History Film / ItComesAtNight

* JumpScare: Expect them to happen in nightmares and ''a lot''.
** Happens in-universe when Travis [[spoiler: accidentally sneaks up on Kim]].

''It Comes at Night'' is a 2017 American PsychologicalHorror film written and directed by Trey Edward Shults. His second feature following his debut film ''Film/{{Krisha}}'', the film stars Creator/JoelEdgerton, Creator/CarmenEjogo and Creator/KelvinHarrisonJr, with Creator/ChristopherAbbott and Creator/RileyKeough in supporting roles.

* BookEnds: [[spoiler:The film starts with Sarah gently talking to Bud in his final moments, later followed by a shot of her with Paul and Travis at the family table. It ends with her doing the same thing with her son, concluding with a shot of only Paul and Sarah.]]
* BoundAndGagged: Will is tied to a tree with duct tape over his mouth and a bag over his head at the beginning.
* BreakTheCutie: Poor, poor Travis. First he has to see his beloved, dying grandfather get shot and buried, then his grandfather's dog, which he vowed to protect, gets sick and dies as well in an unexplained incident. He suffers a series of nightmares and unsettling incidents around the home. [[spoiler:Then the family he befriended turns on his own while trying to flee and all of them die in quick succession before he too becomes sick and dies.]]

* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:While she's frazzled from Will being shot, Kim crosses it instantaneously after Andrew dies in her arms as she tries to flee. She breaks down into devastating wails of agony and outright tells Paul to kill her; [[MercyKill he gravely complies]].]]

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Will, Kim, and Andrew are all killed, and Travis succumbs to the virus. Paul and Sarah end the film infected by the virus themselves and doomed to follow.]]

* HellIsThatNoise: [[spoiler: One of Travis' nightmares involves getting sick with all the symptoms of ThePlague and then realizing a ''smiling'' Bud, all covered in blood and drooling some more, is sitting in front of him. As Bud opens his mouth]], the sound he makes is something between a gutted animal and creaking doors.

* NothingIsScarier: Stanley barking at nothing (also featured in promotional pictures such as the above poster) is ''creepy'', as is the camera wandering frequently around the darkened house. Specifically, Stanley barking like mad and then instantly getting silent, without any other sound or sign. In the script, the moment is noted simply as "[Dead Silence]".
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Both Paul and Will are scared shitless this might eventually happen to them. [[spoiler: And it does in the end for both of them]].
* PapaWolf: Paul is fiercely protective of Travis; he only blows up at him for chasing after Stanley because [[AngerBornOfWorry he's scared of something happening to him.]]
* ThePlague: One seems to have swept over the country, and the film draws parallels to TheBlackDeath by focusing in on a painting of the subject (Bruegel the Elder's ''Triumph of Death''). It's so malignant that it can apparently kill its victims in less than a day. It apparently causes vomiting blood, broken blood vessels in the eyes, skin lesions, weakness, lethargy and death.

* WhamLine: "It's okay, it's okay... [[spoiler:You can let go...]]"

* FanDisservice: One of Travis' dreams has Kim in her underwear crawling on top of him...[[spoiler:and then drooling black bile onto his mouth]].

* NeverTrustATrailer: The film's poor reception among audiences can be attributed almost exclusively to its marketing. [[spoiler:The trailer created an image of a high-octane monster horror with both it and the posters heavily alluding to a concrete, literal "it" that would be coming at night. However, the truth is that there is no overt monster in the film -- the "it" is a metaphor for the human fear and paranoia that would arise in such a post-apocalyptic world.]]

''It Comes at Night'' is a 2017 American PsychologicalHorror film written and directed by Trey Edward Shults. His second feature following his critically acclaimed debut film ''Film/{{Krisha}}'', the film stars Creator/JoelEdgerton, Creator/CarmenEjogo and Creator/KelvinHarrisonJr, with Creator/ChristopherAbbott and Creator/RileyKeough in supporting roles.

By the time the film starts, [[AfterTheEnd a contagious outbreak has ravaged the world.]] Paul (Edgerton), his wife Sarah (Ejogo) and their teenage son Travis (Harrison Jr.) have survived by living in isolation in the woods and maintaining a strict code of conduct -- certain doors stay locked, and unless it's an utmost emergency, going out at night is strictly forbidden.

However, their stern order is disrupted when a desperate young family -- another combination of husband (Abbott), wife (Keough), and son -- arrives at their doorstep seeking refuge. Despite the best efforts of both families, paranoia and distrust begin to build, leading to complications that put their security and humanity to the test.

''It Comes at Night'' is a 2017 American PsychologicalHorror film written and directed by Trey Edward Shults. His second feature following his critically acclaimed debut film ''Krisha'', the film stars Creator/JoelEdgerton, Creator/CarmenEjogo and Creator/KelvinHarrisonJr, with Creator/ChristopherAbbott and Creator/RileyKeough in supporting roles.

* KillEmAll: [[spoiler: Will, Kim, and Andrew are all killed by Paul and Sarah, Travis becomes infected and dies, and Paul and Sarah are infected themselves at the end]].

* NoAntagonist: [[spoiler: the characters start becoming hostile towards each other, but they are not doing it for the sake of being evil and are doing it to protect themselves and their loved ones.]]

* NoAntagonist: [[spoiler: The characters start becoming hostile towards each other, but they are not just doing it for the sake of being evil and are doing it to protect themselves and their loved ones.]]

* NoAntagonist: [[The characters start becoming hostile towards each other, but they are not just doing it for the sake of being evil and are doing it to protect themselves and their loved ones.]]

''It Comes at Night'' is a 2017 American PsychologicalHorror film written and directed by Trey Edward Shults. His second feature following his critically acclaimed debut film ''Krisha'', the film stars Creator/JoelEdgerton, Carmen Ejogo and Creator/KelvinHarrisonJr, with Creator/ChristopherAbbott and Creator/RileyKeough in supporting roles.

* AdultFear: Your family dying, whether of the virus, lack of food and water or at the hands of other survivors. And, more specifically, [[spoiler:in Kim's case, having your own kid shot dead in your arms]].

* BookEnds: [[spoiler:The film starts with Sarah gently talking to Bud in his final moments, later followed by a shot of her with Paul and Travis at the table. It ends with her doing the same thing with her son, concluding with a shot of only Paul and Sarah.]]

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Will, Kim, and Andrew are all killed, and Travis succumbs to the virus. Paul and Sarah are left themselves infected by the virus and doomed to follow]].

''It Comes at Night'' is a 2017 American PsychologicalHorror film written and directed by Trey Edward Shults. His second feature following his critically acclaimed debut film ''Krisha'', the film stars Creator/JoelEdgerton, Carmen Ejogo and Kelvin Harrison Jr., with Creator/ChristopherAbbott and Creator/RileyKeough in supporting roles.

* TapOnTheHead: Paul hits Will in the head with the butt of his gun, knocking him out until after sunrise.