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Coming Home in the Dark

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.

Director

James Ashcroft

Year

Genre

crime, horror, thriller

Box Office

N/A

Production

Light in the Dark Productions,Homecoming Productions Ltd.

Awards

5 wins & 4 nominations

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Tubs

Matthias Luafutu

Jill

Miriama McDowell

Hoaggie

Maika

Jordan

Frankie Paratene

Traffic Patrol Officer

Desray Armstrong

Paul

Mandrake

Male Tourist

Ten Year Old Boy

Kynan

Josh

Caleb

Tioti O'Donnell

Jess

Kaira O'Donnell

Laura

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You get two eggs
from the same basket, - Coming Home in the Dark

You get two eggs from the same basket,

I want the boys
to have a place - Coming Home in the Dark

I want the boys to have a place

Yeah, I'm personally not
craving a sense of community. - Coming Home in the Dark

Yeah, I'm personally not craving a sense of community.

And what about the obligatory
committee meetings - Coming Home in the Dark

And what about the obligatory committee meetings

I had to organize
a fundraiser with Jenny - Coming Home in the Dark

I had to organize a fundraiser with Jenny

Um, this is Jordan,
and Maika. - Coming Home in the Dark

Um, this is Jordan, and Maika.

I mean, here we are
a world apart, - Coming Home in the Dark

I mean, here we are a world apart,

As long as everyone does
as they're told, - Coming Home in the Dark

As long as everyone does as they're told,

I take it that
fine family vehicle - Coming Home in the Dark

I take it that fine family vehicle

GPS, three tiered seating,
those fancy little cup holders. - Coming Home in the Dark

GPS, three tiered seating, those fancy little cup holders.

He's still grounded,
technically. - Coming Home in the Dark

He's still grounded, technically.

All right, if you could just all
pop yourselves down - Coming Home in the Dark

All right, if you could just all pop yourselves down

And, um, yeah,
actually I know a Hoaggie. - Coming Home in the Dark

And, um, yeah, actually I know a Hoaggie.

I think that right
there is going - Coming Home in the Dark

I think that right there is going

Tell you what,
why don't you go, um, - Coming Home in the Dark

Tell you what, why don't you go, um,

You just never, never,
never, never, never know - Coming Home in the Dark

You just never, never, never, never, never know

You see, I didn't wake up
this morning thinking, - Coming Home in the Dark

You see, I didn't wake up this morning thinking,

"Jill Marama Booth." - Coming Home in the Dark

"Jill Marama Booth."

You better kill me
really quickly because - Coming Home in the Dark

You better kill me really quickly because

It is amazing how
just a little bit of music - Coming Home in the Dark

It is amazing how just a little bit of music

I'm guessing you probably
wouldn't know it to look at me, - Coming Home in the Dark

I'm guessing you probably wouldn't know it to look...

Reckon I would have done
all right at university, too, - Coming Home in the Dark

Reckon I would have done all right at university, too,

I just think that every lesson
you can be taught - Coming Home in the Dark

I just think that every lesson you can be taught

"Not to knock my profession." - Coming Home in the Dark

"Not to knock my profession."

Not really, not like some. - Coming Home in the Dark

Not really, not like some.

Tubs and I recently had
an unfortunate experience - Coming Home in the Dark

Tubs and I recently had an unfortunate experience

Can you believe that he had
one CD in his whole glove box? - Coming Home in the Dark

Can you believe that he had one CD in his whole glove box?

I feel a bit bloody rotten
about this, - Coming Home in the Dark

I feel a bit bloody rotten about this,

No, it was just
a training stint, - Coming Home in the Dark

No, it was just a training stint,

Hey, Tubs, you spent a bit
of time at Hakawai Point, - Coming Home in the Dark

Hey, Tubs, you spent a bit of time at Hakawai Point,

Tubs, was... It's the place where
what's-his-face come from, um... - Coming Home in the Dark

Tubs, was... It's the place where what's-his-face ...

You know, he beat a bunch
of senior citizens - Coming Home in the Dark

You know, he beat a bunch of senior citizens

Glen Lecky was a right asshole,
too, and he was from there. - Coming Home in the Dark

Glen Lecky was a right asshole, too, and he was from there.

- Yes, practically, yes.
- "Practically." - Coming Home in the Dark

- Yes, practically, yes. - "Practically."

I was a bit too keen
to get off the track - Coming Home in the Dark

I was a bit too keen to get off the track

OK, clearly, clearly you've
got an issue with me, yeah? - Coming Home in the Dark

OK, clearly, clearly you've got an issue with me, yeah?

