The movie was completely unlike what I expected... the trailers for the movie seemed to imply certain plot points that just never happened in the actual movie. For example, the viewer never finds out what the title even means, as nothing ever actually comes at night. Despite the deception, the movie was a masterpiece in my eyes.
The movie's plot was amazingly unique. Instead of the antagonist being some scary monster that terrorizes the main characters, the deadly disease. This point is used beautifully to add to the movie's overall suspense as you never know who could be infected with the disease. The movie also never concretely defines what the illness actually is, but it does show how horrifying the symptoms are.
The precautions the family goes to in order to stay healthy only adds to the suspense of the movie. Every time anyone goes outside they have to wear these freaky looking gas masks to try to prevent infection. The family also goes through the painstaking process of boiling and purifying all of the water they consume. The fact that they do both of these very inconvenient steps to even further lower the chance of them getting infected shows just how scared they are of the disease and makes the movie just that much more suspenseful.
My favorite part about the movie is that a lot of the important events in the movie are left up to interpretation. At the end of the movie, one of the main characters is suspected to have gotten infected and spread it to the rest of the characters. However, it is never actually revealed if he was the actual cause of the infection getting spread to everyone else.
The movie was overall exciting and suspenseful. Despite the movie leaving me with more questions than answers, the ending was left me with a feeling of satisfaction and wrapped up the movie's plot well. I rate this movie a Good Good.
The organization here is excellent! You're breaking down paragraphs to get good, focused evaluation of various components of the film. Great work! Would have liked to see you tackle theme, but the other evaluation is strong.
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