This all sounds slightly idyllic (per the title) and it would be but for the hideous monsters that come out at night forcing everybody to barricade themselves indoors at dusk. One night Thomas is late coming back from the Rose farm.
No good will come of this.
CW: icky in places, shakycam which I thought had died a death
This is not a Nic Cage movie, it's just a movie that happens to have Nic Cage in, if you see what I mean.
It's also unashamedly simple. There are monsters that come out at night and this is a run down resource scarce world. People farm, burn candles and oil lamps and have maybe a couple of shotguns. That's it, there's no "humans are the real monsters" apart from some rough justice for theft from seemingly normal but hard hearted people.
We never get any exposition apart from the teens making up stories it's just a fight for survival one fateful night. Worth a look but not going to surprise you with anything but its very direct and to the point style 7/10. Oh and the monsters are WEIRD and a bit icky.