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It Comes at Night

It Comes at Night

2017
Horror, Mystery
1h 31m
Secure within a desolate home as an unnatural threat terrorizes the world, the tenuous domestic order he has established with his wife and son is put to the ultimate test with the arrival of a desperate young family seeking refuge. Despite the best intentions of both families, paranoia and mistrust boil over as the horrors outside creep ever-closer, awakening something hidden and monstrous within him as he learns that the protection of his family comes at the cost of his soul. (imdb)
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It Comes at Night

2017
Horror, Mystery
1h 31m
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Rated 05 Jul 2018
70
65th
Reminded me very much of The Invitation, complete with a nuanced convincing performance from a lead actor that I can't stand. Human interaction will always be more frightening than a genetically mutated deer whose hooves have formed hooks somehow and also it craves human flesh for some reason. Granted that might not have been their "It," but honestly, who's to say it wouldn't?
Rated 23 Sep 2017
70
75th
When is a zombie movie not a zombie movie despite looking, sounding, feeling, smelling, tasting, and sixth sensing like a zombie movie? Easy. WHEN ITS NOT A FUCKING ZOMBIE MOVIE.
Rated 31 Aug 2020
60
15th
With a title, trailers, and synopsis all over the place that mislead the audience into believing this movie is something that it is not, "It Comes at Night" is a poor attempt to create a big buzz for a small movie. It's a relatively generic, but competently made disease outbreak movie with tension, but no scares, little gore, and very little happening. I feel let down, nothing really comes at night in this movie except the occasional bad dream.
Rated 10 Jun 2017
63
26th
I liked the aesthetic - those pans and zooms, animalistic score, the narrative lapsing between dream and reality. And the candid performances. My favorite aspect of the film is the use of perspective. However - this film was not complex enough to merit how genuinely incomplete it is. With such restraint in pace, the culmination was not cathartic enough in theme or emotion to be worth remembering. Filmmakers got in their own way.
Rated 13 Jun 2017
60
40th
It Comes at Night is a pretty good film, though not what I was expecting. The acting and direction are both fantastic, making a beautiful film, but the plot is a little boring, compared to what we were led to believe, and the tension though real, is spread a little thin. However that last shot is haunting. The rest of the film, is good, if not a little forgettable.
Rated 17 Sep 2017
70
56th
On one hand I sort of wish they went more into defining just what the threat actually was. On the other I could see how much of the tension would be lost if they spent more time defining it. You really wouldn't want to lose that as it's by far the most entrancing part of the movie. Even if you have no idea what you are so tense about most of the time.
Rated 16 Jun 2017
85
84th
Supremely intense. Shults just kind of chucks us into a world where we don't quite understand the playing field - and it works wonders in mirroring the fear of the characters in our own minds.
Rated 13 Jun 2019
71
59th
It's pretty moody and at times uncomfortably tense, but misplaced expectations about the contents could sour the experience. As long as you're ok with 'It' standing for 'the dark things we are capable of to protect what we have under extreme conditions' and not ermmm I dunno some clown with sharp teeth and jumpscares or some sheeeit.
Rated 08 May 2020
70
48th
Good Movie lots of mistrust and mystery I just didn't care much for the ending
Rated 31 Aug 2017
73
66th
Admirably low-key tense and character-focused, but as much as I love that they don't infodump and give us more info than the characters would realistically have, it wouldn't have hurt to give us SOME hint of what they know. Without that, once you pause and think about it, it's just the same old people-are-the-real-monsters shtick that NotLD perfected 50 years ago interrupted by dream sequences. Not at all a bad way to spend 90 minutes, but it could have been better.
Rated 09 Oct 2017
82
56th
Ye Gods: DARK! Do NOT watch after a tough day & have your mood elevating drug of choice/sitcom to hand for immediately after credits. Bleak & chilling as all hell but superbly done. Never seen Joel E (Previously 1 of my least Fav 'lead' actors) perform better or draw my attention, sympathy, empathy, dread etc more powerfully. It's like watching a stress nightmare (not gore, jump fright, torture porn gladly) unfold, unable to stop it or help them defuse paranoia [if only they could hear us ;-) ]
Rated 29 Aug 2017
30
17th
Oh my god I was wrong it was us all along, oh you've finally made a monkey out of me. Oh golly another film where it's the humans to fear, another film about paranoid people trying to survive against zombies/infected people in the middle of the woods where very little happens.
