Suspenseful and frightening terror movie about a haunted mansion in which demonic little critters are residing in their basement and they want more than shelter . A young girl named Sally (Bailee Madison) is sent to live with her divorcer father , exec
Alex (Guy Pearce) and his new girlfriend Kim (Katie Holmes) and move into a spooky Victorian mansion only to find weird critters residing. After arguing with the handyman (Jack Thompson) who insists she should leave the house , strange things begin to happen. There are scary demons living in the basement and Sally discovers them .Sally begins to see small creatures everywhere, but no one will believe her. Her father dismisses her as neurotic and thinks Sally may be losing her mind . But things take a deadly serious turn when the handyman trips at the cellar and is hitten to his nearly death . Then Sally horrifying little creatures pulls from her grasp and while they attacking her at the bathtube . Is she crazy? Or has Sally released demons in the house, demons her father summoned? Don't listen to them. Don't turn off the light. Don't let them out. Fear is never just make believe. Can you see them , Sally ... hiding in the shadows. They're alive, Sally. They want you to be one of them when the lights go out. A story of something not human . Now you see them, now you don't...now you die.
Mindless and average terror film is packed with thrills, intrigue, suspense, horror and lots of interminable screams with no much sense. This is a remake of 1973 TV movie ¨Don't be afraid of the dark¨ by John Newland starred by Kim Darby, Jim Hutton , Pedro Armendariz Jr , William Demarest, but this 2010 retelling results to be a high budget pic that makes for big scary scream-feast and frights , including creepy scenes , eerie make-up and lots of special effects for the sinister demonic beings . And the ending will stick with you and will have you on the edge of your seat , it's a real shocker . The plot is similar on both versions , as young couple and a daughter move an old mansion inhabited by small demon-like creatures who are determined to make the daughter one of their own . However , this is an inferior version that relies heavily on the impressive special effects courtesy of KNB EFX Group (special makeup effects) , Iloura (visual effects) and Spectral Motion (creature effects) .
Stands out the pulsing and thrilling musical score fitting to terror by Buck Sanders and Marco Beltrami , the latter is a spendid composer expert on sinister atmospheres as proved in World War Z, Carrie , Knowing , Max Paine , Repo Man, Deep Water , Underwater , Love and Monsters , among others . Very good and colorful cinematography by Oliver Stapleton . Written and well financed by the the great director/writer/producer Guillermo del Toro , in spite of it , failing at the international box office . Director Troy Nixey created a taut terror drama where the real question is who is haunted and who may be unstable. The picture was professional but middling realized by Troy Nixey , though with no originality , that's why it's a simple and plain remake of the better 1973 film . Rating : 5.5/10. Acceptable and passable horror movie.
Mindless and average terror film is packed with thrills, intrigue, suspense, horror and lots of interminable screams with no much sense. This is a remake of 1973 TV movie ¨Don't be afraid of the dark¨ by John Newland starred by Kim Darby, Jim Hutton , Pedro Armendariz Jr , William Demarest, but this 2010 retelling results to be a high budget pic that makes for big scary scream-feast and frights , including creepy scenes , eerie make-up and lots of special effects for the sinister demonic beings . And the ending will stick with you and will have you on the edge of your seat , it's a real shocker . The plot is similar on both versions , as young couple and a daughter move an old mansion inhabited by small demon-like creatures who are determined to make the daughter one of their own . However , this is an inferior version that relies heavily on the impressive special effects courtesy of KNB EFX Group (special makeup effects) , Iloura (visual effects) and Spectral Motion (creature effects) .
Stands out the pulsing and thrilling musical score fitting to terror by Buck Sanders and Marco Beltrami , the latter is a spendid composer expert on sinister atmospheres as proved in World War Z, Carrie , Knowing , Max Paine , Repo Man, Deep Water , Underwater , Love and Monsters , among others . Very good and colorful cinematography by Oliver Stapleton . Written and well financed by the the great director/writer/producer Guillermo del Toro , in spite of it , failing at the international box office . Director Troy Nixey created a taut terror drama where the real question is who is haunted and who may be unstable. The picture was professional but middling realized by Troy Nixey , though with no originality , that's why it's a simple and plain remake of the better 1973 film . Rating : 5.5/10. Acceptable and passable horror movie.