She Came at Night

She Came at Night is a 2023 Czech comedy horror film written and directed by Jan Vejnar and Tomáš Pavlíček. It premiered at 57th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. It is set to enter theatres on 9 November 2023.

Plot

30-years old couple Jirka and Aneta live a happy life until Jirka's mother Valerie moves in with them. Life with Jirka's mother who is toxically fixated on him becomes more and more unbearable as she invades their privacy.

Cast

Simona Peková as Valerie
Jiří Rendl as Jirka
Annette Nesvadbová as Aneta
Denisa Barešová as Natálka
Judit Bárdos as Friend
Stanislava Jachnická as Birthday Lady
Michal Kern as Hobo
Vladimír Kratina as Kocour
Jan Vondráček as Patient

Production

It was filmed during 2022. Directors Pavlíček and Vejnary met in January 2022 and decided to make a film together. They came up with idea for the film during February 2022. The first version of the screenplay was finished in June 2022 and final during October 2022 after which the shooting started. The film was filmed primarily in Vejnar's apartment which serves as the main setting of the story. Filmmakers decided to cast mostly unknown actors. Shooting concluded in January 2023.