Rated 26 Jul 2017
8
80th
The VVitch 2.0. Same style anyway. Enthralling with complete uneasiness throughout. Extremely tense and well made. Highly recommended if you were a fan of the aforementioned film, like me!
Rated 15 Dec 2017
79
50th
A good watch, but really just insanely slight. Like it's really hard for me to comprehend how someone could think something with such sparseness would be enough for a satisfying movie, and that's coming from someone who loves slow plotless character pieces and stuff.
Rated 19 Mar 2018
75
59th
For all the marketing mishaps that surrounded It Comes at Night succeeds in being a moody, physiological character piece in the bleakest of settings. I would agree with others in that the film almost feels unfinished as it lacks something to really land the allegory in a unique way. Still, the suspense leading up to a horrific ending is well shot and well crafted. I look forward to more from Trey Edward Shultz.
Rated 30 Jun 2018
2
14th
My wife keeps just so enthusiastically insisting we rent these A24 horror films that are, to a one, all as horrifically depressing as being told grandma has cancer. I’ve come to actually dread putting them in the DVD player, and I don’t mean dread being scared. It is the most bizarre addiction she seems to have. I’d ask if something was wrong at home if I wasn’t at home too.
Rated 09 May 2019
75
63rd
Despite being a film that features so few actual moments of immediate danger, it almost overwhelmingly and brilliantly manages to create an unsettling tension that carries and builds throughout, up until the rather harrowing climax. I expected more of a typical horror/thriller, and was happily surprised with what I got. It serves as a great look at what isolation and paranoia could lead to when people's lives and loved ones are on the line. Solid performances all round.
Rated 09 Feb 2018
58
8th
Nothing comes at night.
Rated 20 Sep 2020
6
61st
This isn't what I was expecting. It Comes at Night plays more into psychological horror and paranoia that it does traditional horror. This is a interesting idea, unfortunately, nothing here is really scary. Because of that, I felt a lack of tension and it kinda drags some parts of the film. It certainly attempts something different, and I like it because some films pulls this off really well. This is still a decent film, but there was potential for so much more, sadly.
Rated 14 Jun 2017
25
15th
Once again, A24 brings an "all atmosphere, no anything else" film to theaters. If the "It" in the film's title is sleep, this movie is spot on because I certainly wanted to fall asleep. One of the dumbest endings to a movie I've ever seen.
Rated 11 Jun 2017
79
70th
Highly effective at selling the mood. There is a creeping sense of dread throughout. Excellent use of pitch dark during the night scenes.
Rated 09 Jun 2017
8
84th
It's pretty difficult to believe that this is only Shults' second feature film. So good on so many levels and able to almost seamlessly switch from drama to thriller and back again. Soundtrack and sound design second to none.
Rated 01 Sep 2017
75
53rd
The marketing is shit, as others have said this isn't really a horror movie. There are some scary parts, most notably in the dream sequences, but it's more of a drama. Which is fine, but it doesn't go anywhere that interesting. The ending is intense and there's a tension throughout that is endearing, good atmosphere, good acting, shot well, but after the excellent beginning I thought there would be more. Final shot is great though. It's just a flick that competently does something familiar.
Rated 11 Jun 2017
80
89th
It Comes at Night is a tense, powerful, insightful, and atmospheric movie--but it isn't particularly scary. That's not a criticism; it's a statement aimed at those of you who believe that its marketing has accurately represented the product being released in theaters. This is a paranoia thriller about what people will do to survive--and there are some semi-scary nightmare sequences scattered throughout. It's wonderfully crafted and has great acting. Just know what you're getting into
Rated 22 Jun 2017
75
77th
Ambient and slow burning chiller that trades chock (and plot) for a engagingly naturalistic depiction of deteriorating human relations. A wee bit more world building would have been appreciated.
