Coming Home in the Dark
2021 · Movie · 93 min · ★ 5.8 · 78% critics
A family’s peaceful outing turns into a terrifying ordeal when two ruthless drifters force them into a car and take control of their journey. As the night stretches on, the pressure mounts and a buried wrongdoing from years ago resurfaces, pushing everyone to face fear, guilt, and impossible choices.
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Details
- Years
- 2021
- Release date
- 2021-08-12
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 78/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.8/10 (217 votes)
- Budget
- $970,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a tense, bleak crime-horror ride that keeps escalating and doesn’t pull punches, similar in spirit to Till Death or Longlegs; Not for you if you avoid cruelty-driven stories or intense violence.
Pros: relentless tension; strong performances; dark, gripping story | Cons: brutal and bleak; some dumb decisions; uneven wrap-up
Themes
- gas station
- hostage
- orphanage
- married couple
- new zealand
- road trip
- rifle
- revenge
- murder
- schoolteacher
- abduction
- bewildered
Cast & crew
Daniel Gillies
as Mandrake
Erik Thomson
as Hoaggie
Miriama McDowell
as Jill
Matthias Luafutu
as Tubs
- FP
Frankie Paratene
as Jordan
- BP
Billy Paratene
as Maika
- AP
Alan Palmer
as Paul
- BC
Bailey Cowan
as Kynan
- TZ
Timon Zeiss
as Josh
- TO
Tioti O'Donnell
as Caleb
Directed by James Ashcroft