It Comes at Night - Doug Reviews
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- Critics and audiences seem to be split on this movie. What's Doug's take on, It Comes at Night. Let's find out!
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It Comes at Night is a 2017 American psychological horror film written and directed by Trey Edward Shults. It stars Joel Edgerton, Christopher Abbott, Carmen Ejogo, Kelvin Harrison Jr. and Riley Keough.
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"It's very hard to scare me"
What if I tie you to a chair, and leave you alone in a room with "The Garbage Pail Kids"...
on repeat.
:::Screams and runs away::
Yeah I know I'm not Doug but I think it's a pretty universal reaction.
PWNDotcom the funny thing is, that movie was originally supposed to be a horror film. not even kidding.
Or the doug theme song on repeat.
'Hard' Not impossible.
I thought Doug said he somehow enjoyed it..
The funny thing is that this is one of those cases where critics seem to like it, but audiences don't seem to like it. I am undecided if I want to see it. Chris Stuckmann did a great video talking about how the trailers are misleading and it bothered him and he thinks it hurt the film in terms of people liking it.
YMS did a better review and I'm going to watch it because of it.
Caitlin Robinson Am I the only one who expected a werewolf movie?
I don't think I said this I went on a bit but I think it is mainly the company A24 that does these advertisements that make these movies seem like something they are not. They did the same with The VVITCH. But as far as advertising goes I do think a little more honesty would make some of these films better. With me personally I don't think I would have liked the movie even if they were honest about it.
I think critics and film lovers like films that are more cereberal and don't hold the audience's hand. They want to see well crafted works and unique experiences.
general audiences want something more... general. They don't have the language to appreciate some films.
@pfl95
Is there any particular reason you feel a need to be so fucking pretentious?
They're movies. They're entertainment. That's it.
Critics make a living talking about what other people make, they don't make anything themselves. So they like shit that lets them feel serious, and lets them stroke their egos.
Clearly you do too.
There is nothing cerebral about it. It's just another example of the middle class obsession with the end of the world, and people behaving like monsters. Which always requires some sort of asinine, contrived set up.
And ignoring the fact that cooperation is a survival trait.
Being cerebral means you actually think shit through. Like recognizing the fact that if people acted like that without civilization, we wouldn't have one in the first place.
So no, what you actually like is convoluted shit that really has no actual substance, but hints at it. So you can come up with theories, and critics can write long articles/do "deep analysis" videos. You like shit that lets YOU see what you want to see. For the rest of us, it's just another stupid movie.
As for general audiences... We don't watch dozens of new movies every year. We don't obsessively watch every movie we haven't seen yet.
We don't take movies super seriously. Critics and other film fanboys do.
THAT is the only difference.
So stop being such a pretentious cunt. You aren't special because you watch lots of movies. You're a fucking nerd.
The aspect ratio most notably changed during the nightmare sequences until the very end of the film where you know it's not a dream but the black bars are coming down farther than before. It was supposed to illustrate that Travis's nightmares and fears have come true.
In the theater I was in when the movie ended the man next to me said, "Well that sucked, IT never came" I liked the movie but I get where he is coming from. The title is very misleading
Hafikat I think the "It" refers to fear. Like fear itself. That's why it's an "It" and not a "what" or a "who". It's that sort of it.
That's what I got out of it.
Hafikat I read an interview with the screenwriter. Apparently 'it's was metaphorical. he explained how he himself was troubled by distressing thoughts at night time. night is when he felt most insane and alone, and so he likened the anticipation of feeling those feelings to a monster coming. guess it wasn't meant to be taken literally.
It can be referring to a variety of things. Will tries to break in that first night, the disease itself (we only see people getting infected at night), the paranoia, and the fear. It was that one trailer that made it seem like something it wasn't, and that is why people hate the movie.
Hmm.... I wonder if he meant "IT" as in the clown or as in the giant pulsing brain. But hey, who reads books anymore?
Hafikat with the poster in the thumbnail, you'd think it was about rabid wolves or something
Here's the problem: (Don't read if you're avoiding spoilers) The whole movie is about fear in the face of the unknown. The characters don't understand the threats they face, and their actions stem from paranoia. We, the audience, know just as little about the threats as the characters: (How does the disease work, what killed Stanley, is Will trustworthy, etcetera). While initially the unknowns make for compelling viewing/tension building, after awhile the unanswered questions become tedious. It Comes At Night is a movie about morality in the face of a lack of information, and it's really hard to make compelling cinema without giving your audience the necessary contextual information.
It's a dang good movie, considering what they were aiming for. It's not a perfect film, but the reviews are a bit optimistic for my taste.
Mr. F Completely agree.
