Coming Home In The Dark

A family trip through the New Zealand wilderness turns into a nightmare when they're suddenly confronted by a pair of drifters in this Sundance thriller starring Daniel Gillies (THE ORIGINALS) and Miriama McDowell (WARU). Winding down a desolate road through an endless valley, Alan and Jill stop their car to take their teenage boys on a hike through the New Zealand wilderness. As they rest for a picnic at a clearing overlooking the water, two ominous-looking drifters appear out of nowhere, silently surrounding the peaceful clan and radiating a threat of imminent danger. With a swift act of violence, these men take the family by force, a seemingly random decision that sets them all on a maddening collision course with the ghosts of their pasts from which there is no escape.

Critic Reviews:

• " Ashcroft and his cast – and especially Gillies as the menacing and charismatic Mandrake – excel at drawing out the moment-to-moment tension of a crime in progress. " – Noel Murray (Los Angeles Times)

• " It's Gillies' performance that raises Coming Home in the Dark from fascinating to utterly chilling, complimenting Matt Henley's cold, angular cinematography and John Gibson's score. " – Richard Whittaker (Austin Chronicle)

• " A tense thriller that hinges on a seemingly random act of violence, James Ashcroft's debut feature unfurls into a gritty meditation on the insidious ripple effect of trauma. " – Josh Goller (Spectrum Culture)