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The Vile Sets November 20 U.S. Theatrical and Digital Release
Majid Al Ansari's The Vile opens in select U.S. theaters and on digital November 20. Here is how it connects to Hoba and what the release announcement covers.
Topics: The Vile, Hoba, Majid Al Ansari, Sarah Taibah, Dark Sky Films, Digital release
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The Vile opens in select U.S. theaters and on digital platforms on November 20, 2026, through Dark Sky Films. Majid Al Ansari’s Arabic-language horror film was previously released in the UAE as Hoba. The November date concerns its American rollout, not its world premiere.
Header: Sarah Taibah, who plays Zahra, photographed at the Red Sea Film Festival in December 2025. Zafer / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0. Cropped and converted to WebP; this is an archive cast photograph.
What the November 20 release includes
Rue Morgue’s November 5 report carries Dark Sky’s announcement of a theatrical and digital launch on the same day. iHorror’s November 8 coverage specifies select U.S. theaters.
The announcement does not name a subscription streaming service or a subscription premiere date. It also does not establish worldwide availability. Check the listing in your country before treating a digital release date as access through a service you already pay for.
The official Dark Sky film page links to the distributor’s trailer. You can also watch it on Dark Sky Films’ YouTube channel.
Why you may recognize it as Hoba
This is the film that reached UAE cinemas as Hoba in October 2025, as iHorror’s release history explains. The BFI also included The Vile in its 2025 London Film Festival programme.
Those earlier listings and Dark Sky’s 2026 release listing describe different stages of the same film’s distribution. They are not evidence of a remake or a second movie. The director’s name is a useful way to distinguish this release when searching across regional catalogs.
A family conflict with a supernatural threat
Dark Sky’s synopsis follows Amani, whose husband brings home a second wife, Zahra. Amani stays to protect her daughter Noor, while disturbing events make her question what Zahra has brought into the household. This is the film’s fictional premise, not a report of a documented haunting.
Bdoor Mohammad plays Amani and Sarah Taibah plays Zahra; the cast also includes Iman Tarik and Jasem AlKharraz. Al Ansari co-wrote the screenplay with Johnnie Alward. Spooky Pictures and Image Nation Studios produced the film.
For another November home-release announcement, see Other Mommy’s digital and disc dates. More film news is collected in Morbid Index’s movie coverage.