That friendship has begun to crumble as of late with the impending threat of college and separation.

Tom's habit of using their movie nights as an excuse to meet up with his girlfriend has also taken a strain on the friendship as well.

However all of that changes in one night after aliens take over the townspeople one by one and the teens must rely on their horror movie knowledge to survive.

Critical reception for Video Night has been mostly positive and Fearnet called it one of their "Best Reads of 2012".

[6] Publishers Weekly gave a more mixed review, remarking "While Cesare nods to deeper ideas about body horror and class conflict, the plot careens along from set piece to set piece without paying much attention to its underpinnings.