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It Comes at Night
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2.0
Maybe theres something out there, or maybe theres nothing at all.
Av Club
3.0
And in terms of attempting to create a character based thriller with genuinely erudite aspirations about mortality, Shults has crafted a very admirabl ..
Den Of Geek
2.0
I kept wanting Shults film to add up to a little more in the end. Still, his chops behind the camera are undeniable. I cant wait to see what he does n ..
EW
4.4
Sure, its not exactly a new conceptGeorge A. Romero, John Carpenter and Stanley Kubrick have created the cinematic templates for such a thing from whi ..
Rogerebert
3.0
Trey Edward Shults, who made the powerful, harrowing Krisha, returns with a dark movie thats meticulously crafted and highly intelligent but also rele ..
Common Sense Media
2.0
Not every shocking detail adds up, and the payoff isnt as exciting or original as the taut showdown leading up to it.
Indie Wire
4.5
He sees the good in everyone, which isnt always good for a movies interior hum.
Variety
3.5
It Comes At Night will divide horror audiences, but that doesnt stop Trey Edward Shults deadly tense doomsday thriller.
We Got This Covered
5.0
Part of what makes Shultss film transcend an episode of The Walking Dead is that it traffics in the unknown.
Time Out
4.0
Its a grim vision of a world losing track of objective facts, descending into a poisonous abyss of chaos and disorder. No wonder it strikes such a con ..
The Guardian
4.0
Earlier this year, Jordan Peeles ingenious directorial debut, Get Out, effortlessly balanced savage social commentary with scalpel sharp suspense.
The Guardian
2.5
Just as Trey Edward Shults withholds the it of the title, he never attempts to justify the escalating paranoia of his characters.
4.4
As mistrust metastasizes, director Trey Edward Shults builds psychological terror. (
4.5
Though drawing from familiar tenets of the post apocalyptic thriller, this quietly unsettling chamber drama goes its own way, touching on plenty of po ..
Screen Daily
4.5
The decisions the characters make throughout the film are deeply rooted in who they are, not strictly because this disease forces them to make that ch ..
Collider
4.5
Edgerton gives another masterly minimalist performance, and Ejogo and Harrison are preternaturally alert.
Vulture
4.5
The film confirms that Shults, working again with DP Drew Daniels, has a sure and fluent grasp of cinematic storytelling, his stripped down narrative ..
The Hollywood Reporter
3.5
Shults film, which he also wrote, is a model of nightmare minimalism, trusting the audience to use their imagination to supply their own, patently mor ..
4.5
No zombies come shambling through the woods, and Mr. Shults doesnt jolt the audience with false scares or showy plot twists.
The New York Times
4.3
The film is trauma as tone poem, bittersweet down to its bones, a triumph of empathetic, soul shaking movie making.
Paste Magazine
4.3
All of thats to say that, It Comes at Night is one of the smartest additions to the post apocalyptic sub genre to come along in years.
IGN
4.0
Think of Shultss film ... as the end of the world by lantern light: intimate and flickering up close, with unfathomable blackness beyond.
Telegraph
4.5
Its hard to argue with that conclusion, even if it ultimately feels more like a decree than an honest discovery.
1.3
In any case, this is an apocalyptic thriller, one that doesnt show the apocalypse but the world that arises right after that.
San Francisco Chronicle
4.5
Within that loose framework, a powerful tragedy centered around human nature unfolds, and its terrifying.
The Young Folks
4.0
Full of character based suspense, its dramatic and ramped up with tension.
4.0
Instead, the film goes full throttle with its audaciously morbid tone.
Cinema Blend
3.5
Often scarier for what it doesnt say or show, which may also make it somewhat frustrating, since youre never sure exactly whats happening either.
Ny Daily News
4.0
The payoff is big, and the journey is never less than absorbing, and this, along with GET OUT, proves that horror as a genre for legit A level work is ..
JoBlo
4.4
Scored intensely and photographed vividly, the electric film imagines a small slice of doomsday with horrific believability.