Mr. F I got this but my issue is like Doug said.....this has been done so much before and I also didn't care about the characters. If I hadn't seen so many movies and shows like this, maybe I would have been more invested in the climax but I have. All that great atmosphere was wasted on such a generic payoff. It made the whole thing feel like a waste.
Buscapé Axé But the problem with this film is every interpretation leads to the same conclusion. This isn't like Nocturnal Animals or Arrival or The Neon Demon or Personal Shopper. It wasn't that deep. It didn't ask anything interesting that many other films and shows of its type haven't already explored. No matter how you choose to view this, you arrive in the same place. "People are the real monsters and will go to great lengths to survive. Paranoia can cause one to do awful things. Never trust anyone but family" That's it. If the ending was another Travis nightmare (which were overdone as is) that makes the whole thing feel even more pointless. Like Doug said, there was nothing interesting to chew on when leaving the theater.
***** Right, I'm sure I will in a few months when it comes out. I'd like there to be something more to it but no theory I've read outside of cannabalism (which doesn't really add up) makes this a more enjoyable experience. I really liked it all the way until the end. When it showed that it's hands were empty besides the paranoia and mistrust stuff, it just felt like an overblown stylized episode of The Walking Dead to me. I'm glad you got something more out of it though.
I feel like not everything should be explained. The audience should try to figure some of it out for themselves.
It was advertised as a horror film, and ended up being 1:37 of waiting for something to happen. The majority of the twists were predictable, and all the twists that weren't predictable were so underwhelming that it hurt to sit in that theater for the running time. If I wasn't with a friend, I would have walked out.
I thought it was about the Black Plague. Not zombies. Isn't that why those paintings were shown in the beginning?
It is. There are other signs to support it.
it's not really a horror film is it tho? it's like a psychological thriller
I felt it didn't add anything new to the genre
lilac.paint that's pretty much almost all horror movies now. You're lucky if the horror goes beyond jump scares and it has characters that are more than 1 dimensions.
Not really paranormal/supernatural then? D:*edit* Watching more of the video doesn't sound like it. XD I remember watching Walking Dead some years ago, I couldn't remember much LOL. I think I could give it another chance sure. I want to give Supernatural another chance too. I am more into ghosts/demons kind of stuff.
Artsy Gal Most haunted house movies now end up being about demonic possession or something like that.
Most horror movies don't add anything to the genre, but that's not really a measure that makes it good or bad.
No Star Wars or Marvel film is ever going to add anything new to the franchise. But still, everybody will eat 'em up.
Doug: "It's hard to scare me."
Clearly he forgot about the Bart's Nightmare Let's Play.
We all want to forget that.
Did that game scare him?
That didn’t scare him. That made him furious.
Things I personally enjoyed: the claustrophobic feel throughout the movie, the interplay of paranoia and trust between the two families, the nuance of their day-to-day, the fact that there really didn't have to be a tangible IT to create suspense, the overarching sense of doom or dread like you mentioned. This movie is very open throughout and especially at the ends, we're just plopped into the middle of everything, and this let's us fill in the missing parts. I think this movie tries to follow through on the idea that you get out what you put in, and obviously if you can't invest yourself, the premise falls apart. This is where I think a lot of people are lost, they can't just sit back and not think about what's going on, and not actively contribute to the spaces left by the film without devaluing the experience for themselves. You can certainly approach this movie as one where you are going to sit back and enjoy a mindless experience, but then the movie is going to probably not seem that good, because there isn't a whole lot happening, and there isn't a lot of the movie that is contextualized or explained. Overall, I liked this movie, but I think what I liked about it is what other people might critique. It isn't groundbreaking in really any regard, but I think it is solid throughout
"You were just having a crazy nightmare there's nothing to be afraid of…
except that fog that turns people inside out."
Isn't "expecting a surprise" kind of a paradox?
You could blame the trailer house who marketed the movie as a supernatural horror film when, in reality, it is a post-apocalyptic thriller about the destruction of two families caused by paranoia and resentment. Getting scared isn't really supposed to be the point of the film.
But if you disliked the movie even taking this correction into account, you do you man.
Chris Chen UHG I hate it when they do that. Its like they're asking for people to leave feeling let down.
Chris Chen That's how it was marketed? The trailer I saw painted it pretty clear that it was post-apocalyptic/ or at least some zombie/disease flick. Didn't think it was a supernatural horror film at all.
Cypher Wing Some of the trailers were misleading. I saw the one we're it painted the film just as you said. But later, afterwards, I saw trailers that painted it as some sort of creature film.
Audiences got confused because the trailers were not consistent.
Well, it was neither horrific, nor very thrilling.
Chris Chen could their be a supernatural flair to it? What if the son was infected by like a demon or something.
When I went to the theatre to see WW I saw a large advertisement for It Comes At Night and I thought it was promoting the movie IT.
