Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

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This remake, from a 1973 made for television film, follows the story of a little girl Sally. She finds herself forced to move in with her father in an old mansion. Through a chance occurrence Sally is having trouble adjusting to the new mansion and her father's new girlfriend. Sally discovers a hidden basement that was concealed from the rest of the house. In the basement she hears voices coming from an old furnace. Naturally, she opens it and quickly discovers that the tiny creatures that live inside want her bones and teeth. Its also natural that no-one believes her story.

I haven't seen the remake, but from what I've read it is fairly loyal to the original. The heroine is changed from a young woman to a child, but most of the plot remains intact. This film was directed by Guillermo Del Toro who is well known for his creative take on unusual films. This film has a dark ambiance to it, but (for me at least) the commercials were more scary. It has its subtle jump moments though. The story is a great idea for horror, and the story plot has plenty of build-up. The conclusion is nice, dark, and slightly unexpected. However, for someone who hasn't seen the original the ending is kind of confusing. Hearing the familiar voice from the basement is frightening, but still leaves the question of why its was heard. I thought the creatures looked more like rodents than demons, but they were somewhat frightening. The mansion was beautiful though! The cast had great chemistry in this film for the horror genere.

Bailee Madison plays the leading role of Sally. She is a great child actress-even though she spends most of this film screaming and crying.  She makes the creatures believable and even slightly frightening. Katie Holmes, Kim, is a girlfriend trying to assist in raising a little girl. Her character discover's that she is wants to protect Sally. She is great in this film as a lead supporting female character. Guy Pearce, Alex, is good as the father who is attempting to sell a house and raise his daughter. There is some sympathy for his character, but most of the time it seemed like he needed a good slap.

I give this film a 8 out of 10 stars! It's a great film, but it doesn't have the intense horror build up that the commercials presented. For some reason it failed to deliver lasting scares.

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