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Coming Home in the Dark
Directed by
James Ashcroft
TV-MA
2021
1h 32m
Horror
,
Thriller
,
and more
5.7
92%
45%
5.7
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A schoolteacher is forced to confront a brutal act from his past when a pair of ruthless drifters take his family and him on a nightmare road trip.
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Cast of Coming Home in the Dark
Daniel Gillies
Mandrake
Erik Thomson
Hoaggie
Miriama McDowell
Jill
Matthias Luafutu
Tubs
Frankie Paratene
Jordan
Billy Paratene
Maika
Alan Palmer
Paul
Bailey Cowan
Kynan
Timon Zeiss
Josh
Tioti O'Donnell
Caleb
Kaira O'Donnell
Jess
Ike Hamon
Male Tourist
Olivia Shanks
Female Tourist
Desray Armstrong
Traffic Patrol Officer / Producer
Sam Carter
Ten Year Old Boy
James Ashcroft
Director / Writer / Executive Producer
Eli Kent
Writer
Catherine Fitzgerald
Producer
Mike Minogue
Producer
Philip Gibson
Production Design
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Coming Home in the Dark Ratings & Reviews
PatrikStar
October 4, 2025
Very edgy movie Definetly not for everyone
kreola
March 2, 2025
the movie sucks such a waste of time
Austin Chronicle
Richard Whittaker
It's Gillies' performance that raises Coming Home in the Dark from fascinating to utterly chilling, complimenting Matt Henley's cold, angular cinematography and John Gibson's score.
Always Good Movies
Filipe Freitas
Makes the most of the plot's obscurities and limitations, and Gillies' dedicated performance gives it a good extra push.
Spectrum Culture
Josh Goller
A tense thriller that hinges on a seemingly random act of violence, James Ashcroft's debut feature offers a gritty meditation on the insidious ripple effect of trauma.
RogerEbert.com
Matt Zoller Seitz
The filmmaking and acting talent on display is undeniable.
MovieJawn
Dan Scully
Even the most shocking moments are rooted in strong character work.
NYC Movie Guru
Avi Offer
A riveting, provocative and terrifying psychological horror film.
The Hollywood Outsider
Aaron Peterson
Daniel Gillies and Matthias Luafutu overcome a muddled third act to stand out in James Ashcroft's coldly endearing thriller.
Eye for Film
Jennie Kermode
With long, hypnotic sequences which speak to that feeling one can experience when driving late at night, somehow separate from the ordinary world, Coming Home In The Dark takes us to familiar places and renders them strange.
Los Angeles Times
Noel Murray
Ashcroft and his cast - and especially Gillies as the menacing and charismatic Mandrake - excel at drawing out the moment-to-moment tension of a crime in progress.
New York Times
Glenn Kenny
While the whole thing is ruthlessly well done, it also sometimes seems to lean into a kind of moral relativism.
Reeling Reviews
Laura Clifford
...leans more on psychology than outright gore, often artfully obscuring its worst moments. This is the type of film able to inspire overwhelming dread with an overhead shot of a vehicle circling back on a gas station
Shockya.com
Harvey S. Karten
A thriller with questions about the nature of guilt.
Horror Obsessive
Alix Turner
There is a huge amount to admire about the film: the way it kept me glued to my seat as I got to know this affectionate family; the way the camera pulled back to show the landscapes and then slammed the door on nature with a sudden brutal act.
National Newspaper Publishers Association
Dwight Brown
Thinking about a family hiking trip? You might forgo that after being scared to death by this relentless thriller.
The Hollywood Reporter
David Rooney
What starts out as a nerve-rattling portrait of chance violence becomes a dark meditation on the long-term reverberations of childhood abuse in state institutions.
Variety
Guy Lodge
Its torture-porn trappings give way to a moral weight as unanticipated by the characters as it is by the audience.
Pajiba
Kristy Puchko
Coming Home In the Dark is a white knuckle ride of ruthless horror.
San Jose Mercury News
Randy Myers
It grabs you by the nose hairs and pulls each one with twist after twist in the storyline.
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