I'm conflicted about this movie. On one hand, it has excellent acting, great cinematography and a white-knuckle third act. But at the same time, it didn't answer nearly enough questions that really needed answers. Like, some of the mysteries were fine unanswered, but others really needed to be answered for story's sake.
Because the movie is psychological. Most movies under that category get viewers thinking rather than just spoon-feeding them answers. It's merely interpretative.
Gaming With Balance not really a good excuse, there are other psychological thrillers that are far better than this one. If there are questions that must be answered for the sake of the story, then they must be answered.
Brian. Jr Montoya
It's not really an excuse, but more of the concept of psychological movies. Psychological movies portray the psyche (mind) of the characters and the plot itself. The paranoia, the unexplained nightmares, the boy sleep-walking, and the fact Adam pointed out "The only things revealed to the characters are what the viewers can only see". There's a quote from an article I found that explains the idea of psychological perfectly “it’s the kind of movie where the mind makes up for what the director doesn’t feature outright. It’s the monster in the closet where all you see is a pair of glowing red eyes. It’s the suggestion that a house is haunted and then walking through said location and hearing all kinds of concerning, creepy noises. It’s not a violent killer with a chainsaw chasing you around. It’s not a thriller where the police are trying to catch a heinous murderer. The main facet of a psychological horror film is what isn’t shown, not what is.” I think the main issue with this movie was that the trailer confused people on what this movie was actually about. I don't blame them for thinking that, but I think this was a great horror film.
:^)
The movie connected with me because it was NOT about a monster. Because it had the courage to be a very quiet and slow movie about human relations and emotions, framed with horror movie language. The acting, the cinematography, the storytelling, and the absolute heart breaking climax that put me in shock because I never thought it would get that bad.
A psychological thriller, eh? I can see why Joe would hate it.
Crumple Punch Joe's review like Doug's was dead on
1:14 Maybe it's part of Pennywise's curse
I'll go away now
I like clowns.
Doug should review The Mummy for Nostalgia-Ween
ooh or an OLD vs Old vs New, since the first ones were done in the 30s!!
+Alexandra Wagner *Yes!* I would want that this Halloween!
Giovanni Orellana it's so shitty it's terrifying
Old vs new?
Bow wica wow wow
It's odd that whenever YMS praises something, Doug hates it and vice versa. Think about Unfriended and It Follows, for example.
Surgé Land I like YMS, but that dude is a bit pretentious.
Movie did a great job at tone and atmosphere, tense through out. But the story itself was very lackluster in my opinion.
I didn't felt any tension though. I never cared for any of the characters except the dog.
I absolutely loved it. The atmosphere was downright haunting, and the climax was so bleak and intense.
The atmosphere was well done, sets a nice tone keeping you unsettled. The problem is the "pay-off" just wasn't enough. There were these possible subplots dropped in that were never explored that may have made it a better movie. It felt like it was trying to be this kind of intellectual art piece, and although it was shot beautifully and artistically, the story itself was lacking for me.
I was wearing headphones during this video and i had a strange feeling like the sound was bouncing around. Is my equipment faulty or did anybody else experience this?
WJZAV No, I noticed it too.
My dad and I went and saw it, and we agreed that it was an OK movie, but it just seemed to be a bit misleading... NOTHING CAME AT NIGHT!!!!
And at the end, only 2 of the 20 other people stuck around to like discuss... Everyone else literally just stood up and left as soon as the credits started.
And I'm now picturing the inevitable parody of these movies: "It follows the babadook witch when it comes at night"
"It Critiques" staring Doug Walker. I smell a hit. lol 😂
I haven't seen it, but if I had to guess what "It Comes at Night" actually meant, it wasn't specifically a monster but the paranoia that is inflicted upon a person who would be in this particular situation. Hence why there are so many dream sequences (as I hear) and the reason why people seem to be getting a lot out of it. It's essentially trying to be high brow by taking out an external conflict that is physical and replacing it with the psychological. While I think somebody with a more critical eye would find this idea interesting, I see a lot of regular people feeling conned and ultimately "who cares" about the film. Hence the positive critical reception and negative regular audience reaction.
It was a similar problem with "The Babadook". As Chris Stuckmann says, "when you market a film as a monster movie, the audence is going to expect a monster. Then there is uproar when there's no monster reveal. Because people don't understand what *real* horror is". My only qualm with the movie is I don't understand what fucked up the dog? Because there is no way the dog was just "sick". That thing was torn up at the stomach.
And then there was the bit with the dog running away. It was barking fervently at something, but we don't know what. And then it's barking mysteriously stopped and Travis said he thought he heard something else. And then there's how the door opened. Travis didn't open it. They said the boy never slept walk before and I think the mother said something about him even being too small to open the door (although maybe she was just finding an excuse for her son). Then he's found sleeping in the grandfather's room which is an odd place to go to. Maybe I missed something, but isn't the door supposed to be locked? I thought the father said there's only the one set of keys.
