Greta (Zuria Vega) moves into the mansion that she inherited from her recently deceased aunt. She decides to invite her friends, Maria (Adriana Louvier), Pilar (Eréndira Ibarra), and Vicky (Ona Casamiquela), to crash there and have a fiesta. Right from the get-go, the tight-lipped housekeeper, Evangelina (Margarita Sanz), doesn't quite warm up to them, and neither does the aunt's cat, Beker. Little do the new inhabitants know that the mansion is haunted until the events that happen after one of them drowns Beker in the pool.

      Roger Ebert once wisely stated that a horror film doesn't need a star because the horror itself is the star. In the case of the remake Mas Negro Que La Noche, the young actresses who play the victims may not give particularly good performances, but that's forgiveable when the scares remain the star front-and-center. The best performance comes from the scene-stealing Margarita Sanz and the creepy cat. Writer/director Henry Bedwell doesn't rely on gore as a means of scaring the audience; instead the set design, lighting, sound effects and camera work all come together to create an effectively creepy, foreboding atmosphere. He also adds some tongue-in-cheek humor as a form a levity, although more could have been useful. At least the expository third act which involve flashbacks don't feel clunky or convoluted. In other words, the back-story that explains the haunting actually makes sense even if it's not very shocking, twisted or surprising enough to make you want to see the film a second time.

      Seeing Mas Negro Que La Noche on the big screen (in 3D) would be ideal given how much of the scares come from its sound and visuals. The smaller screen would diminish those effects. Also, while this might not be up there with The Others or Pan's Labyrinth, it's at least not silly, gimmicky or asinine as Sinister or Oculus. Please be sure to stay through the end credits for another scene mid-credits.