April Davis (Brenna D’Amico) has just inherited a small fortune and she’s got a wonderful boyfriend named Robert.  Plus, she lives in Texas!  Her life is going wonderfully!  But then, a terrible car accident leaves her in a five-month coma.  When she finally awakens, she discovers that the people in the other car — a mother and her children — were killed in the accident.  Because she had a few drinks before she got behind the wheel and she was texting with her boyfriend while driving, she is now being investigated for vehicular manslaughter.

April is taken home by Robert (Nick Marini) but it turns out that things have changed.  As Robert explains it, April was in a coma for five months so he had to handle things until she woke up.  As a result, he now has a key to the house.  He bought her a new phone to replace the one that was taken by the police.  He bought her a new monitor for her computer.  Robert’s been on top of everything!  What a great guy …. except, there seems to be something different about Robert as well.  He’s angrier than April remembered and he’s controlling.  He says it’s for April’s own good but who knows for sure?  April starts to have strange dreams and nightmares and soon, she’s wondering what’s real and what isn’t.

Released in 2021 and filmed in the lovely town of Corsicana, Texas, Night Night is an effectively dream-like thriller, one that features a good lead performance from Brenna D’Amico and a plot that’s full of twists and turns.  Despite the low budget, director Niki Koss does a good job of creating a properly ominous atmosphere.  This film really took me by surprise.  I was mostly watching because Eric Roberts was in it but the film’s story drew me in pretty quickly.

As for Eric Roberts, this is one of his one-scene wonders.  He plays Dr. Nelson and gives April an update on her condition after she awakens.  The late Tony Todd also makes an appearance in this film, playing April’s attorney.  Neither role is big but the film itself works so well that it doesn’t matter that neither Roberts nor Todd play particularly prominent roles.  This was a good, independent thriller.  Give it a chance.

Previous Eric Roberts Films That We Have Reviewed:

1. Star 80 (1983)
2. Runaway Train (1985)
3. Blood Red (1989)
4. The Ambulance (1990)
5. The Lost Capone (1990)
6. Love, Cheat, & Steal (1993)
7. Voyage (1993)
8. Love Is A Gun (1994)
9. Sensation (1994)
10. Dark Angel (1996)
11. Doctor Who (1996)
12. Most Wanted (1997)
13. Mercy Streets (2000)
14. Wolves of Wall Street (2002)
15. Mr. Brightside (2004)
16. Six: The Mark Unleased (2004)
17. Hey You (2006)
18. Amazing Racer (2009)
19. In The Blink of an Eye (2009)
20. Bed & Breakfast (2010)
21. Enemies Among Us (2010)
22. The Expendables (2010) 
23. Sharktopus (2010)
24. Beyond The Trophy (2012)
25. The Dead Want Women (2012)
26. Deadline (2012)
27. The Mark (2012)
28. Miss Atomic Bomb (2012)
29. Bonnie And Clyde: Justified (2013)
30. Lovelace (2013)
31. The Mark: Redemption (2013)
32. Self-Storage (2013)
33. A Talking Cat!?! (2013)
34. This Is Our Time (2013)
35. Inherent Vice (2014)
36. Road to the Open (2014)
37. Rumors of War (2014)
38. Amityville Death House (2015)
39. A Fatal Obsession (2015)
40. Stalked By My Doctor (2015)
41. Enemy Within (2016)
42. Joker’s Poltergeist (2016)
43. Prayer Never Fails (2016)
44. Stalked By My Doctor: The Return (2016)
45. The Wrong Roommate (2016)
46. Dark Image (2017)
47. Black Wake (2018)
48. Frank and Ava (2018)
49. Stalked By My Doctor: Patient’s Revenge (2018)
50. Clinton Island (2019)
51. Monster Island (2019)
52. The Reliant (2019)
53. The Savant (2019)
54. Seven Deadly Sins (2019)
55. Stalked By My Doctor: A Sleepwalker’s Nightmare (2019)
56. The Wrong Mommy (2019)
57. Exodus of a Prodigal Son (2020)
58. Free Lunch Express (2020)
59. Her Deadly Groom (2020)
60. Top Gunner (2020)
61. Deadly Nightshade (2021)
62. The Elevator (2021)
63. Just What The Doctor Ordered (2021)
64. Killer Advice (2021)
65. The Poltergeist Diaries (2021)
66. The Rebels of PT-218 (2021)
67. A Town Called Parable (2021)
68. Bleach (2022)
69. My Dinner With Eric (2022)
70. Aftermath (2024)
71. Devil’s Knight (2024)
72. The Wrong Life Coach (2024)
73. When It Rains In L.A. (2025)