Darkness Falls2003
Darkness Falls (2003)
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Cast
as Kyle Walsh
as Caitlin `Cat' Greene
as Michael Greene
as Larry Fleishman
as Officer Matt Henry
as Dr. Peter Murphy
as Dr. Travis
as Nurse Lauren
as Nurse Alexandra
as Capt. Thomas Henry
as Ray Winchester
as Marie Winchester
as Young Kyle Walsh
as Young Caitlin Greene
as Captain Thomas Henry
as Kyle's Mom
as Young Larry Fleishman
as Officer Batten
as Little Boy
as Little Boy's Mother
as Little Boy's Father
as Bartender
as Store Clerk
as Spilled Beer Girl
as Drinking Buddy
as Medical Examiner
as Police Officer
as Police Officer
as Police Officer
as Police Officer
as Vocal Effects
as The Tooth Fairy
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Critic Reviews for Darkness Falls
All Critics (129) | Top Critics (30) | Fresh (12) | Rotten (117) | DVD (11)
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.
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.
Oy, how it falls.
While it took three screenwriters to come up with Darkness Falls' countless variations on 'Stay out of the dark!,' many more may have been necessary to provide an interesting plot or developed character.
Do you really need me to tell you how scary this horror show isn't?
This is horror-flick boo-ya at its most rote.
Audience Reviews for Darkness Falls
Decent horror yarn that could have been much better, Darkness Falls is not as bad as everyone has claimed it to be, but it leaves a lot to desired. What I enjoyed about the film was the concept; I thought it was very interesting. Despite this, it seems that the filmmakers were afraid of trying to do anything truly great with its idea. The result is a horror film that relies on jump scares to deliver its tension. I enjoyed it for the mindless entertainment it provided. There's never anything going on on-screen to really make it good. Darkness Falls is a decent outing, but it does lack in some areas and I think it could have toned down on the jump scares, which really didn't work. The idea was interesting, but there just wasn't enough substance to the story to truly realize its potential. A decent horror outing, but nothing ever great, the film is just mildly fun entertainment if you can forget its flaws. As a whole it does do its job at being fun, but there are plenty of things that could have been changed. The problem with this film is that it relies way too much on special effects instead of having a tense, brooding atmosphere, which is at the core of every solid horror flick, and then maybe the film would have been better. Decent, but not as bad as what every one has claimed it to be, the film is worth watching if you have nothing else better to watch. If more effort would have been put into the script and the focus would be less on effects, then maybe this would have been a far better film.
Super Reviewer
It started out real good. I mean REAL good. I absolutely loved the beginning. It was dead creepy. But then it started to get corny and boring in the end. Kyle's acting wasn't that good. His "stay in the light" dialogue seemed to be more like uttering a memorized line without having any feelings in it. And it kinda bothered me when all the characters died (except the main ones, of course).
Super Reviewer
While the opening scene was promising and genuinely suspenseful, the rest of the movie wanders in a different direction to make it ultimately suck. I like the idea of not looking at the antagonist - sounds like the concept of a creepy myth. So why didn't they put more emphasis in that and leave all of the crap out? I really don't want to spend too much time writing this, as such a disappointing film doesn't really deserve the time of day....so why am I wasting my time writing this? It's even more pointless than the film itself. Oh well, I'll go now.
Super Reviewer
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