[3] It is a co-production between Iran and the United States, starring Shahab Hosseini, Niousha Noor, Leah Oganyan, and George Maguire.

The film centers on an Iranian couple living in the United States, who are imprisoned in a Los Angeles hotel.

It was released in the United States on January 29, 2021, by IFC Midnight, and in Iran on February 24, 2021, by Mammoth Pictures and Ayat Film Company.

Babak Naderi and his wife Neda, an Iranian couple living in the United States with their one-year-old daughter Shabnam, are driving home after visiting some friends.

Babak is also woken by Shabnam, and prepares a bottle of milk with the help of the hotel receptionist, who tells him about the various tragic events he has witnessed.

A police officer arrives, but he is skeptical of the couple's claims of people disturbing them, and asks Babak if there is something he is not telling him.

While waiting near the car, Neda is confronted by the homeless man, who tells her in Persian, "They hear the truth, morning comes."

The site's critics' consensus reads, "The dramatic heft and dread of The Night delivers haunting supernatural frights – and an impressive feature directorial debut for Kourosh Ahari.

But it is put together with great style, force and visual imagination, and Ahari deftly uses the couple's baby to ratchet up the tension.

He noted some similarities the film had with The Shining, and wrote: "Although director Kourosh Ahari is never reluctant to embrace standard-issue horror movie elements ... "The Night" has an aura of almost beautiful stillness, interspersed with moments of shock.

He concluded that the film "is at its most effectively unsettling when the focus is to evoke fear as opposed to when it physically shows what's haunting the characters trapped in their respective secret tragedies.

"[10] Matt Zoller Seitz of RogerEbert.com gave the film a score of 3.5 stars out of 4, describing it as "a knockout debut—so assured that it stands on its own as a filmmaking achievement apart from its historical significance", and adding: "But what's ultimately most impressive ... is how it manages to feel big despite being a small film, filling up the screen with atmosphere, performance, tension, and a sense of style even though it was shot quickly and cheaply in available locations".

He concluded: "It's as if "The Night" is constantly playing on what we think we know about this kind of movie and recalibrating its approach in every scene to keep us as unsettled as its lead couple, who checked into the marriage crisis equivalent of the Hotel California and worry they might never leave.