IT COMES AT NIGHT (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Joel Edgerton (The Gift), Christopher Abbott (Martha Marcy May Marlene), Carmen Ejogo (Selma), Kelvin Harrison Jr. (The Birth of a Nation), Riley Keough (Mad Max: Fury Road), Griffin Robert Faulkner (film debut), David Pendleton (Begin Again), Chase Joliet (The Big Picture), Mick O’Rourke (The Departed)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Trey Edward Shults (Krisha), director, writer, editor; David Kaplan (It Follows) and Andrea Roa (Drinking Buddies), producers; Brian McOmber (Ugly), composer; Drew Daniels (Saturday Morning Mystery), cinematographer; Matthew Hannam (Swiss Army Man), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

After an infectious disease has spread across the general population, a family secures themselves in a remote location hidden deep in the woods. The father, Paul (Edgerton), has placed strict rules that further ensure everyone’s survival, but when another family arrives asking for refuge, these rules will become more fluid as rising suspicion and fear takes hold of everyone’s better judgement…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

This chilling, intense and downright disturbing horror film has gotten audiences spooked at film festivals, but now the ultimate test of its staying power will be with general audiences looking for a scary time at the cinema.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 7TH JULY 2017

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