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Rating: 6.5 stars

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Seen on: 05/23/2012

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Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2010)

Directed by Troy Nixey

Horror | Thriller

Most recently watched by sensoria

Overview

A young girl sent to live with her father and his new girlfriend discovers creatures in her new home who want to claim her as one of their own.

Rated R | Length 99 minutes

Actors

Guy Pearce | Katie Holmes | Guillermo del Toro | Jack Thompson | Nicholas Bell | Alan Dale | Bailee Madison | Grant Piro | Gary McDonald | Todd MacDonald | Julia Blake | Abbe Holmes | Emelia Burns | Eddie Ritchard | James Mackay | Trudy Hellier | Terry Kenwrick | Carolyn Shakespeare-Allen | Dylan Young | Bruce Gleeson | Libby Gott | Angus Smallwood | David Tocci | Lance Drisdale

Viewing Notes

I put off watching this for a while because it got such a large negative reaction across the board. After having watched it, I can’t say I understand that. It’s not the best movie, and has it’s flaws, but I really didn’t think it was all that bad.

Flaws first. Both Guy Pierce and Katie Holmes’ acting is very wooden. Their characters lack much depth, Holmes appears as much too chaste and innocent; Pierce too one-dimensional as a bad, self-centered parent.

However, Pierce’s daughter, played by Bailee Madison, does a pretty good job, especially as the movie progresses, and the creatures I thought were well done and kept under wraps long enough to create a little build up.

Is it scary? No, not much (though there are a few effective scenes), and that’s probably the main reason for all the negativity. While I’m glad I didn’t spend money to see it in the theater, I thought it was worthwhile enough to catch on Netflix Instant.

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