The Globe And Mail
3.8
Everyone senses the pitiless triage of the situation, the murderous internal calculations already made.
Philly
3.0
The cleverness of Shults film is that what comes at night isnt mindless violence or splashy makeup but something humanly reala piercing sense of loss.
One Guys Opinion
1.5
A soul crushingly dark examination of human nature amid an invisible and unnatural threat... impossibly tense
Village Voice
3.1
He wont leave the intruder hes tied in the woods, waiting to die.
Rogers Movie Nation
4.4
The ending doesnt blindside us but is no less powerful for its inevitability.
ReelViews
3.0
Its challenging, artfully made work from Shults, requiring those electing to see it to relax some expectations as the movie endeavors to unnerve, not ..
Blu Ray
1.5
Heavy on mood but light on ideas, this is the sort of movie that equates ambiguity and draggy pacing with seriousness.
Chicago Reader
3.8
The family either doesnt know or doesnt talk about it, if any of them do know.
Mark Reviews Movies
3.0
a modern, post apocalyptic spin on the 1961 Twilight Zone episode The Shelter. Shults film, though, is far more unnerving, its twist more ironic and d ..
3.8
It Comes at Night ambitiously moves beyond a conventional creepfest or a film built on cheap scares and big swerves.
Usa Today
3.0
Within his vaguely realistic constraints, however, Shults doesnt find a way to nudge the story to a satisfying ending, and his use of dream sequences ..
The Times
4.0
The It of the title refers to the contagious disease that has devastated the outside world (a world that, like much in this beautifully minimalist fil ..
The Times
2.0
If you are looking for an uplifting tale of survival, this aint it.
Lariat
3.0
Its grim, bleak, uncomfortable and certainly no fun but performances are excellent and Shults atmosphere of soul corroding terror is hard to dismiss.
News Review
3.0
Dripping with oppressive, unsettling dread, Shultss chiller delivers jolts and jitters rather than splatter and critters.
Radio Times
4.0
Malick doesnt bother with conventional narrative or characterisation.
Independent
4.4
You want horror that screws with your head This is your ticket, a haunting story of two families surviving the postapocalypse proves theres a major ne ..
Rolling Stone
4.5
If youre tired of formulaic horror that leaves little to the imagination, It Comes at Night is the perfect remedy.
Decider
4.5
The walls might be protecting everyone inside from whatever it is out there in the night, but it sure doesnt feel good.
The Wrap
3.8
With its top notch cast and a pervasive sense of dread courtesy of writer director Shults, It Comes at Night makes for an intense viewing experience e ..
News Day
3.8
It Comes at Night is a total success, building dread gradually and avoiding an overreliance on the kind of jump scares lesser films mine to absurdity. ..
Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
4.5
Thats what keeps you on edge, frustrates you, because theres no real answer.
Az Central
3.0
But despite all this, the film feels more like an indie art film than a generic shocker.
Smh
5.0
We dont know quite what happened, but everything has fallen apart.
4.4
Cox makes an impressive Churchill, an imposing man of physique and intellect who, closing in on 70, has been laid low by age and circumstance.
Toronto Star
4.4
Survival is paramount, and when resources are scarce and wariness is the norm, it doesnt take much to turn people against each other.
Q Network
3.0
This has some sweet and funny moments but, at others, feels contrived, clunky and way too long.
Daily Mail
5.0
A deeply personal exploration of the extremes of human behaviour, with a lean, real world sensibility that makes it easy to empathise with the notion ..
Flim List
4.5
Its the clear and defiant disregard for modern horror tropes that makes It Comes at Night such a refreshing watch.
Film Inquiry
4.0
It subverts just about every clich you can think of as far as apocalyptic scenarios go, ignoring monsters and demons entirely to focus on the human mi ..
Flickering Myth
5.0
It Comes at Night is not an easily watched time at the cinema, but through its perilous devastation and mood is a rewarding and valuable time, spent w ..
