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Summary 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 n...

Directed By: Andrew Cumming

Written By: Ruth Greenberg, Oliver Kassman, Andrew Cumming

In Theaters Now
  • 2024
  • R
  • Bleecker Street Media
  • 1 h 28 m
  • 2024
  • R
  • Bleecker Street Media
  • 1 h 28 m

Out of Darkness

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 18 Critic Reviews
68
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 15 User Ratings
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Summary 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 n...

Directed By: Andrew Cumming

Written By: Ruth Greenberg, Oliver Kassman, Andrew Cumming

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 18 Critic Reviews
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56% Positive
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44% Mixed
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Generally Favorable Based on 18 Critic Reviews
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56% Positive
10 Reviews
44% Mixed
8 Reviews
0% Negative
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91
Feb 9, 2024
As a scathing metaphor for humanity’s original sin, Out of Darkness is a revelatory feast of cranial gore and heady philosophy — one that’s not only worthy of a trek to the movie theaters mid Oscars season, but that has Cumming snagging an early lead in the race for best horror debut of 2024.
By Alison Foreman FULL REVIEW
80
Feb 22, 2024
It’s anthropology, not violence, that provides the sting in the tail – a thought-provoking coda to an often pulse-pounding survival horror.
By Phil de Semlyen FULL REVIEW

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AmadouIraklidis
Feb 12, 2024
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valeriiege
Feb 28, 2024
Out of Darkness squanders its potential, unable to fill the tension it creates. The movie makes you wonder about many possibilities but ends as a human drama, which is a huge miss. My only gain is that I met Safia Oakley-Green. Such a talent. Noted.
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75
Jan 29, 2024
The frights may be standard issue, but that novel setting, the ways characters rise to or shrink from their greatest tests, and the grim nature of human life in this most fragile of ages make Out of Darkness a winner, right down to the minimalist pun of its title.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
63
Feb 5, 2024
Shot in the Scottish Highlands, Out of Darkness draws on the eerie atmosphere of a place that still feels ancient and steeped in mystery.
By Ross McIndoe FULL REVIEW
60
Feb 25, 2024
Proof that even the most basic cinematic tools can be used to make fire.
By Ellen E Jones FULL REVIEW
60
Feb 7, 2024
Out of Darkness is an often jaw-dropping horror debut that arrives at a more substantive conclusion that makes everything more interesting in retrospect.
By Chase Hutchinson FULL REVIEW
42
Feb 9, 2024
It’s lacking in the genuine requirements for this kind of picture––any real suspense, terror, or ickiness.
By Ethan Vestby FULL REVIEW
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jerkface910
Feb 17, 2024
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LarsVonDreary
Feb 29, 2024
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Production Company Escape Plan Productions, BFI Film Fund, Creative Scotland
Release Date Feb 9, 2024
Duration 1 h 28 m
Rating R
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Tagline The dawn of man. The birth of fear.
Website https://bleeckerstreetmedia.com/out-of-darkness
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Awards

British Independent Film Awards
• 1 Win & 5 Nominations
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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