In Extremis
Alex is a man with everything – the well-paid executive job, the impressive house in the country and the beautiful wife and child. When he inexplicably decides to leave work early one Friday nothing will ever be the same again. Within hours of his return a cataclysmic storm threatens to destroy everything around them.
Why it matters
A tense psychological survival horror that traps domestic bliss in the eye of a primal storm.
- Anchored by a quietly intense lead performance, capturing the unraveling of control in a suburban nightmare.
- Marries naturalistic family drama with escalating elemental terror—think The Shining meets The Mist without the monsters.
- Practical effects and sound design build an oppressive atmosphere where nature itself becomes the antagonist.
- For fans of slow-burn dread who appreciate horror’s ability to expose fragility beneath the veneer of normalcy.
Director
2 horror films in catalog
Cast
Horror DNA
Gore
0
Slow Burn
33
Psychological
0
Supernatural
0
Creature
18
Disturbing
17
Fun Factor
17
Cerebral
14
Survival
33