Flim Threet
1.5
This modest science fiction thriller brings the hands on vigor of independent filmmaking to a high concept premise, but the results are insubstantial ..
New Yorker
4.5
The creeping terror of It Comes at Night is impliedthough that doesnt make it any less terrifying.
Time
2.0
It Comes at Night is full of intimate little touches you dont expect in a low budget genre movie.
Boston Herald
2.0
In the zippy, witty and thoroughly enjoyable Spider Man: Homecoming, young Tom Holland comes out swinging.
Express
4.0
It Comes At Night (Cert 15; 92mins) This post apocalyptic drama doesnt deal in gore and guts but in the kind of fear and insecurity that multiplies in ..
Express
2.0
Last year 10 Cloverfield Lane effectively used its franchise backing to tell a small slice of a much bigger universe.
The Film Stage
3.8
Shults has both the instincts and the technical facility to make pretty much any kind of atypical picture he wants.
Chicago Tribune
3.8
The final scenes are both ambiguous and terrifying, and they left a preview audience as shaken as any Ive seen.
Boston Globe
4.5
Yet while all signs suggest that the worlds population may have been reduced to minuscule numbers, that doesnt mean theyre alone.
Uproxx
4.0
A treat to ponder and deconstruct. Sombre nocturnes are rarely so entertaining.
The Irish Times
3.5
Shults builds an effective atmosphere of mistrust and dread, with even the slightest hint of deception eating away at the fragile alliance among the c ..
Las Vegas Weekly
4.5
A fairly straightforward post apocalyptic story, tightly focused on human torment, but suffused with surprising, undeniably atmospheric sights and sou ..
The Atlantic
4.3
We dont know how Bud got infected, but Paul isnt taking any more chances.
Lyles Movie Files
4.5
It Comes at Night is such a visually powerful film, tight and oppressive, tinged with darkness in even the most innocuous scenes.
Birth Movies Death
4.0
Its not exactly scary but it made me so tense I could hardly breathe, let alone think.
Standard
4.5
This unique thriller earned a wave of buzz out of the horror specific Overlook Film Festival.
Pajiba
3.8
The final scene is haunting in its brutal, distinctively simple authority, and as impressive as the filmmaking might be theres no denying that It Come ..
Movie Freak
2.0
Its a breathless thriller that will leave you gasping until it finally runs out of air itself.
Detroit News
4.0
What Shults is saying about the world at large is for the audience to determine, but it doesnt look good.
4.4
His debut, the superb indie drama Krisha, was one of 2016s best movies.
Aisle Seat
4.0
THE world has not quite ended in the perplexing, haunting and unapologetically bleak thriller that is It Comes at Night.
Herald Sun
3.0
It Comes at Night isnt scary so much as its horrific, though Shults is extremely gifted at cultivating the kind of slow, droning dread that inflates i ..
Consequence Of Sound
3.8
Until grandpa gets the same awful contagious disease thats ravaging the country.
Nj
4.5
Despite the two families surface level attempts to form a loving mini society, Traviss affinity for the new family alarms Paul and sparks a steadily b ..
Vox
4.0
It Comes at Night is a masterclass in suspense building, its a film all about the notion of trust, and is so intense, and uncompromising with it.
Hey U Guys
2.0
The disease that hes afflicted with isnt known by name, yet its one thats unmistakably devastating, having brutally stripped humanity cold from the ea ..
The Play List
3.0
But scratch the enigmatic surface and theres not much actually happening.
Now Toronto
4.5
Wills story isnt that different than Pauls hes simply trying to look out for his family while adjusting to this new world that nobody quite understand ..
Film School Rejects
4.5
It Comes At Night is a slow burn family drama with thriller moments and a tone more in keeping with apocalyptic feel bad flick, The Road.
Film Ink
4.0
Trey Edward Shults stark, sobering, and quietly fascinating It Comes at Night is for genre fans who are in the market for something more cerebral and ..
