Daniel Gillies stars in local thriller Coming Home in the Dark, in cinemas now.
REVIEW:
Following a positively received premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January, this searing New Zealand thriller, Coming Home in the Dark, opens to a local audience before a global rollout.
Adapted from a short story by Owen Marshall, it follows a family of four as they enjoy a
hike and a lakeside picnic against the backdrop of some beautiful but foreboding New Zealand scenery.
Their idyll is shattered by the arrival two strangers, Mandrake (Daniel Gillies) and Tubs (Matthias Luafutu), who begin terrorising the family for (initially) unknown reasons.
Once the torment begins, the film adopts a deliberate pace that maintains a high degree of tension. Every time a glimmer of hope is offered, it is quickly stamped out in a manner that almost seems to taunt the audience. It's heavy stuff, and as well-crafted as the film is, there is an endurance factor to getting through it.
