It Comes at Night

R

Released Jun 9, 2017

1 hr. 37 min.

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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After a mysterious apocalypse leaves the world with few survivors, two families are forced to share a home in an uneasy alliance to keep the outside evil at bay -- only to learn that the true horror may come from within.

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It Comes at Night makes lethally effective use of its bare-bones trappings while proving once again that what's left unseen can be just as horrifying as anything on the screen.

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Dan R

I recently found myself researching the films released by the A24 distributor/studio and came across 2017's 'It Came at Night'. 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. Then a desperate young family arrives seeking refuge.' How you make a story that's so simple and vague so dark, tense and enthralling is beyond me, but director Trey Shults has absolutely done that. It's deeply emotional and troubling especially considering its subject matter and the fact we live in a post Covid world. I could feel it, every nuance, every choice, every moral dilemma. And it's that moral dilemma that forms the story here and ultimately, ends the lives of the main cast. Its strong social subtext means this is the thinking man's horror film. And that's if horror is even the correct genre to pigeon hole it into. It's something is very different. Very special. The tension is real and raw, and will feel very personal to everyone who watches it. Exceptional. 9/10

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

04/20/24

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Terrance L

It kept my attention throughout but the ending is not very solid.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/31/24

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Veronica L

Had some good scenes and interesting plot but the end was not satisfying

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/19/24

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Daniel C

The movie is boring, terribly written, and unsatisfactory in nearly every fashion. There's an old phrase that says, "No paragraph is worth a line, no scene is worth a paragraph, no movie is worth a scene." This movie feels like someone had a halfway decent idea written on a napkin, and tried to stretch it into an entire movie. There are thousands of great movies in the same genre that are more worthy of your time...and even "not so great" ones too. Skip this one. It's a stinker. Spoilers ahead: There are no monsters. Nothing comes at night. The plot has terrible ADD and entire sections could have been easily lifted out, and the story would have been the exact same. There is no character development. No character is deep or likable. The pacing is terrible. There are dozens of "promises" sown by the characters, with absolutely zero payoff.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/17/24

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Matthew M

Missed some opportunities to make this movie good. Only good thing it did was show how awful humans can be to each other.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

03/09/24

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Anne R

Just awful. Nothing comes at night. Seriously it's senseless, pointless and a waste of time. Skip it.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/28/24

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Riley Keough

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Kambole Campbell

One Room With A View

It Comes at Night is a powerful, slow-burning horror, a distressing and nihilistic examination of human nature that lingers in the mind long after the shocking denouement.

Rated: 4/5

Aug 25, 2018

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K. Austin Collins

The Ringer

The movie has its flaws. But one of Shults's main triumphs is to get us to believe in the danger of the outside world as fiercely as his characters do.

Aug 10, 2017

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Jason Anderson

Sight & Sound

Shults's adoption of a more vicious mode sharpens his already discomfiting take on families in states of extreme duress in his debut feature Krisha.

Jul 19, 2017

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

"It Comes at Night" is tightly comprised of excruciating moral challenges that escalate with time.

Rated: 4/5

Sep 4, 2023

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Jordy Sirkin

Jordy Reviews It

Writer/director Trey Edward Shults builds so much tension with such vague storytelling, and I loved every bit of the ambiguity and metaphorical message it provides.

Feb 22, 2023

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

It’s an unconventional horror picture. It’s a deep emotional treatment of loss. It’s a troubling, unorthodox coming-of-age story. The cool thing is how well Trey Shults packages all these things together without an ounce of conflict.

Rated: 4/5

Aug 22, 2022

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Synopsis

After a mysterious apocalypse leaves the world with few survivors, two families are forced to share a home in an uneasy alliance to keep the outside evil at bay -- only to learn that the true horror may come from within.

Director: Trey Edward Shults
Screenwriter: Trey Edward Shults
Distributor: A24
Production Co: Animal Kingdom
Rating: R (Language|Disturbing Images|Violence)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 9, 2017, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 10, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $14.0M
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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