# Coming Home in the Dark (2021)

> A family’s peaceful New Zealand road trip becomes a merciless reckoning when violent drifters expose a schoolteacher’s buried past.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/503112

## Facts

- Runtime: 93 min
- Genres: Crime, Horror, Thriller
- Director: James Ashcroft
- Cast: Daniel Gillies, Erik Thomson, Miriama McDowell, Matthias Luafutu, Frankie Paratene, Billy Paratene, Alan Palmer, Bailey Cowan
- TMDB rating: 5.7/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6874762/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: extreme
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: harrowing, oppressive, dread-filled, late night horror viewing, intense thriller marathon

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