Never After Dark will open in limited U.S. theaters on Friday, September 25, 2026, through Magnolia Pictures. Dave Boyle’s 105-minute Japanese ghost story reaches North America after a June 5 release in Japan and a festival run that included SXSW, Overlook, and Brussels. Moeka Hoshi leads as Airi, a medium summoned to an isolated country house where one spirit refuses to leave quietly.
THE U.S. RELEASE DATE
September 25 is the current U.S. theatrical date. The release is listed as limited, so Never After Dark may not reach every market on opening weekend. Theater counts and ticket links have not been announced on Magnolia’s public schedule yet. Viewers outside major markets should check local listings closer to the date instead of assuming a nationwide rollout.
No U.S. streaming or digital date has been confirmed as of July 13. The theatrical date is the only North American availability window currently attached to the film.
WHAT NEVER AFTER DARK IS ABOUT
Airi travels from place to place helping restless spirits cross out of the living world. A call to a remote house puts her in front of an apparition that doesn’t follow the rules she understands. The official Japanese campaign centers the haunting on 12:05 a.m., when something begins appearing inside the house. Airi’s attempt to identify it opens family secrets and turns a familiar medium-at-a-haunted-house setup into a fight with a threat she cannot simply guide away.
MOEKA HOSHI LEADS THE HOUSE
Moeka Hoshi plays Airi. Kento Kaku appears as Gunji, the son of the house’s owner, and also serves as a producer. The cast includes Kurumi Inagaki, Mutsuo Yoshioka, Bokuzo Masana, and Tae Kimura. That corrects the original version of this article, which placed Kaku at the center of the cast instead of Hoshi.
DAVE BOYLE AND SIGNAL181
Boyle wrote and directed the film after working with Kaku on the Netflix series House of Ninjas. The pair formed the production company SIGNAL181 in 2024, and Never After Dark is its first theatrical feature. Boyle previously directed the mystery Man from Reno; here, the investigation structure moves into a house where testimony can come from the dead.
RUNTIME AND FESTIVAL HISTORY
Never After Dark runs 105 minutes. It screened in SXSW’s Midnighter program in March and won that section’s Audience Award before continuing to the Overlook Film Festival and the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival. The film opened across Japan on June 5, giving the U.S. engagement a completed theatrical run to follow rather than a premiere-night burden.
WHEN WILL NEVER AFTER DARK STREAM?
Magnolia has not announced a U.S. streaming service, rental date, or physical-media release. For now, September 25 is the date to track. This page will be updated when the distributor publishes ticketing or at-home details.