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Coming Home in the Dark (2021) · CriticCrunch

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Coming Home in the Dark

Movie2021·93 min

Coming Home in the Dark

Directed by James Ashcroft

Crime Horror Thriller

A crime horror film directed by James Ashcroft.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 89%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

5.7/10

237 ratings

About Coming Home in the Dark

A school teacher is forced to confront a brutal act from his past when a pair of ruthless drifters takes him and his family on a nightmare road-trip.

Pacing: Measured (4 of 9)
Tone: Dark (2 of 9)
Intensity: Harrowing (9 of 9)
Complexity: Approachable (4 of 9)
Humor: Serious (1 of 9)
Scale: Intimate (1 of 9)
Spirit: Haunting (3 of 9)
Texture: Gritty, Unsettling
Story Tags: trauma recovery, family dysfunction, action combat, international, wilderness, romantic partners, strangers forced together, anti hero, everyman, kidnapping hostage, revenge quest, road journey

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Details

Director: James Ashcroft
Language: English

Cast

Daniel Gillies, Erik Thomson, Miriama McDowell

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How Coming Home in the Dark Ranks

All movies

Top 89%

2020s movies

Top 94%

Crime movies

Top 87%

Top 89% All movies.

the vibe

Coming Home in the Dark Vibe

What it feels like

measureddarkharrowingapproachableseriousintimatehauntinggrittyunsettling

What it's about

pacing

measured 4/9measured 4/9

tone

texture

grittygritty

kidnapping hostage

revenge quest

road journey

trauma recovery

family dysfunction

anti-hero

everyman

romantic partners

strangers forced together

action combat

international

wilderness

dark 2/9dark 2/9

intensity

harrowing 9/9harrowing 9/9

complexity

approachable 4/9clear 4/9

humor

serious 1/9serious 1/9

scale

intimate 1/9intimate 1/9

spirit

haunting 3/9haunting 3/9