Nightbitch

About Nightbitch

A woman, thrown into the stay-at-home routine of raising a toddler in the suburbs, slowly embraces the feral power deeply rooted in motherhood, as she becomes increasingly aware of the bizarre and undeniable signs that she may be turning into a dog.

Marielle Heller's Nightbitch is a 2024 comedy horror film. It runs 98 minutes and was released in December 2024.

The film is filed under melancholy, body horror, magic realism, and motherhood. The story is adapted from a novel.

Amy Adams takes the lead as Mother, Scoot McNairy as Husband, Arleigh Snowden as Son, and Emmett Snowden as Son. The screenplay is by Marielle Heller. Production companies include Annapurna Pictures, Archer Gray, and Bond Group Entertainment. It streams on Hulu in the United States.

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, Antiviral, and Taxidermia make useful companions to Nightbitch, all filed under playful. TMDB voters put it at 5.7 out of 10 across 416 votes and it carries a R rating.