Underplayed Gems

Coming Home in the Dark (2021)

Coming Home in the Dark poster
Directed by
James Ashcroft
Genre
thriller film
Country
New Zealand
Runtime
1h 33m
Rated
16
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 221 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A family on a remote road trip is confronted by two strangers. The encounter turns violent and forces them to face a dark past.

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What happens

Coming Home in the Dark is a 2021 New Zealand psychological thriller film based on the 1995 short story by Owen Marshall. Directed by James Ashcroft and written by Ashcroft and Eli Kent, the film stars Daniel Gillies, Erik Thomson, Miriama McDowell and Matthias Luafutu. The film premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival on 31 January 2021. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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