Synopsis
Secure within a desolate home as an unnatural threat terrorizes the world, a man has established a tenuous domestic order with his wife and son, but this will soon be put to test when a desperate young family arrives seeking refuge.
Secure within a desolate home as an unnatural threat terrorizes the world, a man has established a tenuous domestic order with his wife and son, but this will soon be put to test when a desperate young family arrives seeking refuge.
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wish I remembered who told me this *wasn't* terrifying so that I could hit them up for all my new therapy bills & anti-depressants.
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Two sides of the Hollywood distribution coin: It Comes at Night is anticipated (and marketed) as an antidote to the plodding monotony of typical Summer fare, only to reveal itself (in 2,533 theatres nationwide, no less) as a lame, counter-intuitive example of the inherent flaws of the modern low-budget Art-House picture. The film, directed by Trey Edward Shults, is Romero without the implications of exploitation, Kubrick without formal satisfaction of its displays of dread, Carpenter without any genuine exploration of its ensemble. It reeks of shambled ideas, overambitious attempts at ambiguity, and overcooked viewpoints of performers. It Comes at Night creates and molds a world of its own even when the parts and pieces are woefully self-important and deceitful.…
I don't see how this is demonstrably different from the weekly tediously self-conscious bleakness of your average episode of "The Walking Dead", except this has the added benefit of looking like every other generic indie horror movie from the last 5+ years.
The two dudes next to me both took their shoes off and put their disgusting feet up. That was the moment I understood what the title meant.
what comes at night? being bland?? being unoriginal??? being boring???? being DUMB?????
someone in the theater just yelled "aw come on, that was a piece of shit" and the girl next to me just said "i feel dumb, i don't get it".
this is creepy as hell. spooky stuff. great cinematography. great score. story definitely needed some work though, i wish it was longer!