A limited theatrical release starring Hannah Kleeman, Tim Torre, and Frank Whaley, it is premised around a group of friends who start being killed one by one while shooting a ghost hunting video in Holmesburg Prison.

After breaking into the building, the group splits up to explore it, with Rachel and her ex-boyfriend, Sean, uncovering paperwork relating to human experimentation, as well as unintelligible blueprints for structures similar to Holmesburg.

Hank is convinced that the murderer is an alien, reveals that Holmesburg is a hotspot for extraterrestrial phenomena, and postulates that the prison's true purpose is to act as something akin to a landing pad for otherworldly beings visiting Earth.

"[10] The same score was awarded by Matt Boiselle of Dread Central, who was wholly contemptuous of the film, writing, "I'd love to say that this movie offers something initially different to those who decide to check it out, but I couldn't scrub up one thing from this presentation, whether it was the completely flavorless characters, insipid plot or lack of scares – oh yeah, then there's the trembling, shaking, puke-inducing camera work that'll eventually have you placing your head down between your knees to help you gain a little balance.

What's missing, though, is a novel idea; the action plays like a brazen rip-off of My Bloody Valentine, Grave Encounters and countless other superior predecessors, awash in lousy performances and dim character behavior.

"[15] Screen Anarchy's Peter Martin had a middling response to the film, writing, "It's evident that Against the Night is a modest, low-budget affair, with distinctive ideas, intentions and twists in mind.

As Indie filmmaking goes, there's far worse out there - and Cavallaro has sound intentions - but it's as cliché as low-budget semi-found footage cinema comes, in spite of its fundamental coherence and naturally scary setting.

"[17] Chris Packham of The Village Voice found the film's setting to be its only interesting aspect, and further opined that the lead character was annoying, the dialogue unlively, and the twist ending "exasperating.