It Comes at Night

2017

Director: Trey Edward Shults

Genre: Mystery thriller

Uncertainty. 

Things are rarely spelled out for us in everyday life, and even if they are that doesn't mean the works spoken are truthful. 

Imagine if you were at a party and someone threw up in the bathroom. The person who did it would never admit to it, and yet whenever someone enters the bathroom they suffer. This is obviously a different situation than the open door situation of the film, but the rules remain the same. 

The truth will never be known. The door has been opened and death has entered. 

So... did anyone have any fun making this film? It didn't feel like it. Not that the film felt particularly depressing or dower to me; it was more that the film didn't make much of an impression on me. I can barely remember any scenes. It feels like a long blur of expressionless faces and boring reactions. 

Horror films are smart to use the fear of the unknown, because this allows the viewer's imagination to rope them into the world. But, what helps with this is having characters with depth and interesting personalities. 

I've seen better films set in a post apocalypse. I've seen better films that use uncertainty. I've seen better artsy character driven horror films. All that would be fine if this film managed to enthrall me with entertaining characters. Unfortunately, it didn't. 

It's worth watching once, but I don't imagine I'd be excited to watch this one again. 

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