Darkness Falls (2003)
8 %
Reviews Counted: 121 Fresh: 10 Rotten:111 Average Rating: 3.2/10
Consensus:
A derivative movie where the scares are few and things don't make much sense.
Runtime: 86 mins
Theatrical Release: Jan 24, 2003 Wide
Box Office: $32,032,215
Synopsis: For the past 150 years, the legend of Matilda Dixon, "the Tooth Fairy," has hung over the town of Darkness Falls like a dark cloud. After being unjustly accused of a heinous crime, the kindly old woman was savagely slaughtered by a mad rabble one night, and there are those who say her vengeful... [More]
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Starring: Chaney Kley, Emma Caulfield, Lee Cormie, Grant Piro, Kestie Morassi
Director: Jonathan Liebesman
Screenwriter: Joseph Harris, John Fasano, John Vanderbilt
Producer: John Hegeman, William Sherak, John Fasano, Jason Shuman
Composer: Brian Tyler
Screenwriter: Joseph Harris, John Fasano, John Vanderbilt
Producer: John Hegeman, William Sherak, John Fasano, Jason Shuman
Composer: Brian Tyler
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It begins with not one but two prologues; one character turns up out of nowhere, his introduction no doubt left on the cutting-room floor; and the paltry 85-minute running time includes 15 minutes of end credits.
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02/26/07
Top Critic
All semblance of plausibility is extracted, leaving a cast of TV actors to struggle with a plot with more gaps than an eight-year-old's grin.
01/26/06
Exactly what a horror movie should be; fun, scary, fast paced, and with 'jump' moments galore.
09/30/05
Top Critic
This is, quite simply, horror porn, with barely any connective tissue linking each set piece.
02/08/05
Provides for more than acceptable campfire fare (although at under 80 minutes, it lasts less than most Duralogs), with occasional moments of genuine visceral fright.
01/21/05
The problem is that both the plot and the characters are so thin that it’s hard to care about anything that’s happening on screen.
01/04/04
There are a few cheap scares, but overall the film is, well, toothless.
09/06/03
You will find more frights in Finding Nemo. And you might just have more fun playing with your lollie wrappers, performing shadow puppets on the screen – or even picking your nose – than enduring this dimly lit horror movie.
09/01/03
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08/30/03
Darkness fell along with my eyelids, during this dire by-the-numbers horror film.
07/08/03
Irritating sound effects, cheap scare tactics and a comically bad script all add up to the year's first senseless cinematic attack on the senses.
05/20/03
There are some scary moments in this film, but basically they're because (1) it reminds you so much of almost every other horror movie you've ever seen and (2) they fill the soundtrack with unsettling and loud noises that would make anyone jump.
05/11/03
Hoping for a good scare while watching this mess really is like pulling teeth.
05/08/03
Darkness Falls banks on the type of psychological thrills that made old-fashioned horror films a hoot.
05/02/03
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DARKNESS FALLS - ... falls flat! I want my money & my TOOTH back, u damn fairy!!!!
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DARKNESS FALLS - ... falls flat! I want my money & my TOOTH back, u damn fairy!!!!
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DARKNESS FALLS - ... falls flat! I want my money & my TOOTH back, u damn fairy!!!!
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