The family getaway should have been idyllic: an isolated shore, a picnic with the magnificent New Zealand landscapes as a background, a happy family picture…  Unfortunately, things go awry when the family meets two vagabonds that turn the road trip into an actual nightmare. For his first feature film, James Ashcroft takes us on a fearsome ride where characters must navigate terror, sadism, and rage. Behind this story, it’s the past of an entire country and its colonial scars that reappear. A razor-sharp thriller, the bone-chilling Coming Home in the Dark will no doubt cast a chill on the summer festivities.