Ner Dist
4.0
Thats part of the power conveyed by the sparse storytelling it keeps bringing connections and realisations to the surface. Little is said, but much be ..
The Age
4.0
Do we really need a second Spider Man reboot in five years.Sure, the tyro web slingers exuberant cameo during the airport smackdown in Captain America ..
Games Radar
1.5
The pieces are so well put together, but when I look back at the picture, I dont really see that they amount to anything.
You Tube
3.5
It Comes at Night demands that its audiences work with it and the end result, whilst not always entirely satisfactory, is never less than compelling a ..
Star Burst Magazine
3.0
As such, watching It Comes at Night often feels less like experiencing a film than it does observing a director construct one.
Lw Lies
4.0
An intensely personal, extremely precise meditation on fear, grief, family and community ... challenging stuff that bears intellectual rigour, or, to ..
Abc
4.5
READ MORE: New Zealand International Film Festival reviews: Call Me by Your Name and more This film isnt your average horror.
Nz Herald
4.5
It Comes at Night balances on the knife edge between hope and despair, counterweighting the dire nature of its world with genuinely moving moments of ..
The Stranger
3.0
Films this well written and executed dont come around very often.
Cleve Land
4.5
For those who acutely empathize with the ravages of grief, Shults has delivered a film more horrific than any boogeyman or ghoul in recent memory.
Screen Crush
3.0
The film is at its best in querulous, nervy scenes of cabined panic as the unknown lays shadowy siege.
Ft
3.0
Pitching more for classic than blockbuster with a Great Escape/Ape Apocalypse Now vibe, it does have flaws but fans of the franchise should very much ..
Independent Ie
4.0
This sharply original horror film not only approaches its premise from an unexpected angle, but it creates characters who add a psychological depth th ..
Contact Music
4.3
Its not without its creepiness and designated scares despite its marketing, its much more of a taut thriller than horror movie, anyway its that the sl ..
Ar Kansas Online
4.0
an evocative slow burn that is just oblique enough to suggest untold dread
Film Racket
4.5
As a night drama cracked by tension and deception, the movie, directed by Trey Edward Shults, works.
4.0
This is a dark and upsetting horror, with zero gimmicks but plenty of unease to leave you thinking about its final scenes for a long while.
The Sun
4.5
Taut, smart, intense and genuinely scary, Trey Edward Shultss It Comes at Night fulfills the promise, and then some, of the filmmakers 2015 debut feat ..
Wsj
2.0
Will you be scared Not really, but you will be made to squirm; not to mention forced to quell that uneasiness deep inside your gut.
Patriot Ledger
4.4
It Comes at Night isnt so much a traditional horror flick, though its certainly horrifying it also ends in such a way that will satisfy some and devas ..
4.5
At first blush, the world doesnt look abjectly broken in the second film from Trey Edward Shults (Krisha).
Io9 Gizmodo
3.8
The superb cast does a wonderful job of keeping us guessing as to everyones motives.
Chicago Sun Times
3.0
But its the depiction of the loneliness and resignation in the surviving few that resounds the loudest, even when Shultss now trademark minimalism bec ..
Punch Drunk Critics
4.5
So thats saying a lot if It Comes At Night penetrated my objective mind, but I dont want it there and I wont champion it.
We Live Entertainment
4.0
The cast, toplined by Joel Edgerton (Loving) and Carmen Ejogo (Selma), finds and sustains a sweet spot of authenticity where it hardly registers that ..
Cinemix Tape
4.5
Sometimes, we dont need a spooky tracking shot or a violent dream premonition; sometimes, we dont need ambient music to dictate our fear.
The Ringer
4.0
The effects of a typical horror film disappear before youre out the theater door; It Comes at Night lingers for days.
Metro New York
1.5
But It Comes at Night isnt a character study or a dysfunctional family extravaganza.
Film Comment
4.0
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 ..
