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A family trip through the New Zealand wilderness turns into a nightmare when they're suddenly confronted by a pair of...
A family trip through the New Zealand wilderness turns into a nightmare when they're suddenly confronted by a pair of drifters in this Sundance thriller starring Daniel Gillies (The Originals) and Miriama McDowell (Waru).
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 decision that sets them all on a maddening collision course with the ghosts of their pasts—from which there is no escape.
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Great performances and a tight grasp of tone make for a white-knuckle thriller about a family in peril, one in which the back roads of remote Aotearoa have never been as terrifying onscreen.
92 %63 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
46 %229 reviewsAudience score rating
"Unbearably tense..."
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Slash Film
Slash Film"A genre exercise with some impressive bursts of filmmaking and performance that bode well for whatever Ashcroft does next."
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RogerEbert.com
RogerEbert.com"At a certain point, the built-up momentum declines at a steady rate, never entirely living up to that exhilarating, brutal first act."
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Bloody Disgusting
Bloody Disgusting"The movie doesn’t break any new ground - and doesn’t really try to - but will grab hold of you in moments that range from tense and thrilling to downright shocking."
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Film Threat
Film Threat"(Coming Home in the Dark) can’t help but sputter in the third act, the engine blown from the unsurpassable terror it invokes early on."
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Paste
Paste"A tensely thrilling ride pairing cruel behaviors with an inviting landscape... not for the faint of heart."
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Film School Rejects
Film School Rejects"Its torture-porn trappings give way to a moral weight as unanticipated by the characters as it is by the audience."
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Variety
Variety"A rivetingly nasty ride and an assured debut from a promising new director."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Reporter"A terrific piece of work, as pitiless as it is nuanced."
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Stuff
StuffComing Home in the Dark | Details
- Runtime
- 93
- Genre
- Thriller
- Country of origin
- New Zealand
