The Visit (2015 American film)

The Visit
Theatrical release poster
Directed byM. Night Shyamalan
Written byM. Night Shyamalan
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyMaryse Alberti
Edited byLuke Ciarrocchi
Production
companies
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release dates
  • August 30, 2015 (2015-08-30) (Dublin)
  • September 11, 2015 (2015-09-11) (United States)
Running time
94 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$5 million[2]
Box office$98.5 million[3]

The Visit is a 2015 American found footage comedy horror film written, co-produced and directed by M. Night Shyamalan and starring Olivia DeJonge, Ed Oxenbould, Deanna Dunagan, Peter McRobbie, and Kathryn Hahn. The film centers around two young siblings, teenage girl Becca (DeJonge) and her younger brother Tyler (Oxenbould), who go to stay with their estranged grandparents. During their stay, the siblings notice their grandparents behaving bizarrely and they set out to find the truth behind the strange circumstances at the farmstead.

The film was released in North America on September 11, 2015, by Universal Pictures. It grossed $98.5 million worldwide against a $5 million production budget and received positive reviews from critics, with many calling it a return-to-form for Shyamalan's career.

  1. ^ "The Visit". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved August 13, 2015.
  2. ^ "The Visit (2015)". The Numbers. Nash Information Services, LLC. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
  3. ^ "The Visit (2015)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Archived from the original on February 11, 2021. Retrieved February 11, 2021.