I never saw any of the trailers so I didn't really have any idea of what this was supposed to be about before seeing it. So I wasn't "fooled" by the trailers like most people. But while I was watching it I was still expecting it to be a slow burn into a proper horror film instead of just a survival thriller. I thought there might be something more sinister at work, maybe something supernatural, because of these mysterious elements, but nothing ever happened.
I really wish I liked this movie. It's very well crafted at least. It's a shame too because I thought The Witch was one of the greatest horror films I've ever seen. It's by the same production company, and that does subtle horror brilliantly.
Doug, let me tell you about Travis. He doesn't like ice cream. He doesn't like cupcakes. He doesn't like other good stuff. He does, however, like some pies.
I thought it was good but they could have done more with the idea and the characters had little to no personality or development.
It's a movie about paranoia. It comes at night when you're left alone with your own thoughts and worries, it chips away at your mental mind until it breaks you, it becomes you, and soon without realizing it, you've let it win. It's a great film, people were expecting a brain dead zombie fest or something I guess. I understand people have differentiating opinions however I fear you took the movie for something it isn't.
There are three cases of bad marketing recently. Suicide Squad, The Village, and It comes at night. Suicide squad was marketed as a super upbeat and fun Suicide Squad vs the Joker movie, but it was a dark and gritty action movie about the Suicide Squad vs some forgettable villain you don't remember. The Village was marketed as a supernatural horror movie and was a Romance. It comes at night was marketed as a supernatural horror movie and it was a psychological horror movie with survival elements.
There was also that one Will Smith movie where he writes to Death, Love, etc and then supposedly meets them. Apparently the previews were monumentally misleading.
Just another example of the middle class obsession with the end of the world.
That, and with people all becoming monsters without civilization. Ignoring the fact that cooperation is a survival trait, and it's amazing how we got a civilization if people acted like that without one.
Kinda like how people take Lord of the Flies seriously, ignoring the fact that there are countless island people's all over the world who have managed to survive.
It's an excellent movie that's been marketed wrong. Hope it becomes a classic on Blu-ray.
but what makes it special?
"Classic" is putting it on a way higher pedastal than it needs to be/or deserves. It wasn't that good of a movie.
You know Henry I personally don't feel this way about this movie. I felt like with this it was just poorly done, and they were trying to make a horror movie without the horror. But what you say is very intresting because I feel this way for The VVitch. When people went into this they went into that thinking it was a horror movie when it wasn't. It was almost purely a period piece. From the point of it being a period piece, it was certainly a very well done one, and almost flawless in a lot of ways. But as a horror movie I feel like it doesn't work. Going back to this. It's almost a zombie movie without the zombies. Like they are in the mind more than anything. And I can appreciate a movie that doesn't hold your hand throughout the movie. However this needed a hook into this world. Spoken, or unspoken there were no rules of the universe, nor is there any kind of hints of a background. We just know there is a plague, you need to wear a gas mask, and gloves in order not to catch it, and your eyes change. A lot of people say black but you don't really know that nor do you know anything about the virus. With Ryan Reynolds movie about him trapped in the box, it takes place in modern times, with a modern setting that most people are familiar with. So your mind can almost paint a picture of the outside world.
Honestly, I would not be able to argue with that. That is for all my rights my point of view, and you have yours. Like Doug, and a lot of other people say film is something hard to review because either you liked it, or you did not.
Classic is a stretch...
I hope to see a Doug Reviews of Captain Underpants
KelvinBelmont hell yeah😁 Great movie
I honestly don't know what kind of score to give this film. On one hand, the cinematography and acting are great. The film is very atmospheric and well shot. But on the other hand, the story just goes nowhere and nothing is really answered, and the characters just aren't developed well at all to make me really care about them in the end.
Interesting plot points are set up, but abandoned. This is a slow-burn horror film, and The Witch did slow-burn horror right. And it actually built up to something satisfying. Here the film just ended abruptly. The lights came on in the theater just a little bit ahead of the credits, and I was honestly thinking 'No way the film's over, things are finally starting to get going.' Then it ended. And I was left speechless. Speechless in that I really didn't know what to think. I was basically one of those other people you were talking about.
This is a film that will make audiences think, and while I like movies that allow the audience to figure things out and theorize themselves, such as Enemy, Under the Skin, or even Fight Club, movies like those give hints. They give the audience the tools to figure it out. It Comes at Night doesn't. Honestly this film if anything is worth a rental in my opinion. Shults is a talented DIRECTOR. He's an expert in good cinematography. He just needs a better writing team.
