I’ve been a fan of Maggie Q’s since I first saw her in 2002’s martial arts action flick Naked Weapon, and her latest film Fear the Night is perfect for me. I love (but am also freaked out by) home invasion films and Fear The Night from lauded writer–director Neil LaBute (In the Company of Men, Possession) gets its UK debut this September on digital courtesy of 101 Films.

Maggie leads the cast as Tess, an Iraq War veteran and recovering addict who’s back for her sister’s hen weekend. Along with her other sister and a group of friends, they head to their parents’ remote farmhouse in the California hills for an outrageous girls’ blow-out, but something far more sinister awaits them.

As the party gets going, the drinks begin to flow and so does the fun, but not for Tess, who can’t relax – she doesn’t fit in and struggles to let her guard down – which is lucky for the rest of them, as things suddenly take a disturbingly twisted turn…

When the party’s male stripper is struck with an arrow the evening descends into panic, and when more shots are fired the women quickly realise they’re under attack – a group of menacing masked men are on the rampage. Tess realises that it’s do or die and as her killer instincts kick in, all hell breaks loose… she’ll stop at nothing to defend the group, as the bachelorette bash turns into a brutal bloodbath.

It’s kill or be killed in this thrilling battle of wills and skills, scares and thrills.