The Night Eats the World (2018) movie poster

The Night Eats the World

La nuit a dévoré le monde

2018 ·1h 34m · ★ 6.0 (792)

After waking up to find himself all alone in an apartment where a massive party was being held the night before, Sam is immediately forced to face a terrifying reality: the living dead have invaded the streets of Paris.

Why it matters

A claustrophobic meditation on isolation and survival that redefines the zombie genre with quiet dread and atmospheric precision.

  • A rare European take on the undead apocalypse, grounded in Parisian urban decay and existential solitude.
  • Less gore, more creeping psychological terror—this is slow-burn horror that lingers like a ghost in the elevator shaft.
  • Anchored by Anders Danielsen Lie’s restrained, naturalistic performance, making loneliness feel as monstrous as the zombies outside.
  • For fans of post-apocalyptic minimalism and body horror that unfolds in the mind rather than on the body.

Horror DNA

Gore
43
Slow Burn
66
Psychological
43
Supernatural
0
Creature
100
Disturbing
83
Fun Factor
33
Cerebral
71
Survival
83

Content Warnings

Body HorrorCannibalismDehumanization

Phobia triggers

Tight Spaces

TMDB Keywords

based on novel or bookliving deadparis, francesurvival horrorzombie apocalypse

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