Like you, this was a film I simply couldn't get into that much. Sure, the camerawork was nice. But I wasn't invested in the narrative much at all in the end.
WARNING SPOILERS
My friend and I came up with the theory shortly after watching. we theorize that the infection is a reflection of Innocence. It is no coincidence that only children and older people get infected. We both might be wrong but it was just a theory.
For those of you who saw it the wide angle thing toward the the end of the movie symbolize the infection that Travis got. I also noticed that once the angle started the audio became more muffled as if someone was dying.
The only thing this review is missing is BILL
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Stuckmann pointed out that the aspect ratio correlates directly to whether or not the protagonist was experiencing a dream sequence or night, with exception coming during the climax of the film, presumably deliberately.
Joe's had a bad track record with reviewing horror movies.
DoctaDaKing lights out was a better film than this one.
I am a Puppy Haven't seen this one, so I have no position on this.
Secret life of Pets = 8/10
He's a great film critic, he doesn't understand films on a technical level. His game reviews however are great.
Yeah you'd think he'd be better off just doing game rev- oh wait, I'm an annoying 12 year old now according to Joe...
Audio Technical Note, the audio stereo sound seems to fluctuate subtly and consistently between left and right. It doesn't seem to be tied to direction of speech.
*So it sounds like a better version of Cabin Fever.*
Yes.
Except a totally different film.
Except there's a log cabin.
So Log Fever
Cabin Fevers more brutal.
It’s like a high brow Cabin Fever.
I recently saw it, and I thought that it aged incredibly well. Maybe not the best film to watch in the middle of a pandemic, but for me, its believability and pertinence to the present moment is what made it so terrifying.
it dougs at night
The Reviewer Trinity
Angry Joe>
Sounds very depressing
Doug, I'm so glad you brought the black bar aspect of this film. I thought I was the only one who noticed that during the screening.
Stupid ass movie. Like I legitimately regret paying money for this. It was trying to do the build up of 10 cloverfield lane but the plot didn't go anywhere and so it just had a non ending. Dumb as hell.
This has been yet another edition of "Doug Is Underwhelmed By Acclaimed Horror Movies".
I'll just copy and past my review from rotten tomatoes (actually made an account just for this):
Seriously how did this get such a high score? What about this film appealed to critics? Was it the how it was shot? Was the cinematography what rocked their jollies? That must've been it, because that was probably the only thing going for it, and even then it was only a few shots. The characters are one dimensional so it couldn't be that. The story and pacing is a snooze fest. The meaning, which I'm assuming is supposed to represent humanity's nihilism, barely even tries and is doesn't try anything new. There's nothing thrilling about it so it can't be classified as a thriller, and I've seen unknown substances in my garbage that's scarier than this film (so I can't classify it as a horror either). Also, that stupid door is one of the biggest contrived plot holes I've ever seen, seriously what is going on with it they establish rules about it and don't even follow through on those set of rules?? It's a waste of time and money, don't even rent it. All I can say is, "It comes at night" must be referring to me coming to critics' houses at night and unplugging their refrigerator as they sleep. If I had to sit through garbage, they can sit in a house of rotting food for all I care.
There may be a comment saying this already, but I saw an interpretation I thought was interesting saying the following: The son was the infected one the whole time, not the little one. In his dream you see him walk through the open red door, and that bit of it was real, leading to him to interact with the dog and become infected. The other family realizes that their son couldn't have opened the door, that one of the others must be infected, and therefore wanted to run. The son stayed in his room the whole final confrontation because he realized he was the one who had caused this, opening the door and just keeping quiet on it. The people killed in paranoia were entirely innocent in the end that way. Doesn't cover everything perfectly, it isn't a solution for any of the problems the movie has, but it's something haha
You aren't missing anything. It's just another boring movie steeped in "artsy" visuals and pseudo-intellectual exposition, so that film snobs can claim casual film-goers "just don't get it". Which, would be fine, but A24 obviously cut the trailer in such a way to make it seem like something it was not, which is a terrible bait and switch tactic.
Here's my theories:
its not the little boy who sleepwalks and spread the disease , but the teenager. he sleepwalks, went into woods and brought back his dead dog. He left the red door opened but he didnt knew it. he sleepwalks becoz of the death of his grandpa has a huge affect on his mental condition. He even mentioned that he couldnt sleep well and have nightmares. after he woke up that night, he thought it is just another nightmare. Then he helped the little boy to get back to his room. and for some reasons(age, probably), the little boy shows signs of infection first.
"It" never came at night though...
The theory is that "It" was the illness and the nightmares that the kid was experiencing. I know, this movie didn't do a good job. It Comes at Night should have been a novel.