Rated 03 Sep 2017
45
1st
Probably one of the worst movies I've ever seen. Seriously, what the hell was this... The title says it all: it doesn't have any meaning and is just randomly selected by the director. It's the opposite of a work of art. A work of shit. Holy crap, I'm still amazed I watched the whole thing. Full of plot holes and they leave things unexplained which if explained MAYBE would have made it more interesting.. Boring stupid and dull. This movie insults the viewer's intelligence.
Rated 19 Dec 2017
80
77th
The more I reflected on this, the more it grew on me.
Rated 23 Oct 2017
83
77th
I love when a movie drives you to the internet for explanations and conversations about theories. It Comes at Night is all about the unknown, and in a meta way the film is intended to have an unknown explanation. Because of this, it is hard to spoil anything. However, consider this sentence like the creepy red door from the film, and on the other side is a spoiler. I think the Dad is delusional causing his wife to be as well. Their son is being raised in this way, but slowly discovering the trut
Rated 06 Sep 2017
59
62nd
okay movie
Rated 04 Dec 2017
50
4th
It should come as no surprise that this cinematic sleeping pill averages twice as high a score from professional critics on Rotten Tomatoes as it does from average film buffs: pros are far more likely to interpret all the "atmosphere" & ketchup-drip pacing as a sign of subtle profundity that the unwashed masses simply fail to appreciate. Horsesh-t. Unless you're the kind of person who delights in wringing reams of meaning from the Emperor's decision to wear no clothes in public, this is a BORE.
Rated 04 Jul 2017
75
65th
When it's good, it's great. Tense and gripping at its best, some scenes in particular are among the most well crafted I've seen all year. Wonderful cinematography. It falls through a bit, with a reliance on unnecessary dream sequences to break up the occasional boredom, which to be fair is there. Delving a bit further into what's actually going on would be a better choice, particularly given the naturalistic angle the film takes. Absolutely reccomend checking this out regardless.
Rated 28 Oct 2018
85
94th
What kind of horror movie is this? There is no monster here? Well, the monster is inside us. It's called fear of death. I love how the film tricks us at the end. You will be questioning who is wrong, who is right, who is good, who is bad...
Rated 24 Jan 2020
5
20th
I kept waiting for this movie to turn a corner and be the thriller I wanted it to be or to even be ABOUT anything and it never was. It was clearly SUPPOSED to be a study of the people, but there's nothing to endear you to anyone but the original couple's son and there's little to no character development or plot at all. It's terribly boring, well-acted, and well-shot nothing. Disappointing.
Rated 08 Jul 2017
60
60th
Another solid entry in the rebirth of the horror genre following the likes of last year's exceptional The Witch. ICaN portrays the darkest and scariest of human fears - human nature itself. A film deftly handled by a cast with spot-on performances emphasising and showing the true depths of paranoia, mistrust, integrity and masculinity in a time of crisis where humans are their worst enemies. The lack of a third act can be puzzling and requires a second viewing. /c Cineworld West India Quay
Rated 18 Sep 2017
40
41st
It doesn't, actually.
Rated 13 Jun 2017
75
75th
Shults gon' fuck up the world
Rated 25 Sep 2017
69
73rd
Slightly odd format and feel, but the pretty masterful reality of the constant degrading of humanity make up for it.
Rated 11 Sep 2017
75
56th
The flick is visually interesting with some grit to match. The dichotomy between the awoken world and the dream world was equally interesting, but that doesn't automatically make a *great* movie. Performances are fine, direction is probably above-average for the genre. I think this is a good movie that doesn't necessarily take that next step, or break much new ground. But it does take a pretty beneficial psychological turn at the halfway mark, and the darker the movie gets, the better it is.
Rated 03 Sep 2017
80
67th
A pleasant surprise.It has a very interesting and mysterious premise that had me invested from the beginning,the dialogue is very realistic and believable as well as the performances especially from Joel Edgerton.The ending is very dark but it's a perfect ending for this already dark movie.It's not mind-blowing or even that original but it's definitely a very well-made physiological thriller.
Rated 25 Sep 2017
70
75th
What an amazing atmosphere created. People who say nothing happens, that is the point. It is not about the virus, it is not about how they survive, it is about the people and their instincts. Greatly acted, very well directed, really good film.
