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Coming Home in the Dark

2021 · 93 min · Director: James Ashcroft ★ IMDb 5.7 · 9,414 ratings

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A schoolteacher is forced to confront a brutal act from his past when a pair of ruthless drifters take his family and him on a nightmare road trip.

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Coming Home in the Dark (2021) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Fear 40%, Tension 25%, Anxiety 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

40%Fear
25%Tension
20%Anxiety
  1. Fear40%
  2. Tension25%
  3. Anxiety20%
  4. Sadness10%
  5. Disturbing5%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Fear, Tension, Anxiety. Genres: Thriller, Crime, Horror. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Fear, Tension and Anxiety. Its IMDb rating of 5.7/10 suggests a mixed audience reception; consider how well the emotional profile suits you. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 61/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Disturbing
  • Fear

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Tension
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Fear
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values. Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then rises around 13 %, then peaks around 78 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionDisturbingFear
2.5 %≈ 2′Humor42 %12 %2 %3 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Humor49 %30 %10 %16 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Tension66 %60 %38 %45 %
17.5 %≈ 16′Disturbing81 %79 %68 %68 %
22.5 %≈ 21′Tension83 %80 %74 %66 %
27.5 %≈ 26′Tension78 %75 %66 %56 %
32.5 %≈ 30′Tension74 %71 %61 %51 %
37.5 %≈ 35′Tension76 %74 %60 %55 %
42.5 %≈ 40′Tension84 %83 %64 %69 %
47.5 %≈ 44′Tension89 %88 %76 %79 %
52.5 %≈ 49′Disturbing88 %84 %81 %73 %
57.5 %≈ 53′Sadness85 %81 %75 %68 %
62.5 %≈ 58′Tension85 %81 %75 %71 %
67.5 %≈ 63′Disturbing86 %81 %73 %73 %
72.5 %≈ 67′Tension90 %87 %70 %77 %
77.5 %≈ 72′Tension92 %92 %77 %82 %
82.5 %≈ 77′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
87.5 %≈ 81′Disturbing87 %78 %77 %62 %
92.5 %≈ 86′Tension83 %77 %68 %63 %
97.5 %≈ 91′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
Riches to rags

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

DG
Daniel Gillies

DG
Daniel Gillies

Mandrake

ET
Erik Thomson

ET
Erik Thomson

Hoaggie

MM
Miriama McDowell

ML
Matthias Luafutu

Tubs

FP
Frankie Paratene

Jordan

BP
Billy Paratene

Maika

AP
Alan Palmer

Paul

BC
Bailey Cowan

Kynan

TZ
Timon Zeiss

Josh

TO
Tioti O'Donnell

Caleb

KO
Kaira O'Donnell

Jess

IH
Ike Hamon

Male Tourist

OS
Olivia Shanks

Female Tourist

DA
Desray Armstrong

Traffic Patrol Officer

SC
Sam Carter

Ten Year Old Boy

Details

Directed by
James Ashcroft
Written by
James Ashcroft, Eli Kent, Owen Marshall
Type
Movies
Released
2021
Runtime
93 min
Country
New Zealand
Ratings
★ IMDb 5.7 · 9,414 ratings
Feels mostly
Fear
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