And there's a whole
other scenario - Coming Home in the Dark

And there's a whole other scenario

No, no, no, you gotta lead
people to that realization. - Coming Home in the Dark

No, no, no, you gotta lead people to that realization.

No, Jill, you need to
listen to Hoaggie right now. - Coming Home in the Dark

No, Jill, you need to listen to Hoaggie right now.

The housemasters called them
"locker treatments." - Coming Home in the Dark

The housemasters called them "locker treatments."

And then they would
put the kids in the cells - Coming Home in the Dark

And then they would put the kids in the cells

And, and there was
a bloke who would - Coming Home in the Dark

And, and there was a bloke who would

And there was a nightwatchman,
Ben Creely, he got fired for... - Coming Home in the Dark

And there was a nightwatchman, Ben Creely, he got fired for....

- Just tell me what you want.
- I want you to talk about you. - Coming Home in the Dark

- Just tell me what you want. - I want you to talk about you...

You know, I saw guys
hitting kids - Coming Home in the Dark

You know, I saw guys hitting kids

It's a...
It was a... - Coming Home in the Dark

It's a... It was a...

You know,
they'd line the kids up - Coming Home in the Dark

You know, they'd line the kids up

Are you absolutely sure
about that, Hoaggie? - Coming Home in the Dark

Are you absolutely sure about that, Hoaggie?

Eight or nine years old
and he'd given himself a tattoo - Coming Home in the Dark

Eight or nine years old and he'd given himself a tattoo

He'd... he'd done it himself
in his room with a needle - Coming Home in the Dark

He'd... he'd done it himself in his room with a ne...

He had the kids on-line - Coming Home in the Dark

He had the kids on-line

And he... he got one
of the other housemasters - Coming Home in the Dark

And he... he got one of the other housemasters

You know,
like the ones you use to - Coming Home in the Dark

You know, like the ones you use to

And he handed the
wire brush to the kid - Coming Home in the Dark

And he handed the wire brush to the kid

And so... so... so Freiberg got
one of the young housemasters - Coming Home in the Dark

And so... so... so Freiberg got one of the young housemaster...

And the... the boy was... - Coming Home in the Dark

And the... the boy was...

And Freiberg, he was scrubbing
and scrubbing him. - Coming Home in the Dark

And Freiberg, he was scrubbing and scrubbing him.

And I... I just stood there
and watched. - Coming Home in the Dark

And I... I just stood there and watched.

It's the capacity to get
to the core things, Hoaggie, - Coming Home in the Dark

It's the capacity to get to the core things, Hoaggie,

Some nights
after we'd had a few, - Coming Home in the Dark

Some nights after we'd had a few,

Lie back,
rocked by the swell. - Coming Home in the Dark

Lie back, rocked by the swell.

Always seems to me like the sky
is so much closer - Coming Home in the Dark

Always seems to me like the sky is so much closer

There is a difference between doing something - Coming Home in the Dark

There is a difference between doing something

There is a difference between
doing something - Coming Home in the Dark

There is a difference between doing something

"I ought to be like him, - Coming Home in the Dark

"I ought to be like him,

Let me guess.
You identified with the Monster. - Coming Home in the Dark

Let me guess. You identified with the Monster.

I mean, I don't have time
to spin you the whole yarn, - Coming Home in the Dark

I mean, I don't have time to spin you the whole yarn,

Hey, you don't
know this man - Coming Home in the Dark

Hey, you don't know this man

Boy, all you gotta do
is walk away. - Coming Home in the Dark

Boy, all you gotta do is walk away.

Boy's home,
halfway house, prison. - Coming Home in the Dark

Boy's home, halfway house, prison.

I spy with my little eye... - Coming Home in the Dark

I spy with my little eye...

What are the chances,
you think, - Coming Home in the Dark

What are the chances, you think,

Always ask myself
why I didn't do something, - Coming Home in the Dark

Always ask myself why I didn't do something,

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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.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: James Ashcroft

Writer: Eli Kent, James Ashcroft, Owen Marshall

Production: Light in the Dark Productions,Homecoming Productions Ltd.

Genre: crime, horror, thriller

Year: 2021

MetaScore: 64/100

ImdbRating: 5.7

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 01 Oct 2021

Awards: 5 wins & 4 nominations

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Also watch: Family History Mysteries: Buried Past, Euphoria, 10 Rillington Place, Mea Culpa, Alice, Sweet Alice, Above Suspicion, Every Breath You Take, Rust Creek, Kickboxer: Vengeance, The Verdict, The Promised Land, Occupation: Rainfall, Death's Roulette