Rated 12 Sep 2017
35
19th
I was sort of hoping for a decent horror movie, and instead I got an unpleasant psychological chamber drama dressed in that rather tiresome pandemic survivalist trope. The cast acts like crazy but fails to overcome the hollow nothingness of the characters and sketchy premise.
Rated 15 Nov 2017
61
74th
Decent chiller but nothing rave about. Great acting from Edgerton.
Rated 12 Jan 2018
78
60th
A fairly competent thriller where the boundary between good and bad is very thin. You know it's bad, but still would do the same.
Rated 12 Sep 2017
40
14th
well, obviously nothing comes at night..
Rated 05 Sep 2017
85
93rd
If the "it" in question is "queasy existential dread bordering on total emotional catatonia," then YEAH, YOU PRETTY MUCH NAILED "IT," MOVIE!
Rated 22 Nov 2017
50
37th
Average, horror?
Rated 05 Jul 2017
58
60th
In same vein as recent horror films like It Follows & The Witch (also from A24). This one goes even further and doesn't really show any "monster" at all, which seems to be a big issue for a lot of viewers. I admired the effort, but felt that the film could have benefited from more exposition. Now it's a beautifully shot film with a strong atmosphere and good acting, but feels too much like an exercise. Writer/director Shults is definitely one to watch, but he could use a co-writer next time.
Rated 05 Sep 2017
8
94th
Everything about this was excellent.
Rated 11 Jun 2017
9
71st
After the indulgent, kind of boring 'Krisha', who would have thought Schults' sophomore feature would be a taut thriller that doesn't let up from the first frame. That's the amazing thing here - there's almost zero exposition, there's five main character, there's one location. With these simple tools, he crafts something that grabs you by the throat and only lets go to throw you down into the mud by the end. Its simply never boring, never indulgent, always leaves you at the edge of your seat.
Rated 30 Aug 2017
65
48th
kamera-müzik kullanımı ve sekmeyen tempoyla yaratılan güçlü atmosfer temel olarak filmi tanımlıyor. karakterlerin bilinenleri ve normlar ile çevrenin bilinmeyenleri arasındaki etkileşim ortaya sürükleyici ve aynı zamanda aileye olduğu kadar aidiyete dair açık edici bir hikaye ortaya koyuyor. carpenter'ın the thing'in işleyen ama asıl ilgi çekici olmayan özelliklerinin yok olmuş hali gibi.
Rated 17 Mar 2018
50
35th
Not bad.
Rated 25 Mar 2018
53
29th
It doesn't come; that was the problem
Rated 03 Aug 2018
79
63rd
a strong and potential future portrait. fear comes at night and day. humanism and trust are lost. wise choice to focus on relationships between people instead of dystopian details.
Rated 20 Aug 2018
73
37th
This is an interesting film that may not be what you expect. The actors do a good job in this movie. The script had some good moments and some slow ones. Overall I would recommend this film.
Rated 21 Dec 2018
80
86th
Very effective. Shults is two for two.
Rated 05 Mar 2019
50
43rd
Slow-burning dream scare drama, where the outcome of the story is determined by one fairly reasonable decision made early on - making all the character actions feel like they are after the fact. I'm sure there are parables if you look for them. I didn't feel the need to. I'll struggle to remember this movie in a months time. The poster promised more than this kammerspiel delivers.
Rated 23 Jun 2020
40
26th
While it is undoubtedly the case that fear can engender monsters, it is odd to watch this film about an epidemic at a time when the sleep of reason is more a matter of a failure to acknowledge fear's real basis. While it isn't exactly dull, the director's keen wish to teach this lesson results in a film that seems a little smug, or whose lesson seems a little pat. Actors work hard, but the script is a bit thin.
Rated 28 Jan 2023
70
46th
Top badass moment? No, it doesn’t. And it doesn’t in the day either. A teen has weird dreams and gets the hots for the first woman he sees, plus what happens to regular folk once access to Netflix is lost. This film reminded me of Christmas; great build-up, then it descended into a morass of poor-quality family time, annoying neighbours and paranoid feelings because you got the crappiest present. It did however, make me try (and fail) to book a Covid booster. No cats, chainsaws or decapitations.
