Stone Age horror set in prehistoric Scottish highlands, following a disparate gang of early humans who band together in search of...
Stone Age horror set in prehistoric Scottish highlands, following a disparate gang of early humans who band together in search of a new land.
Following their leader’s promise of a better life, the tribe take their chances and embark on a perilous quest across unknown and treacherous terrains. But when they suspect a malevolent, potentially mystical, being is hunting them down, the terrified clan are forced to confront a danger they never envisaged.
Shot in an isolation bubble in the Scottish Highlands during the pandemic, with the cast speaking in a fictional prehistoric language (with subtitles).
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86 %107 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
55 %82 reviewsAudience score rating
"Remarkable."
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Austin Chronicle
Austin Chronicle"An intelligent and effective homegrown horror."
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Screen Daily
Screen Daily"A jaw-dropping horror debut."
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Collider
Collider"An impressive debut by Cummings."
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Bloody Disgusting
Bloody Disgusting"Molds mostly natural light and an unusually rich soundscape into something both elemental and hostile."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"A lean, mean adventure story on the cusp of horror that... Cumming imbues with tension and handsome visual atmospherics."
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Variety
Variety"Both a gripping throwback and a shockingly timeless exploration of human terror."
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Paste
Paste"An impressively credible and gnarly journey back in time."
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RogerEbert.com
RogerEbert.com"Effective enough — and gory — to function as a thriller of the loud-noise-springing variety."
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times"It's scary and it's well-shot."
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NPR
NPROut of Darkness | Details
- Rating
- 15, strong threat, violence, injury detail, sexual threat
- Runtime
- 87
- Genre
- Adventure, Drama, Horror
