Scatena & Rosner (S&R Films) is proud to announce the North American release of the erotic thriller Bight from debut writer-director Maiara Walsh. Bight stars Walsh (Good Trouble, Desperate Housewives) alongside Cameron Cowperthwaite (Fallout, Dahmer), Mark Hapka (23 Blast, Hot Take: The Depp/Heard Trial) and Maya Stojan (Castle, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.). S&R Films has scheduled the film to release February 10, 2026, just in time for Valentine’s Day.
Written by Walsh and Cameron Cowperthwaite, Bight follows Atticus, a man who has lost his way after abandoning his dreams of becoming an artist and his wife Charlie, a woman struggling to regain her sense of self and security following a miscarriage. One night, Atticus and Charlie visit close friends Sebastian, a successful avant-garde erotic photographer and his wife Naomi, a seductress painter with a dark secret, to celebrate Sebastian’s latest art exhibition, an immersive dive into the intricate and sensual world of Shibari. Throughout the evening, their turbulent lives will push them to succumb to dark temptations and provocative explorations of an open relationship, all leading toward a devastating fallout.
I was invited to watch an early screener of Bight, billed as an erotic thriller.
Bight is a chamber piece or what is sometimes called a bottle movie, heavily character driven and taking place over the course of a single evening, other than a couple of brief flashbacks that set the tone of the relationship between the couples.
Sebastian is a photographer preparing for his latest art exhibition featuring Shabiri. In case you don't know what that is, Shibari is Japanese rope bondage with decorative rope knotted in intricate patterns, the pressure of which leaves marks on the flesh. You know, like that mark you get if your socks are too tight? Turned on yet? Oh well, one man's erotic is another man's ick. I find this to be as erotic as the line a pair of jeans leave on my waist after a big meal, but I digress.
Sebastian and his wife, Naomi, invite their friends Atticus and Charlie to celebrate what they believe is the completion of the exhibit. Shortly after their arrival, they discover that they will be the only guests at this very strange and awkward party.
The majority of the film takes place in Sebastian and Naomi's home, not needing multiple sets to build tension and suspense between the characters. I found the acting to be more impressive than the somewhat predictable plot. The characters' personalities seemed written in a way that they were one-dimensional, though the actors portrayed them well. Whether their single personality trait was jealousy, manipulation, insecurity, or gullibility, they channeled those traits onto the screen well enough that it might as well have been their names. There is no action at all until the final moments of the film. For me, Bight lacked bite.
I gave this a 5 out of 10 on IMDB
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