Directed by David Raymond, Night Hunter debuted at festivals in 2018 before getting a quiet theatrical release in 2019. It bombed with critics, earning a grim 14% score on Rotten Tomatoes.

Scott Derrickson, C. Robert Cargill Tackling New Adaptation of Noir Novel ‘The Night of the Hunter’ Universal is behind the adaptation, which comes decades after a 1955 classic film starring ...

Night Hunter presently holds a 14% Rotten Tomatoes rating, the lowest rating for any of Cavill’s feature-starring vehicles, followed by the 28% rating for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.

The film also stars Minka Kelly, Stanley Tucci, Nathan Fillion, Brendan Fletcher and Emma Tremblay. Night Hunter premieres on DIRECTV on Aug. 8 and will be in theaters and On Demand Sept. 6.

Preview: Scott Derrickson is directing a new version of ‘Night of the Hunter’. He’s writing a new adaptation of the 1953 crime novel. Universal is releasing the new movie.

If Flannery O’Connor wrote screenplays, she would have written something like the 1955 Southern Gothic tale Night of the Hunter. Modern viewers of this film can go on a scary sojourn of discovery.