One Room With A View
1.5
Then again, maybe thats the genius of It Comes at Nights ambiguity; its horror is widely applicable, and its title both makes a promise and asks a que ..
Flavor Wire
3.8
It Comes at Night intends to be a cautionary tale about the corrosive, terrible power of fear, but its isolationist bent and thinly disguised xenophob ..
Daily Herald
3.0
The pacing and lack of gore/information might not play well with a mainstream crowd, but Shultss drawing out of tension without relying on clichs make ..
The Shiz Nit
4.4
It Comes at Night is one of the most vexing and discomforting experiences witnessed since The Snowtown Murders.
Awards Circuit
3.8
Mines the same dour forebodings as Cormac McCarthys The Road ... a grim little cautionary fable that relies on mood, character development and perform ..
Bitly
3.0
But whatever you do, dont go in expecting a traditional horror film.
No La
4.5
The premise of It Comes At Night doesnt offer anything truly new.
The Verge
4.5
Shults isnt one for exposition, doling out details about Paul, Sarah and Travis circumstances in bits and pieces.
The Daily Beast
3.0
It Comes at Night is a film that is impossible to peg into one genre, and that is what makes it so effective... If you are willing to go with it, and ..
Bowling Green Daily News
3.0
There is still, in the most unambiguously real layer of the plot, some kind of it thats freaking out Stanley, and the movie completely doesnt care.
Alternate Ending
4.0
The films wilful ambiguity will doubtless prove frustrating for many, but this is a truly nightmarish tale, as real people in a terrible situation mak ..
Scifi Now
2.5
With all of Shults dark night of the soul mood manipulations, the film promises more than it delivers. Its buildups are impressive, but in the end its ..
Seattle Times
4.5
The result is a film thats less horror than a post apocalyptic character study mixed with heavy elements of the psychological thriller.
Film Journal International ..
2.0
There are no real scares to be found, only a continuous sense of dread that doesnt let up.
Fresh Fiction
5.0
It Comes at Night may well be the most minimalist horror movie ever made... an exceptionally tight, sly and, yes, heavy exercise in psychological susp ..
Seven Day Svt
4.5
The characters here dont seem to be entirely forthcoming with each other, but this doesnt necessarily identify them as heroes or villains, either, sim ..
Black Girl Nerds
4.5
Yet even thats not the most terrifying thing about what Shults has crafted.
Concrete Play Ground
4.5
Already theres the sense in Shultss astute and ruthless thriller that his characters fortress will do little to keep the horrors at bay.
Bfi
2.0
The next step is burning the body to ensure the sickness doesnt spread.
From The Balcony
3.1
It Comes at Night works best in the moments when it drills down into the social dynamics of the six survivors.
National Post
3.5
The influences are there, but Wright builds on and subverts them in his hugely entertaining movie, one of the most satisfying films of its type to eme ..
The Australian
3.5
Engagingly unsettling with a lot of thrilling psychological elements
Rendy Reviews
3.0
One things for sure: loving thy neighbour will be a darned sight harder after this.
Sky
4.5
But when you exist in the world of the unknown, you dont know what should scare you, and as a result, everything makes you tense and nervous and jumpy ..
Third Coast Review
2.5
It doesnt matter, ultimately, what kind of men Paul or Will happen to be.
Ion Cinema
3.5
The solid cast acts accordingly, with young Harrison distinguishing himself as a young man whose awkwardness is alternately endearing and alarming.
Winnipeg Free Press
1.0
Not really sure even after seeing the movie what it is and why it comes at night. Low budget boring.
Tri City Herald
3.5
Writer/director Trey Edward Shults is a dab hand at creating an atmosphere of uncertainty and menace and does a fine job of showing how people disinte ..
Toronto Sun
3.0
This is a film that, at times, literally crackles with claustrophobic tension.
Daily Film Fix
3.5
Edward Shultss work plays with a slow cinema, in which dream sequences flirt with the reality of a family in danger. However, the end of the film leav ..
