[4][5] When Shirin moves into a new house with her new boyfriend Fredrik and his five-year-old son Lucas, it seems like a good idea to live together as a family.

Lucas is still struggling with the recent death of his mother, and so Shirin is not surprised by his question about whether dead people can actually come back.

[4][5] It had a limited theatrical release in North America and made its streaming debut on 25 June 2021.

[2] Jeanette White of Comic Book Resources wrote "While The Evil Next Door's Bogeyman lacks a proper origin story, its supernatural abilities and desire to consume children remain pretty standard horror genre fare".

[6] Joanna K. Neilson of Horror DNA gave the film 4 out of 5 stars and wrote "Personally, I'd love to survive yet another terrifying night with The Evil Next Door.