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Coming Home in the Dark

2021

James Ashcroft

Daniel Gillies, Erik Thomson, Miriama McDowell, Matthias Luafutu ...

5.0

1,675

Thriller. Horror. Mystery Winding down a desolate road through an endless valley, Alan and Jill stop their car to take their teenage boys on a hike through the New Zealand wilderness. As they rest for a picnic at a clearing overlooking the water, two ominous-looking drifters appear out of nowhere, silently surrounding the peaceful clan and radiating a threat of imminent danger. With a swift act of violence, these men take the family by force, a seemingly random ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Chris Evangelista SlashFilm	"A one and a half-hour gut-punch, 'Coming Home in the Dark' is bleak, tense, and often unshakable. It sticks with you; haunts you. Leaves you feeling restless"	POS
United States	David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"A rivetingly nasty ride and an assured debut from a promising new director."	POS
United States	Brian Tallerico rogerebert.com	"Some of 'Coming Home in the Dark' plays like stylish, hollow brutality, but the film’s biggest problem is (...) that it can’t sustain for its running time, getting less interesting as it should be building to its climax"	NEU
United States	Meagan Navarro Bloody Disgusting	"Ashcroft keeps it visually engaging with a strong sense of direction, bolstered by vivid cinematography by Matt Henley. It may not be a comfortable watch, but it’s stunning nonetheless (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Guy Lodge Variety	"[It] appears to be a nihilistic horror excursion in the blood-leaking vein of 'Wolf Creek,' before its torture-porn trappings give way to a moral weight as unanticipated by the characters as it is by the audience."	POS
United States	Matt Cipolla The Film Stage	"The skill is here and it comes to fruition in the first 50 minutes, but it’s when it tries to interrogate the motives at hand that it starts to wobble."	NEU
United States	Pramit Chatterjee Mashable	"On a technical level, it’s pretty much perfect and it features brilliant performances from its cast, thereby making it a must-watch for all."	POS
United States	Drew Tinnin Dread Central	"A dark, unforgiving film from the word go with a social cause at its heart, but the message never upends the murder (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
Canada	Eric Ortiz García Screen Anarchy	"The film is a more interesting production due to its themes, rather than entirely effective in the execution of its climax"	NEU

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