It Comes at Night Page #3

Synopsis: Secure within a desolate home as an unnatural threat terrorizes the world, the tenuous domestic order he has established with his wife and son is put to the ultimate test with the arrival of a desperate young family seeking refuge. Despite the best intentions of both families, paranoia and mistrust boil over as the horrors outside creep ever-closer, awakening something hidden and monstrous within him as he learns that the protection of his family comes at the cost of his soul.
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Director(s): Trey Edward Shults
Production: A24
  8 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.2
Metacritic:
78
Rotten Tomatoes:
88%
R
Year:
2017
91 min
$13,985,117
Website
2,043 Views


to the back room

also stays closed and locked,

all the time, the red door.

I have the keys,

the only set.

Or Sarah will have them.

It's the only way

in and out of the house.

Everything else you see

is all boarded up.

Most important thing,

we never go out at night,

unless it's

an absolute emergency.

Even when we do go out

during the day,

we like to stick

to groups of two

just for safety,

you know, collecting

wood or water, whatnot.

Same thing goes

for trips to the bathroom,

which is a ways from the house.

At nighttime, we use buckets

and empty them...

We can talk about that

another time.

Firearms?

We keep them

locked and squared away

in a safe in our room.

We'd like to do the same

with yours, just for now.

Thank you.

And meals we eat together,

twice a day,

just for the sake

of food rationing, I guess.

Everybody cleans

their own dishes,

and generally puts things away

where they belong.

It's just the way

we like to run things,

and we think it's important

to keep a routine and stay busy.

I'm sure

I'm forgetting a few things.

There's plenty of time

to work out all the details.

Overload...

Well, just settle in and...

We'll get working

in the morning.

And welcome.

That's perfect.

- Thank you.

- Thank you very much.

Welcome, buddy.

He's hiding.

Why you hidin'?

...and he is tall and blond...

Ah yeah?

He's a...He's a surfer.

- He's a surfer?

- That's cute.

Shut up.

There's holes in this story.

(Sound of Andrew playing

with dinosaur toy]

Ow!

Ow...

(Kim laughing]

Terra keeps biting my foot.

Ow!

Terra just bit my toe.

Son of a b*tch.

Tell him to stop biting my toe.

Maybe you could...

Get in the bath.

What?

Maybe you could get in the bath?

Do I smell?

No...

Those subtle hints you drop,

Jesus Christ almighty.

You don't smell great yourself.

You smell like onion soup.

Like French onion soup.

That sounds so good.

You look pretty.

I feel like you just say

that when I look the ugliest.

That's when you need it

the most.

Thanks!

Bud's property extends...

Another half mile this way.

I come down here because

i can see down into the valley,

and see if...

You know, every now and then,

if I see anything.

You wanna come down

with your legs.

It's gonna feel awkward,

but like you're sitting

on the shitter.

You just sit down on it.

No, measure it out first.

Make sure

you have your distance.

Then when you come over the top,

you bring it straight over,

like tomahawk style,

not over the shoulder.

- Straight down the middle.

- Yeah.

- Like that?

- Yeah.

Okay.

Oh!

You're good.

Can I show you a better form so

you don't throw your back out?

The solar I use cause

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Trey Edward Shults

Trey Edward Shults is an American film director, producer, writer, and actor. more…

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