4.5
As a statement about how fear can make monsters of us all, this doesnt have quite the impact that Shults is going for.
Fw Weekly
4.5
Shults, in only his second feature following his splashy debut with the family psychodrama Krisha, stylishly and effectively builds tension and myster ..
Ap News
4.0
You may rightly hear the buzz that its one of the years best horror movies, and while thats correct, dont expect anything simple or tidy.
Columbus Alive
3.0
Viewers seeking a character driven end of the world as we know it tale should be pleased.
Assignment X
3.5
However, the downfall to all of that beauty, comes a story which doesnt really know what it wants to say in the end, with Shults struggling to bring t ..
Cairo 360
2.5
The film creates authentic tension out of unanswered questions, and that works until you realize that none of the questions will be answered, and that ..
Tulsa World
4.5
Their communication is terse, based on mutual need, and Will doesnt even seem particularly angry: He understands Pauls caution.
Washington City Paper
5.0
manipulates the narrative masterfully, weaving together the real, the imagined and the in between into something darkly compelling.
4.5
But Travis isnt entirely convinced; hes more liberal minded than his father.
Film Ireland
4.5
Theres little backstory to speak of and no explanation for the pandemic and he doesnt resort to external threats.
Stream On Demand At Home
1.5
Writer director Trey Edward Shults sophomore feature wont do much to reaffirm faith in humanity under pressure, but it will put the screws to the view ..
Dark Horizons
1.5
A post apocalyptic nightmare and a half where the horrors of humanity ... bleed out through wary eyes and weathered hands.
Thril List
1.5
The performances are all strong, but how anyone can say this doesnt bolt headlong into all the usual horror clichs, I dont know.
Spectator
0.5
Equal parts adventure, Western, and horror, its a film that doesnt easily fit into conventions, behooved by across the board stellar performances from ..
Battleship Pretension
4.0
The symptoms of this old testament pestilence abscesses, pustules, engorged irises and sunken chests are certainly the stuff of horror.
News
2.0
And writer director Trey Edward Shults (Krisha) does a fine job of establishing a creepily foreboding atmosphere.
Review Journal
4.4
While jump scares may be easy, these films go for something deeper, showing us that oftentimes human nature is far more frightening than any make beli ..
The Dispatch (Lexington, N ..
3.1
It isnt until the old mans funeral pyre lights up that we see their eyes, the horror haunting them, the pressure theyre under.
Free Beacon
4.5
The low key, even uncannily quiet mood is also seriously unsettling, and makes sure that this lingers long after the final curtain and, just perhaps, ..
Adelaide Review
4.5
If theres real horror here, it has less to do with jolts and gore than with the realization that under extreme conditions, mistrust can become an esse ..
Denerstein Unleashed Blog ..
4.5
Its the minimalist apocalyptic nightmare we never knew we needed, and a master class in lingering, universal fear.
Willamette Week
4.2
It Comes At Night is a well crafted examination of the human condition.
Schmoes Know
2.0
An unrelenting apocalyptic mood piece about how people cope with the end of the world.
3.0
Apparently, theres a dread disease out there, and it kills as quickly as it infects.
Dread Central
3.5
Slices into the darkness of every scene with a razors edge of finely calibrated suspense, tension, grief, paranoia and primal fear.
Parade
4.5
Theres no boogeyman. Theres no hope for a cure. Theres just the dread of losing someone you love, and thats a terror that is universal.
FanboyNation.com
3.5
Hes covered in scabs and gravely ill; shes wearing a gas mask to avoid ending up the same.
Ear Of Newt
3.8
A perfectly crafted thriller that uses an extreme circumstance to enclose us in a very humane conflict. .
3.5
When it comes to the cast, theres something classic and comforting about Joel Edgerton in the leading role.
Entertainment Ie
4.4
But like 2016s The Witch, it may prove unsatisfying to horror junkies.
Buffalo News
1.5
As its a bit slim on story, Night doesnt deliver as much of an emotional punch as it likely aims to do.
