Type : psychological horror film
Rate : 7/10
Release date: June 9, 2017 (USA)
Director: Trey Edward Shults
Screenplay: Trey Edward Shults
Cinematography: Drew Daniels
Distributor: A24
It Comes at Night is a 2017 American psychological horror film written and directed by Trey Edward Shults. It stars Joel Edgerton, Christopher Abbott, Carmen Ejogo, Kelvin Harrison Jr. and Riley Keough.
The film had its premiere at the Overlook Film Festival in Mount Hood, Oregon on April 29, 2017, and was theatrically released on June 9, 2017 in the United States, by A24. It was positively received by critics, and has been a modest success at the box office, grossing $17 million.
Production
Shults began writing the film after the death of his father as a way of dealing with the pain. Although the film is post-apocalyptic Shults did not look to any other such films as inspiration, instead he cited the work of Paul Thomas Anderson and John Cassavetes and the films Night of the Living Dead and The Shining as inspirations. To the later point, the film takes some influences from The Shining's Overlook Hotel in that the layout of the house is specifically obscure and never properly established. Shults has described it "as this kind of labyrinth" and a metaphor for "the mesh of Travis’ head"
In June 2016, Joel Edgerton joined the cast of the film. In August 2016, it was announced that Christopher Abbott, Riley Keough and Carmen Ejogo had also joined the cast.
Filming
Principal photography began in August 2016 in New York.
Release
The film had its world premiere at The Overlook Film Festival at Timberline Lodge, Oregon, on April 29, 2017 The film was scheduled to be released on August 25, 2017, but was rescheduled for June 9, 2017.
Box office
As of July 20, 2017, It Comes at Night has grossed $13.8 million in the United States and Canada and $3.4 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $17.2 million.
It Comes at Night was released alongside The Mummy and Megan Leavey, and was expected to gross around $7 million from 2,533 theaters in its opening weekend, with a chance of making as much as $12 million. It made $700,000 from Thursday night previews and $2.4 million on its first day. It ended up debuting to $6 million, finishing 6th at the box office. Deadline.com noted the film's poor audience word-of-mouth led to a drop of potential Saturday and Sunday sales.
Critical response
Influx Magazine film critic Steve Pulaski gave the film an A, saying, "It Comes at Night is a near-masterpiece of form; a supremely engaging horror-drama that's well-shot, eerie beyond belief, and immaculately paced to boot.On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 88% based on 183 reviews, with an average rating of 7.4/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "It Comes at Nightmakes 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." On Metacritic, the film has a score 78 out of 100, based on 42 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "D" on an A+ to F scale.
Cast
- Joel Edgerton as Paul, Sarah’s husband and Travis’s father
- Christopher Abbott as Will, Kim’s husband
- Carmen Ejogo as Sarah, Paul’s wife and Travis’s mother
- Kelvin Harrison Jr. as Travis, Paul and Sarah’s son
- Riley Keough as Kim, Will’s wife
- Griffin Robert Faulkner as Andrew
- David Pendleton as Bud
- Chase Joliet and Mick O'Rourke as men who attack Paul and Will
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