Rated 27 Oct 2017
50
46th
Average, horror?
Rated 16 Jun 2017
75
52nd
It was marketed as one thing and what I saw was another. A very well done and tense thriller about what it means to protect your family and those you love, and how far you'll go, but the movie I thought this would be was 10x better than what we got.
Rated 10 Jul 2017
75
49th
Too much blurry, art'y and abstract
Rated 01 Sep 2017
68
53rd
Good stylistic choices. Great premise. Not enough depth.
Rated 03 Nov 2017
63
28th
Not sure what I missed. Nothing really exciting happens, so I was probably not super engaged. A bit disappointed after I liked Shults debut.
Rated 28 Nov 2019
80
81st
Only bad guys survive in this world. The parallels to property ownership can't be missed.
Rated 05 Dec 2017
30
3rd
Utterly fails in its message by mediocre interpersonal relations between the "monsters" and the absence of a proper (background) story. Soundscape was good, cinematography was so-so.
Rated 30 Aug 2017
80
59th
Creating a vibrant, ostensibly haunting world, and populating it with characters who embody the mistrust and inherent paranoia that would naturally come hand in hand with a viral apocalypse, "It Comes At Night" is tense, original, and unique, even if the protagonists are in need of some development, and a number of truly bizarre narrative choices begin to grate on the nerves by the films final reel. It's not a masterpiece, but sometimes the most memorable thrillers don't always have to be.
Rated 11 Dec 2017
55
47th
Generic and forgettable post-apocalyptic drama.
Rated 13 Jul 2017
65
47th
Spoiler Alert! The title made me believe that something was gonna come at night, but nothing ever came. The monsters in this film was the humans and that was kind of the whole idea. However i Was expecting much more. The build up was good, but when it ended i was like What the fuck? It ended out of nowhere, Definitely not a horror movie.
Rated 04 Sep 2017
72
47th
The atmosphere is palpable and the slow pace is alluring. But the reliance on dream sequences unfortunately drags it downwards. It also commits a mortal sin to the viewer by not showing them a key piece of information that the characters would seek themselves. It is interesting if you switch the perspectives, though.
Rated 30 Aug 2017
46
6th
It has a cool poster
Rated 05 Dec 2017
55
45th
I really liked Kirsha, this one actually let me down
Rated 12 Jul 2017
7
66th
Its biggest strength is not spoon-feeding you answers, more horror/suspense movies need to follow its example. Its biggest weakness is not following through where it should. Maybe I'm wrong, but SOMETHING should have come at night.
Rated 23 Jun 2020
70
60th
It Comes at Night, post apokaliptik bir dünyada, şüpheyi doğaüstü varlıklara çekiyor. Fakat "gece gelen" belirsiz bir metafor. İzolasyon sürecinin insan doğasına psikolojik zararı, varolan virüsün kabuslarımızı da ele geçirmesi ve yarattığı paranoya gibi. Kesinlikle iyi filmdi.
Rated 26 Mar 2018
70
60th
Not what I expected at all, but it ended up being a dark, unsettling story filled with tension.
Rated 06 Dec 2019
13
5th
An interesting premise with no plot or world building. Great acting with no characterization or arcs. Beautiful shots with nothing to back it up. It comes at night is a mystery drama (not horror) which feels like its missing key elements. Almost like I jumped into an episode of a show midway through season 5. Its premise could have been a fantastic slow burn, but the view needs to know any rules of this world to play in the space
Rated 12 May 2018
65
40th
This movie is being hyped to hell and back by critics, and while it does a decent enough job of entertaining for its duration, the conclusion is so unsatisfying it undermines everything else. Very implausible events are just left hanging, wanting for an explanation; there's fridge logic everywhere, and when the credits start rolling, you can scarcely believe it. Also, the title itself makes no sense and builds expectations that the movie has no intention of meeting.
Rated 24 Oct 2018
55
8th
Good frustrating tension. It wasn't what I thought it was going to be.
