Out of Darkness

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Out of Darkness

R

2024

1h 27m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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A small boat reaches the shores of a raw and desolate landscape. A group of six have struggled across the narrow sea to find a new home. They are starving, desperate, and living 45,000 years ago. First they must find shelter, and they strike out across the tundra wastes towards the distant mountains that promise the abundant caves they need to survive. But when night falls, anticipation turns to fear and doubt as they realize they are not alone.

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Critics Consensus

A survival thriller reduced to the bare essentials, Out of Darkness offers a chilling reminder that the horror of looming death might be humanity's most universal experience.

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Philip De Semlyen

Time Out

04/01/2024

4/5

Horror often has a problem with characters’ annoyingly faulty decision-making; here, their hierarchy of needs, with food and shelter to the fore, makes self-endangering choices more than believable.

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Kevin Maher

The Times (UK)

02/28/2024

4/5

The difference here is in the attention to paleolithic detail and the emotional sincerity that the film-makers, including the debut director Andrew Cumming and the debut feature writer Ruth Greenberg, bring to the material.

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Victoria Luxford

Empire Magazine

02/26/2024

3/5

Atmospheric and chilling, Out Of Darkness doesn’t reinvent the wheel, but adds some thoughtful twists to a well-worn genre.

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Trace Sauveur

Loud and Clear Reviews

01/08/2025

3/5

Out of Darkness works as a brutal slice of primitive survival horror, even if its ideas about violence and human nature feel a little well-worn.

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William Stottor

Loud and Clear Reviews

08/13/2024

3.5/5

The wonder of discovery turns to unbridled fear in Andrew Cumming’s ferocious, blood-soaked horror film, Out of Darkness.

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Pete Vonder Haar

Houston Press

07/27/2024

2.5/5

By the time we learn the monsters were us all along, it's far too late for the lesson to have much of an impact.

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TheWitchQueen1692

04/14/2024

REALLY DIFFERENT TAKE ON A SCARY MOVIE LOVED IT

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Mr. Hollywood

02/29/2024

Entertaining and surprising. Better than I thought it would be. Worth a watch.

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Takeyla

02/21/2024

It had promise, but it lost its intrigue quickly. The movie seemed rushed to the end as well.

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Lynda

02/20/2024

Thought provoking, wait until the end.

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Margaret

02/18/2024

I Hate sub titles-- especially when they are used because the language being spoken was made up baby talk!

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mila

02/18/2024

I liked the visuals and the suspense.. the stray was bad ass!!

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Synopsis

A small boat reaches the shores of a raw and desolate landscape. A group of six have struggled across the narrow sea to find a new home. They are starving, desperate, and living 45,000 years ago. First they must find shelter, and they strike out across the tundra wastes towards the distant mountains that promise the abundant caves they need to survive. But when night falls, anticipation turns to fear and doubt as they realize they are not alone.

Director: Andrew Cumming
Producer: Oliver Kassman
Screenwriter: Ruth Greenberg
Distributor: Bleecker Street
Production Co: Creative Scotland, Escape Plan Productions, BFI Film Fund
Rating: R (Violence|Some Grisly Images)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: root
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 9, 2024, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 27, 2024
Box Office (Gross USA): $1.9M
Runtime: 1h 27m