The theory is that "It" was the illness and the nightmares that the kid was experiencing. I know, this movie didn't do a good job. It Comes at Night should have been a novel.
To Doug, the most underrated channel on UA-cam
But..what came at night tho?
"It" is suppose to be your fear is a shitty excuse.
MrDaltonWayne no...it's not a shitty excuse, that's what it is.
MrDaltonWayne well, it's not "your fear" but it is fear, his nightmares, it's thier paranoia.
MrDaltonWayne i think "it" was the guy that broke in at night since everything went to shit after he showed up.
What is that a "shitty excuse?"
MrDaltonWayne Could be the nightmares.
Anyone else have issue with headphones?
The sound switches between each side...
Mike Daner Yep
Legend says if your early Doug will reply but that's just a legend
Shrekiskewl Revenge it only happens once a millennia, or so they say.....
Shrekiskewl Revenge Nice try, he won't reply.
Silhouetters gladly
Silhouetters I will
Silhouetters I can't I have no life
You know the marketing was bad when i never even heard of this until the week it came out.
Who here HAS seen The Mummy
I only saw the ending, and it's only because I work at a theatre and I was waiting for people to leave. Does that count?
I saw The Mummy (2017). The 1999 version with Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz is better.
I saw the original Mummy from long time ago. I think it was when they were in the desert and stuff. Is this new Mummy a remake or just part of a series or totally different from the original?
Is the 1999 version where it takes place in a desert? I don't remember too much but I'd going to guess so. I remember seeing it in early 2000.,,not at theater tho I don't think.
Weirdo nation I saw The Mummy (2017) yesterday. It's one of the worst movies of the year so far :(
Can't wait for the next one "It slightly inconveniences you" the spookiest of all!
Oh god what is wrong with the audio channels? I'm actually getting dizzy, help.
I felt like this was easily one of the most tense theater experiences I've had in years, and the fact that they didn't give away what " it" was made it that much better. this idea of the paranoia stemming from the fear or the unknown and the dichotomy of making irrational actions feel rational in a chaotic state lose their weight completely when the characters and the audience know more about the situations because that reality is inherently less weighty and intense then what you have in your head, that felt like the point. rational people forced to adapt to something they don't understand, and realize they have no control in a situation they're obsessed with having control over.
Meh I preferred YMS review of this movie as he seemed to be the only one who understood the movie.
daniel o reilly I totally agree
daniel o reilly I feel that's the films fault for not being comprehensible.
daniel o reilly Stuckman really laid it out also
I don't think that's a very valid point. It's not necessarily that Doug and others don't get it, they just got something different.
Robbyx1000th was it the Black Plague? I thought it was suppose to be hell
This sounds like a film I would find on Putlocker, while smoking a bowl.
Si te gustan los video de el critico y quieres que los suban subtitulado da like!
hey Doug I was curious if you guys get the package yet
wait so what came from the night then?
@Colin Froese
That sounds disappointing.
Lix BOx Lixbox well, technically, death did. The dog returned infected, infecting the little boy and then causing everyone to die.
The title is a metaphor for Fear/Paranoia or maybe Travis's dreams since there's a chance he's a sleepwalker.
Nothing. dun dun DUN. No literally. Nothing.
It Comes at Night is primarily a story about human nature and mistrust. It's a deconstruction of the survival genre. The human characters not having backstory, or having a backstory we couldn't trust adds to the sense of dread and mistrust. The nightmares throughout the film are constantly reflecting an element of life that the teenage boy is having to deal with, grief over his grandfather, the dread of who the man who broke into their house is and what his father might do to him, the weird sexual tension with the young wife and him only having lived in a house with family members up until this point, and of course the underlying fear in every single one of his nightmares being the sickness. The title refers to the reflection on their lives that they do when they're not busy surviving and how it leads to a growing mistrust of each other and their own decisions. And the sense of denial that the younger couple was feeling over the infection of their son and to a lesser extent the denial of the older couple over the infection of the teenage boy is what fueled the climax and drama of the ending. It showed that in these circumstances, humans are scummy people who lash out and shouldn't be trusted. Even the older couple we've seen as the people we can trust end up killing them all! No one can be trusted even the stereotypical "good guy with a family who makes the tough decisions" that we see in other survival type movies. A well made deconstruction of the survival genre but one that I certainly wouldn't blame people for not getting into.
44% audience score even with the 86%..very contreversial movie
I think the Audience wanted to see a typical horror film like Cloverfield, Descent, Alien etc and not expecting a psychological thriller. So they didn't get what they expected. I blame misleading marketing to fool people into spending money
Score means nothing, what did the reviews achually say?
fahd s is absolutely right. Yet another horror that is actually a psychological thriller. They should so make that its own genre rather than throwing psychological thriller and horror together. Horrors used to be psychological thrillers but now its all jumpscares and gore. We should let the 'jumpscares and gore' horror keep the term horror and call other horror something else basically.