Pgh City Paper
2.5
And, like many effective horrors, it generates potent chills from what the audience doesnt see.
Metro Weekly
4.5
As Shaina fumbles and bumbles her way through our world, greeting everyone with a hug and a relentlessly cheerful disposition, something remarkable be ..
The Tyee
3.0
Paul (Joel Edgerton) and his wife, Sarah (Carmen Ejogo), and son, Travis (Kelvin Harrison Jr.), are trying to survive a highly contagious plague thats ..
The Reader (Omaha, NE)
2.0
It Comes at Night answers the cinematic question: Do movies even need an ending (Yes.)
Student Edge
4.5
In fact, I dont even feel right talking about it having seen the movie only one time.
4.5
It Comes at Night is an engrossing and devastating movie on its own merits, but if youre expecting eviscerations, youll be sitting disappointed in you ..
Houston Press
4.4
These big, dark gaps in the film, like the darkness around that small lanterns glow, invite us to project our worst fears into them.
Host Madison
2.3
It Comes at Night had the potential to grow into something special. Instead, we are left underwhelmed as we await its inevitable arrival. One which, s ..
The Hollywood Outsider
4.5
Yet, at times theres something about Paul that doesnt sit well, either.
KCCI (Des Moines, IA)
4.5
Like many of the current crop of art horror films, director Trey Edward Shultss film has a strong social subtext. Like most zombie movies, its about w ..
Memphis Flyer
3.0
It has this exploratory character that Shults showed in his first film, although, perhaps, the relationship with the background, with what he narrates ..
3.8
Comes at Night will not be perfect, but you cant deny the great talent of this director who with just two films in his filmography, promises to be a f ..
Konexión
4.0
... a minimalist and deeply suggestive film that uses elements of horror to establish a poignant apocalyptic metaphor.
Fotogramas
2.0
All it leaves us with by the time its over is something we already knew, that life is something from which no one emerges alive.
Daily Public
3.0
This isnt so much a horror film about monsters as it is a psychological thriller about isolation, the choices made for survival, and the struggle to r ..
The Monitor
2.5
But what if hes not telling the truth What if hes the door to more sickness Theres a fresh mound of metaphysical content to mull over, and in the end, ..
Ex Press
5.0
Whaddya expect to happen in a scary, spine tingler with such a big hint in the title
Baret News Wire
3.8
Although It Comes at Night isnt quite as striking or as intelligent as it wants to be, its enjoyable and there are definitely a few scenes that will k ..
Play Boy
4.5
By Peg Aloi You missed a phenomenal debut if you didnt see Trey Edward Shults drama Krisha.
Arts Fuse
2.5
Hes quietly magnetic, even if the material hes given isnt up to his level.
Fanboys of the Universe
4.0
This is a morality play at its finest. There are no heros and no villains. There are simply humans in a house.
Smash Cut Reviews
3.0
Shults clutches nerves deftly. Until the horror ends being a excuse to clog and it exposes that the tension between the characters doesnt worry as muc ..
1.5
You want a horror themed series thats compelling, smart, and endlessly entertaining Check out the vastly Superior Hannibal. **
About Boulder
1.5
The sophomore effort from gifted writer director Trey Edward Shults, its an icky, post apocalyptic wallow that relies on gut churning dread instead of ..
Wbur
4.4
The films taut, insightful arc is a reminder of the lost power of restraint.
The Cinema Phile Blog
1.5
The films crawling pace will no doubt alienate audiences looking for immediate thrills, but title is far from deceptive: the monsters are all there, o ..
Four Three Film
4.0
Nightmarish coming of age story The tension is cranked up still further by Shults expert direction, which uses tight close ups and clever lighting to ..
I News
2.5
I wasnt bored, I wasnt openly derisive of its faults, I wasnt much of anything, really.
The Lonely Film Critic
2.0
While the film is undeniably well made, its outlook is so dark it crosses the line into making viewers feel more miserable than enlightened or enterta ..
