Coming Home in the Dark

Local title
Kodutee kaob pimedusse
Director
James Ashcroft
Country
New Zealand
Year
2021
Programme
HÕFF Main Programme
Genre
drama, suspense film, horror film

A family’s idyllic outing descends into terror when high school teacher Alan ‘Hoaggie’ Hoaganraad, his wife Jill and stepsons Maika and Jordon go exploring an isolated coastline. But an unexpected meeting with a pair of murderous drifters thrusts the family into a nightmare road trip where they find themselves captured by the enigmatic psychopath Mandrake and his hulking man-child accomplice Tubs. At first the family’s terror seems to be born of a random encounter with two sociopaths who seem intent on god only knows what. But as the night drags on Hoaggie and Jill realize that this nightmare has been set in motion 20 years earlier; and as they approach their mysterious final destination Mandrake reveals the horrible secret driving his actions leaving Hoaggie to face a questionable past before the sun rises.

Director James Ashcroft will be joining the audience in a video call and answering your questions after the screening.

Director
James Ashcroft
Screenwriter
Eli Kent, James Ashcroft
Cast
Daniel Gillies, Erik Thomson, Miriama McDowell, Matthias Luafutu
Producer
Mike Minogue, Catherine Fitzgerald, Desray Armstrong
DoP
Matt Henley
Production
Light in the Dark Productions
Runtime
Language
English
Subtitles
Estonian
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