Livid places its home burglary on Halloween night

A moonlit manor house behind trees, with a warm light glowing through a window.

Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury direct the 2011 supernatural horror film.

A Halloween-night burglary provides the premise for Livid. Three intruders enter a home and encounter a situation beyond what they expected from the break-in. Primary source: official description and credits.

The house is therefore a target before it becomes a source of danger. Entering it by choice puts the characters inside the problem that follows, connecting the supernatural story to an attempted theft. Primary source: official description and credits.

A moonlit manor house behind trees, with a warm light glowing through a window.
Carl Gustav Carus, Schloss Milkel in Moonlight, ca. 1833–35, oil on canvas. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Fern and George Wachter Gift, 2018 (2018.749). Public domain. Historical artwork accompanying the article’s nighttime-house setting; not a still or location from Livid. Image source.

Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury direct the film. Its cast includes Chloé Coulloud, Félix Moati, Jérémy Kapone and Catherine Jacob, with Vérane Frédiani and Franck Ribière credited as producers. Primary source: official description and credits.

Prime Video lists Livid as a 2011 horror-fantasy film. Its concise synopsis establishes the date and circumstances of the intrusion while leaving the house’s threat unexplained, keeping the account focused on the beginning of the story rather than its resolution. Primary source: official description and credits.