What's psychological about it?
It's another, contrived set up = people acting like monsters movie. SOSDD.
Did the movie had you creeped out? Was the atmosphere dark and unease? Did the music had you at the edge of your seat? If any of these applied to you watching this movie, then you indeed watch a horror film.
Just got out of this film a little bit ago. Totally wasn't what I expected. I hadn't seen any trailers for it and my mom had suggested it because there wasn't anything else playing that she found interesting.
Anyway, I went in not having seen any trailers or read anything, but I expected a horror film with a monster in it, and the beginning had me going for a while. Instead I got a suspense/thriller film. It wasn't bad but not great. It was an interesting portrayal of the outbreak/survival genre, though admittedly I've never seen any of them.
My problem with the film is that I found myself saying "What's the dilemma here? Why should I care about these characters?" I was always interested to see Travis' new nightmares each night, but after the third one, I realized there is no supernatural entity, just a young man trying to cope in a very hostile world.
Went in peaked with interest. And came out wanting a refund. (That theatre is never letting my back in are they?)
TheEpicFilmMaker12 that's how I feel about most "horror" movies. I usually just end up making fun of it a quarter way in.
I'm wearing a headset, so to other headset-users: I just watched the very beginning of the video jet, but the sound (Dougs voisce) swapst slightly from one side to the other. Is that actually in the video or is it something weird my laprop chose to do??
Rotten Tomatoes: 86% critic and only 43% of people liked it. I think I'll trust the people that actually had to pay to see this.
Lol what? The average moviegoer is an idiot. The same people that gave The Witch a low score.Yeah, I'll trust the people that actually know about films.
I always trust the critics. In this case the audience were expecting horror film and not a psychological thriller. They had different expectations.
za21 Just because they are average movie goers doesnt make them idiots when it comes to film. Besides , a movie is suppose to entertain anybody and not just people who truly understand the workings of a film
Well, the average person is, so the average moviegoer is as a well. The average moviegoer doesn't critically think when watching a film. If you think films are just for entertainment, maybe you should just stick to blockbusters and not films that actually have something to say.
za21 Who goes to the movie for anything other than entertainment? It is literally an entertainment medium.
Literally everyone in the theater was disappointed and confused. I have so many questions! We all said "wait, what??" When the credits rolled
Horror? No❌ psychological thriller? No ❌
poorly written indie film. Yes✔️
And the main kid is creepy and off putting.
No, it's not poorly written. It's great actually. Watch YMS' review
no shit. thats the point
I don't agree with YMS, I never felt any empathy or any kind of attachement for the characters. The scenes that were supposed to make you identify to the characters were poorly stitched together and it felt like I was watching sketches with the same background. Maybe it would've worked better if it was a short since you wouldn't expect a lot of character development so they could focus more heavily on paranoia, which I didn't felt a bit since I didn't cared for the characters.
I think there's a point being missed by people who are upset about the way the movie was marketed. The movie has you anticipating a monster to show up at any moment, yet the most horrifying thing in the movie was perpetrated by a person. I thought there was a great amount of tension throughout, and in the final act my heart was pounding for several minutes which rarely happens when I watch horror movies.
Wow iam early umm..
Hi Doug
Me too
The "impending doom" is what drives the movie. I understand that the movie is not what you were sold. But I feel it is effective. This isn't about jump scares and ghouls; it's about the horror of being alone in a situation you can't control.
I like the lack of explanations for how it helps us share the mindset of the characters. Their paranoia and fear comes from not knowing the rules, going off what little they've seen, and just trying to survive. The ending doesn't really tie things up nicely, and while that's frustrating as a consumer, I appreciate the dedication to keeping things vague to further that fear. Overall, bold storytelling choices with mixed success in the execution.
Travis was infected the whole time..movie made sure to show him petting the dog right away and constantly touching the dog and being affectionate...thats how the dog got infected..He led the little boy back to his parents room and thats how the kid got infected..The grandfather in beginning gave the virus to travis...He was what comes out at night..he was always waking up at night and creeping around the house..Visitors wanted to leave cause they didnt want other family to kill them and their son..pretty much what movie was about
Nothing happened! People walked, went down some dark hallways, there were some creepy dreams, a dog died, people yelled, a child died, credits
11:28 just let them leave 11:47 super savage dead 13:29 don't find very interesting 17:10 thoughts on it
I loved this movie. On top of being visually gorgeous, I felt that the characters were completely realized human beings. None of them ever made a decision that was not justified or rational in the moment. So I found myself conflicted in act 3 when I just wanted everyone to be able to work out their issues, but completely understanding why that couldn't happen. It broke my heart. Each character felt so real. The finesse in which Shults brought to life these characters was amazing I thought.
