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It Comes at Night (2017) (77%)
Director: Trey Edward Shults
Writer: Trey Edward Shults
Stars: Joel Edgerton, Christopher Abbott, Carmen Ejogo
Production Company: Animal Kingdom
It Comes at Night wasn't received very well by the general audience because they didn't advertise it as the movie it actually is, A24 advertised it as a horror/scary flick. And that's unfortunate, because it's a solid tension builder. It actually reminds me of A Quiet Place in terms of the setting. There aren't monsters waiting around to kill the characters when they make noise, but there is a general sense of isolation and it is also set outside of an urban environment, as is A Quiet Place. As for the story, it's simple. Once I got a sense of what the movie actually is, I could tell where it was heading. But there are some story elements towards the end of the movie that I quite liked. As for a small synopsis, it's about a family that lives out in the woods in a post-apocalyptic world. A man tries to break into their house and says he has a family and he was looking for water, so the dad decides to try and help the man and his family. He ends up bringing the family back to live with our main family in the woods, and that's when the story really gets going.
Tension is the main character in this film. The entire film slowly builds tension until the final few scenes. And while it may not have been as "explosive" of an ending as some people probably hoped for, I found it very realistic and quite fitting for the film.
I feel like I should also mention that there are a few "horror" type scenes in this film, but to me, they felt a bit out of place.
Overall, It Comes at Night is a pretty good movie, although I do think that there was a bit more potential with the story.
Director: Trey Edward Shults
Writer: Trey Edward Shults
Stars: Joel Edgerton, Christopher Abbott, Carmen Ejogo
Production Company: Animal Kingdom
It Comes at Night wasn't received very well by the general audience because they didn't advertise it as the movie it actually is, A24 advertised it as a horror/scary flick. And that's unfortunate, because it's a solid tension builder. It actually reminds me of A Quiet Place in terms of the setting. There aren't monsters waiting around to kill the characters when they make noise, but there is a general sense of isolation and it is also set outside of an urban environment, as is A Quiet Place. As for the story, it's simple. Once I got a sense of what the movie actually is, I could tell where it was heading. But there are some story elements towards the end of the movie that I quite liked. As for a small synopsis, it's about a family that lives out in the woods in a post-apocalyptic world. A man tries to break into their house and says he has a family and he was looking for water, so the dad decides to try and help the man and his family. He ends up bringing the family back to live with our main family in the woods, and that's when the story really gets going.
Tension is the main character in this film. The entire film slowly builds tension until the final few scenes. And while it may not have been as "explosive" of an ending as some people probably hoped for, I found it very realistic and quite fitting for the film.
I feel like I should also mention that there are a few "horror" type scenes in this film, but to me, they felt a bit out of place.
Overall, It Comes at Night is a pretty good movie, although I do think that there was a bit more potential with the story.