Rated 17 Dec 2018
60
28th
Extremely spare drama that constantly threatens to become horror but never really does. Not a lot going on under the surface and everything plays out pretty much how you'd expect it to but it elevates itself through quality of execution. I have no idea what the title is referring to.
Rated 04 Jan 2019
60
71st
Excellent tension.
Rated 19 Jan 2019
60
47th
Filmin müziklerine geril geril gerildim. Bildiğimiz gerilim filmlerinden. 1 aile orman içinde bir evde sanırım zombilerden kaçıp saklanıyor. Büyükbabası bir virüs tarafından etkilenince evin damadı tarafından öldürülüyor. 1 gün sonra da eve gece gelen bir misafir ailenin huzur ve düzenini bozacaktır. Filmdeki metaforlardan ve sapık filmindeki gerilim müziğinden korku filmi olduğunu anlıyoruz. Gerisi vasat rutin ev işleri. Ah şu içimdeki insan sevgisi olmasa.
Rated 26 Jan 2019
58
30th
I don't need Hollywood endings, but this is almost trolling in it's execution. Very frustrating since it was a excellent movie that had built up a lot of steam right before it just stops. I'm not sure why people are hung up on the title, I think it fits.
Rated 07 Feb 2020
90
94th
Don't expect cheap narrative plot devices to guide the story in a direction to either please the viewer or teach some moral lesson. There are just realistic and well constructed characters who are suddenly thrown into a terrifying world in which they never swerve off their tragic paths.
Rated 08 Mar 2020
63
36th
62.8
Rated 19 Feb 2020
63
62nd
Unlike 90% of other horror movies, this one has somewhat lackluster first and second acts, but heebus does it pick up in the third (where usually most other horror films stumble down with their trousers around their ankles)! This film has one of the better horror movie endings I've seen. And during the final act there is this particularly gut-wrenching and deeply emotionally disturbing scene I've seen in all of films (and I've seen plenty, if you check my bio!)
Rated 23 Sep 2019
10
56th
From beginning to end you are left without the entire story of why things are the way they are, and it is better for it, because you honestly don't need to know. Why some events occur, as in later decisions, are questionable, but if you think hard about them, you can find justification, even for the hardest hitting moment. And there definitely is, short from the finish, a pretty hard one. Great film, keeping it simple to exactly what it needed to tell. Worth a watch.
Rated 03 Apr 2020
75
67th
Under Quarantine Film Reviews #23: Although marketed as a straight-up horror film, it is actually a very moody and tense psychological drama. Really loved the ambiguity and slow burn of the whole situation. Well worth a watch but don't expect to the film to hold your hand.
Rated 08 Jul 2021
25
4th
What an absolute waste of time. All build-up, no payoff, and not even good build-up. A boring, drawn out, utterly empty movie.
Rated 13 Oct 2022
68
69th
As a dystopian, post-apocalyptical movie this was well done. As a mystery or horror, it would fail. The acting was decent but this wasn't anything that hasn't been done and done better, it was just a little artsier than most.
Rated 20 Feb 2023
20
3rd
Another "pyschological" horror movie. Title is clickbait, nothing comes at night. There's some build up and that's it, no information about the virus or the thing that's supposed to come at night. Just your casual "humans are the real monsters" take. Would be better watching scooby doo, more entertainment with the same message.
Rated 29 Oct 2023
75
56th
A very solid, taut horror thriller that is more concerned with character and human behavior than jump scares. The scenario is intriguing and well handled, but it falls apart a bit toward the end, as there are an unsatisfying number of answers to the questions we've developed during the film. It also increasingly gets a bit fuzzy what, if any, point the film is trying to make. It's well worth a watch, but you might be a little annoyed by what it doesn't get to.
Rated 08 Jan 2024
41
23rd
Plot 12/20 Fiction 8/20 Casting/Acting 11/20 Worldbuilding 5/20 Entertainment 5/20
Rated 27 Jan 2024
10
0th
eng; [it comes at night]; ein mann lebt mit seiner frau und sohn in einem einsamen haus, während sich in dem rest der welt scheinbar eine seuche verbreitet - eine weitere auftauchende familie produziert einen stress-test.; {nicht vollständig gesehen};

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