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Summary
Five years after an ominous unseen presence drives most of society to suicide, a survivor and her two children make a desperate bid to reach safety.
Good for
- Friends night
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
Skip it if
- You need an uplifting mood
- You scare easily
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Audiences like it more than critics (+10)
Critics 51Audiences 61GoodWatch 57
Running time
2 h 4 min
Longer than 9 in 10 horror movies, +29 min on the typical 95
typical 95124Half of all horror movies run 88–103 min.
Reach
Streams in 131 countries
+121
Released
2018
December 13, 2018
8 years ago
Genres
HorrorThrillerDramaLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United States
Rated
- RUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesModerate
- Frightening scenesIntense
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesIntense
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightSolo WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
31 people
Sandra BullockMalorie Hayes
Trevante RhodesTom
John MalkovichDouglas
Sarah PaulsonJessica
Jacki WeaverCheryl
Rosa SalazarLucy
Danielle MacdonaldOlympia
Lil Rel HoweryCharlie
Tom HollanderGary
mgkFelix
BD WongGreg
Pruitt Taylor VinceRick
Vivien Lyra BlairGirl / Olympia
Julian EdwardsBoy / Tom
Parminder NagraDr. Lapham
Rebecca PidgeonLydia
Amy GumenickSamantha
Taylor HandleyJason
Happy AndersonRiver Man- KBKyle BeattyElder Marauder
Ashley AlvaFemale Marauder
David DastmalchianWhistling Marauder
Keith JardineYelling Marauder
Kristopher LoganOlder Man
Directing · 5
- Susanne Bier Director, Executive Producer
- Alexander Witt Second Unit Director, Second Unit Director of Photography
- Eric Glasser Second Assistant Director
- Mark Cotone First Assistant Director, Associate Producer
- Matt McKinnon Second Second Assistant Director
Writing · 2
- Eric Heisserer Screenplay, Executive Producer
- Josh Malerman Novel
Production · 13
- Sandra Bullock Executive Producer
- Ryan Lewis Executive Producer
- Alexa Faigen Executive Producer
- Ainsley Davies Executive Producer
- Chris Morgan Producer
- Barbara Muschietti Producer
Camera · 1
- Salvatore Totino Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Ben Lester Editor
Sound · 17
- Trent Reznor Original Music Composer
- Atticus Ross Original Music Composer
- Glenn Freemantle Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer
- Ben Barker Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer
- Zoe Freed Foley Artist
- Willie D. Burton Sound Mixer
Art · 11
- Jan Roelfs Production Design
- Cristiano Donzelli Storyboard Artist
- Richard L. Johnson Art Direction
- Dianne Chadwick Graphic Designer
- Brana Rosenfeld Set Decoration
- Federico D'Alessandro Storyboard Artist
Costume & Make-Up · 12
- Signe Sejlund Costume Design
- Ken Diaz Makeup Department Head
- Michelle Ceglia Hairstylist
- Ai Nakata Key Hair Stylist
- Elena Arroy Makeup Artist
- Whitney James Makeup Artist
Visual Effects · 19
- Gregory D. Liegey Visual Effects Supervisor
- Mark Bakowski Visual Effects Supervisor
- Jeff Capogreco Visual Effects Supervisor
- Marcus Taormina Visual Effects Supervisor
- Chris Holmes Visual Effects Supervisor
- Jesse Morrow Visual Effects Supervisor
Lighting · 1
- Christopher Ferguson Lighting Programmer
Other crew · 89
- Matt Leonard Stunt Coordinator
- Malosi Leonard Stunt Coordinator
- Allan Graf Stunts
- Donna Evans Stunts
- Dennis Keiffer Stunts
- Heidi Moneymaker Stunts
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