exorcise a spirit from an isolated country house by the new owner, Teiko (Tae Kimura), she comes face to face with a grotesque apparition with powers that defy Airi’s experience. Faced with skepticism from Teiko’s son, Gunji (Kento Kaku), she digs deeper into the house’s past until a secret comes to light — and Airi finds herself hunted by a far more unpredictable force. For the first time, her greatest adversary is not the supernatural, but the living. Director Dave Boyle spins a uniquely terrifying and hauntingly atmospheric ghost story.
Starring: Moeka Hoshi, Kurumi Inagaki, Kento Kaku, Mutsuo Yoshioka, Bokuzō Masana and Tae Kimura
Directed by: Dave Boyle
Produced by: Dave Boyle, Kento Kaku and Kosuke Tsutsumi
Runtime: 1 hr 45 min
Language: Japanese with English subtitles
Genre: Horror, supernatural ghost story
Release: In theaters September 25, 2026 · On digital October 27, 2026 · DVD & Blu-ray™ December 15, 2026
Premiere: SXSW 2026
98% on Rotten TomatoesCertified Fresh
“The old school vibe makes this particularly endearing.”
Leslie Felperin, The Guardian“A class act, and creepy as hell.”
Matt Glasby, Radio Times“A superbly crafted freakout.”
Randy Myers, San Jose Mercury News“Ravishingly horrific. A genuinely cinematic experience.”
Screen Anarchy“Sensationally spooky and devilishly entertaining.”
Mashable“Never After Dark does an exceptional job building tension and subverting expectations.”
Cheryl Eddy, Gizmodo“Moeka Hoshi makes for a rare vision when it comes to cinematic depictions of spiritualists.”
Bloody Disgusting“Beautifully uneasy and meticulously constructed.”
Keri O’Shea, Warped Perspective“Boyle uses all of the tools at his command to generate creeping dread and shrieking scares in equal measure.”
Dan Scully, ScullyVisionNow on digital — rent or buy Never After Dark on Apple TV, Prime Video, Fandango at Home and more. DVD & Blu-ray™ arrive December 15, 2026; pre‑order now.
Never After Dark is now streaming on digital. Rent or buy it on Apple TV, Prime Video, Fandango at Home, Google Play, YouTube and Kaleidescape, or watch on demand through DISH and Verizon Fios.
Yes. Never After Dark arrived on digital and on demand on October 27, 2026, and is available to rent or buy from major digital platforms.
Never After Dark arrives on DVD and Blu-ray from Magnolia Home Entertainment on December 15, 2026, and is available to pre-order now.
Never After Dark opened in theaters on September 25, 2026. It is now streaming on digital — rent or buy it on Apple TV, Prime Video, Fandango at Home, Google Play, YouTube and Kaleidescape — and arrives on DVD and Blu-ray December 15, 2026.
Never After Dark is 98% Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. The Guardian’s Leslie Felperin praised its “old school vibe,” Radio Times called it “a class act, and creepy as hell,” and the San Jose Mercury News called it “a superbly crafted freakout.” Read more praise.
Never After Dark runs 1 hour and 45 minutes.
Never After Dark was written and directed by Dave Boyle. It premiered at SXSW 2026.
Never After Dark stars Moeka Hoshi (Shōgun), Kurumi Inagaki, Kento Kaku, Mutsuo Yoshioka, Bokuzō Masana and Tae Kimura.
A wandering medium who guides restless spirits with her dead sister at her side is summoned to an isolated country house to exorcise a grotesque apparition, and uncovers a secret that makes the living her greatest adversary.
Yes. Never After Dark is a Japanese-language horror film presented with English subtitles.
