It Comes at Night
Director - Trey Edward Shults
Writer - Trey Edward Shults
Starring - Joel Edgerton, Carmen Ejogo, Kelvin Harrison Jr, Christopher Abbott, Riley Keough
"But just to be safe the red door stays closed and locked all the time."
It Comes at Night is the new horror film from independent studio A24 (Moonlight, The Witch, 20th Century Women, Ex Machina, pretty much every good movie of the last few years) and much like those movies buck expectations in pursuit of greater things Trey Edward Shults has much more in mind than making a standard claustrophobic horror film. Starting with a cold open that reveals what is at stake and how far Paul (Edgerton) and his family are willing to go to preserve themselves Shults never loses his focus on this unit. Paul, his wife Sarah (Ejogo) and their son Travis (Harrison Jr) form an unbreakable unit that prioritizes their own safety and well being above all else.
