Night of Something Strange

If you are after a comedy that actually makes you laugh out loud, Night of Something Strange is available in Australia on Bloodstream and JustWatch TV, and in the US on fuboTV and Bloodstream right now. The length is exactly right for the story it is telling — nothing rushed, nothing dragged out. 88 viewers have already rated it on TMDB — the kind of consensus that does not happen by accident. Watch it for Rebecca C. Kasek — stay for everyone else around them. Put it on tonight on Bloodstream and see for yourself.

There is a reason Night of Something Strange keeps coming up in conversation. Night of Something Strange gets the fundamentals right first, then finds room to get weird with it. Five teenage friends set out for the beach on their Spring Break vacation. Good times are cut short when one of the group, Carrie, contracts a deadly sexual transmitted disease during a bathroom stop. When they stop for the night at an isolated motel, the real terror begins when the STD virus starts running rampant, turning those infected into the living dead. Rebecca C. Kasek and Trey Harrison lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was released in 2016. Night of Something Strange earns its laughs from character rather than situation, which is why it does not wear thin the way pure farce tends to. It delivers reliably on what it promises, which is more than most of its competition manages.

Night of Something Strange is the kind of thing you put on in the background and end up fully watching. It stands on its own even without an obvious comparison point. Best experienced as a single, sustained watch from start to finish. Rebecca C. Kasek sets the tone, but the supporting cast is where a lot of the best moments come from. A reliable pick for any night you want quality comedy without the homework.