daily scream: coldly elegant postapocalyptic misery
2017’s *It Comes at Night* is on Kanopy in the US, Prime in the UK
The Daily Stream becomes the Daily Scream for spooky season!
Every moment of the supremely accomplished postapocalyptic misery that is 2017’s It Comes at Night is tense with a nameless disquietude. The It that comes at night? It’s not a monster. It’s something much worse, because it cannot be outrun or shot dead or escaped from. It’s fear. It’s paranoia. It’s your mind. It’s yourself. A quietly chilling nightmare of human frailty and strength, this is the tale of a little family living alone in the woods after something terrible has happened to the world, and of how their instinct to survive is at war with their instinct toward humanity. This is coldly elegant horror that runs the emotional gamut from jittery to hopeless. Enjoy! (Read my 2017 review.)
US: stream on Kanopy; rent/buy on Prime and Apple TV
UK: rent/buy on Prime and Apple TV
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