Pasadena Weekly
1.5
A thriller that moves away from the conventions of the genre in which the threads of paranoia move with solvency and dexterity.
Excelsior
1.5
On paper this sounds like a fresh exploration of the thriller genre, but It Comes at Night wears its tragedy far too proudly.
Sd City Beat
4.0
The camera stealthily plunges in arresting scenarios, moving patiently between dark rooms and halls.
Always Good Movies
1.5
Much is what Shults does is admirable, from his refusal to offer only the barest of exposition to his camera work, in which he haunts the houses hallw ..
Spokane7
4.5
With wonderful performances, jarring music, nightmarish visuals, and devastating thematic exploration, Shults is confident in his ability to rattle yo ..
3.1
The disquieting pleasure of a film such as It Comes at Night lies in not knowing what is going to come next.
The Fright File
3.0
It Comes at Night is technically accomplished in fact it looks exactly like a film that made the most of a small budget and the acting is good within ..
Playback:stl
4.4
The racing sequences are very impressive and may be a bit much to take for viewers under five years of age.
News Gazette
3.0
So The Mummy opens Friday, but you wont find a review of it here.Thats because its press screening occurred on the same evening as the one for My Cous ..
Blog Cleveland
4.5
I cant claim for sure that theres a deliberate act of homage in dubbing Buds beloved dog Stanley, an animal whose steadfast, affectionate manner is a ..
Reverse Shot
1.5
Those expecting a horror movie thats filled with a lot of those gross and scary moments will likely be disappointed, while those who might appreciate ..
S Fist
3.0
This isnt to say that It Comes At Night is a bad film, but it is a disappointing one.
4.5
As in Krisha, the most fraught and dangerous relationships are those of family and those who purport to be friends. For all of their flesh eating fero ..
Star Telegram
4.5
Fascinating thriller by a director who understands tension, isolation and uncontrollable fear.
Films In Review
0.5
The film never offers easy answers; perhaps were only seeking a few moments of pleasure, because nobody gets out alive.
3.8
Once again, Shults demonstrates his extreme resourcefulness as a filmmaker, wringing blood curdling tension out of controlled camera movements, creati ..
Arca Max
3.0
Writer/director Trey Edward Shults makes the most of the least, relying on shadow and sound to terrify.
3.0
Certain uncertainties, sometimes emphasized, dont pay off at the close.
4.4
It may not be art it s not even close but it s definitely light violent hilarious vulgar and well made entertainment
4.0
It Comes At Night is a riveting, emotional affair whose frustrating nature mirrors the frustrations of the human condition.
Black Horror Movies
4.5
No matter how friendly Pauls family and Wills family grow, theres a prevailing sense of mistrust, perhaps even jealously.
Cut Print Film
4.5
In fact, IT COMES AT NIGHT is one of the rare horror films that feature strong characters making smart decisions.
Film Thrills
3.8
More than a big picture, end of the world drama, it succeeds as a grave and highly confined journey through desperate emotional states.
Pitch
4.5
Recommended for those who like psychological horror and stories of the genre.
Siete24.mx
4.0
The two families coexist and cooperate with each other for a brief amount of time, but it doesnt take long for suspicion to trigger full blown paranoi ..
Reel Run Down
4.5
Probably the closest well ever get to a filmed version of The Last of Us.
2.0
Seeing this, Paul reminds him: You cant trust anybody but family.
Crooked Scoreboard
4.5
Having no idea what to expect in indie horror film It Comes At Night is all part of the terrifying effect in this grim, psychologically driven thrille ..
Digital Trends
4.3
What Doesnt Work The film left me with many unanswered questions.
PopHorror.com
5.0
Also much like Dawn of the Dead, It Comes at Night doesnt care about the monster thats knocking at the door, its concerned with how the people on the ..
3.5
The film is far from being a breakthrough work within the horror arthouse, but reminds us that showing less often means getting more.
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