{
  "id": 9800978,
  "title": "How ‘Never After Dark’ Dodges Horror Clichés: Shoot Well-Lit Scenes, Challenge Conventional Storytelling and ‘Pull the Rug Out From Under People’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/how-never-after-dark-dodges-horror-cliches-shoot-well-lit-scenes",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-25T18:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/features/never-after-dark-japanese-medium-movie-horror-cliches-1236872636/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "As the title implies, “Never After Dark” is a horror film that isn’t stuck in the shadows. “There’s something very tactile and direct, and a lot of it takes place during the day or at least fairly bright interiors,” writer and director Dave Boyle says. “We talked a lot about evoking darkness instead of just […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}