AHHHH!!! The sound! I'm listening to it in headphones and it makes me nauseus!
Павел Суранов ME TOO! I’m so glad someone else noticed. It’s like it’s set to “auto pan.”
I really got into the first two thirds of this movie. It was very suspenseful, it had wonderful atmosphere, it was incredibly well acted, and I can feel what the characters are going through. I was having trouble understanding why audiences don't like it that much, I found it to be really interesting, I wanted to see what was going to happen. I thought that people just didn't understand what a real scary movie is supposed to be.
Then we get to the last third, then I began to comprehend why people dislike it. I understand that the director was trying to leave it open to the audience and draw their own conclusions, but I think he left open too much material out to make it a more cohesive story. It felt too rushed and too jumbled, and it left me totally confused by the end of it. I was shocked when it ended. I'll need to watch it again and see if I can put more of the pieces together.
the letterboxing on the screen was how they showed that Travis was dreaming. the end is left like that because that was his nightmare realized
Doug, you made a number of great points and totally see where you are coming from, but I was one of those people that really liked it. I loved the tension, suspense and the way it was shot very representative of an Alfonso Cuaron film. I love the ambitious nature of the film and the idea that maybe there isn't an illness and they are all crazy even if that doesn't line up exactly. I think the reason I liked it more may have to do with all the comparisons to The Walking Dead and 28 Days Later both show and film I haven't seen so it seemed fresher to me. I also got the influence from Denis Villeneuve's Prisoners, did you see that? I didn't notice the aspect ratio issue until you and Stuckmann pointed out so I wasn't taken out of the film at all. Even I was a little frustrated at the end when nothing comes at night, but that didn't break the film for me. I also understand that it brings up a lot of questions and doesn't answer most of them and usually that frustrates the hell out of me like with films like Prometheus, but it didn't bother me. So, Doug, I think we are in a similar camp, but different sides of it. I can't 100 percent so with certainty why I liked it, but I can't really image watching it again as the mystery of everything played such a big role in the film. A head scatter for sure.
I saw Chris Stuckmann's review, & I agree this movie's biggest problem was the deceptive advertising. The movie was marketed as a supernatural horror movie. In reality, it's more of a drama/ survivalist thriller
I hate how the movie was marketed, made you feel like there was something coming at night, but there wasn't...
When I first saw the poster I mistook it for a poster for Alien covenant: because of the cat as being a reference to Alien, and the phrase in Aliens "They mostly come at night" and the alien covenant trailer was a black void but with an alien's head barely visible in the dark, like if you combine both posters you'll see what the cat in the It comes at Night poster is reacting to.
I went with a group of friends and we were all confused at the ending. Everyone at the theater was just really confused and full of confused talking. One guy screamed out "What the fuck?"
When you were giving the description I immediately thought of The Walking Dead, and then you said it! XD
This movie reminded me of War of the Worlds. My best friend and I went to go see the remake of the War of the Worlds and we both thought that the movie itself was mediocre, but what terrified us was how the people in the movie reacted. Instead of helping one another most of the people acted down right savage. I'm studying to be a psychologist and let me just tell you one of my biggest fears is a natural/unnatural disaster that would effect the entire population. People are NOT that rational during the best of times, so I don't want to find out how they would react in a threatening situation. This movie felt the same. It was a mediocre film for me, but the way that the people acted in this situation terrified me. At our core, we are no different than the beasts of this world we call animals.
Audience reviews are more reliable than professional critics reviews.
When The Witch came out, my audience was really confused. Reviews and commentaries have analyzed this movie and uncover more of the genius behind it. Maybe this movie will get the same treatment.
You gotta admit, that part where the mother is crying over her dead son is brutal
On the contrary, I think there's a very very strong possibility none of them had the disease. I thought the implication of the ending was that the son went outside when he found out he didn't carry the disease, to justify the murder of the family for his father and mother.
I just got home from the theater and I...didn't like this movie. I feel like nothing was really explained or told to us. The title was also really, really misleading. The title makes it seem like there is some sort of monster or creature or person or SOMETHING that comes out at night and is fucking these people's lives up but that's not the case, at all...and like, the dog saw something in the woods...but there was nothing there? I guess...what was that about? How and why did the grandpa get sick? Who opened the door and let the dog in? The parents are the only ones with keys...how did that even happen?! The keep the eyes closed thing might have been because he thought he was going to shoot the other Dad and didn't want his son to see but it's pretty clear to everyone the boy is infected. How even does the disease spread? Sometimes they are careful to wear gloves and masks but sometimes they have bare arms and no worries...is it blood? Air? Causal contact? EXPLAIN MOVIE!