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Coming Home in the Dark

2021 · 93 min

A relentless, grim road trip that turns a family outing into a nightmare of revenge and buried guilt, leaving you shaken and tense.

Directed by
James Ashcroft
Genres
Crime, Horror, Thriller
Tagline
All that evil requires is for good men to do nothing.
Overview
A school teacher is forced to confront a brutal act from his past when a pair of ruthless drifters takes him and his family on a nightmare road-trip.

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Directed by
James Ashcroft
Genres
Crime, Horror, Thriller
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
relentless, 4 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • revenge
  • guilt
  • trauma
  • violence
  • morality
Places
  • road trip
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror6
Humour1
Realism8
Romance1
Tension9
Darkness9
Complexity6
Emotional weight9

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Genres
crime, horror, thriller
Directed by
James Ashcroft
Written by
Eli Kent, James Ashcroft
Starring
Daniel Gillies, Erik Thomson, Miriama McDowell, Matthias Luafutu, Frankie Paratene, Billy Paratene, Alan Palmer, Bailey Cowan
Music
John Gibson
Cinematography
Matt Henley
Runtime
93 min
Country
New Zealand
Languages
English

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