10 Horror Movies That Aren’t About What You Think
9. It Comes At Night
It Comes At Night was a victim of misjudged expectations when it first released.
It was marketed as something of a creature feature, and as such fans took the title quite literally. It was presumed that this movie would be about something haunting a cast of heroes in the night, as a result of a virus that had otherwise eliminated humanity.
When it came out though and fans finally got a chance to solve this mystery established in the marketing, the film revealed that the something wasn't actually a monster or a creature at all - it was actually just the paranoia of the human characters.
Ultimately, It Comes At Night is as much a family drama as it is a horror movie. It follows a small family who survived the virus by keeping isolated coming into contact with another family in need, and the stresses of the two living together, each thinking the other is a threat.
What comes at night is the worry for each character: the worry that putting their trust in other people will result in the death of the people they're supposed to protect.
Ultimately, it's a great film, but not quite the straight creature feature some fans wanted.