‘Coming Home in the Dark’ Review: A brutal, punishing debut thriller [CFF `21]

Medium
by Eric Langberg

There’s a tense sequence in David Fincher’s Zodiac where two young lovers having a picnic are startled by the appearance of a black-clad figure holding a pistol. I think of that scene often when I listen to true crime podcasts or watch one of those Investigation Discovery shows about senseless murders, wondering to myself: what must that feeling be like, to look at an utter stranger and think that this will be the end? What goes on in those moments before unimaginable tragedy, between first seeing someone unfamiliar and realizing that they mean to take your life?

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