It Comes at Night (2017)

Directed by

Trey Edward Shults

Genre

splatter film, post-apocalyptic film, thriller film, apocalyptic film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 31m

Rated

R

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 2,644 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A family hides in a remote forest house to avoid a deadly contagious disease. Their fragile safety is threatened when they take in another family seeking shelter.

tenseclaustrophobicbleakslow-burnunsettlingsuspensefuldread-filledparanoid

What happens

It Comes at Night is a 2017 American psychological horror film written and directed by Trey Edward Shults. It stars Joel Edgerton, Christopher Abbott, Carmen Ejogo, Kelvin Harrison Jr., and Riley Keough. The film focuses on a family hiding in a forest as the Earth is taken over by a highly contagious disease. The film had its premiere at the Overlook Film Festival at Timberline Lodge in Oregon on April 29, 2017, and was theatrically released on June 9, 2017, in the United States, by A24. It was positively received by critics but less well received by the general public, and grossed over $20 million worldwide. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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