Name: Darkness Rising
Genre: Horror
Released: 2017-04-27T06:48:51-07:00
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Movie Info

The lone survivor of a brutal family massacre must revisit her childhood home on the eve of its destruction and confront her past, as well as a deadly evil.

Genre:

horror
Original Language:

English
Director:

Austin Reading
Producer:

Jason Potash, Paul Finkel, Marcus Dean Fuller
Writer:

Vikram Weet
Release Date (Theaters):

Jun 30, 2017 limited
Release Date (Streaming):

Jun 30, 2017
Runtime:

1h 21m
Production Co:

Storyboard Entertainment, IFC Films

Cast & Crew

Tara Holt
Madison

Bryce Johnson
Jake

Katrina Law
Izzy

Heather Mazur
Kate

Myk Watford
Daniel

Ted Raimi

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Critic Reviews for Darkness Rising

All Critics (7) | Top Critics (4) | Rotten (7)

While there's no reason to hate this effort, I can't say there's any reason to like it, either.

July 14, 2017 | Rating: 1.5/4 | Full Review…

Sara Michelle Fetters
MovieFreak.com
This is a low-budget horror film so generic you'll forget everything about it, including its title, just hours after watching it.

June 30, 2017 | Full Review…

Frank Scheck
Hollywood Reporter
Although the script is stuffed with eerie objects and happenings, there is a sense of restraint that keeps "Darkness Rising" from becoming frightening.

June 29, 2017 | Full Review…

Monica Castillo
New York Times
As blandly forgettable as its title.

June 29, 2017 | Full Review…

Noel Murray
Los Angeles Times
Darkness Rising has a few good ideas, some original ones even, but it's not scary and fizzles fairly quickly once it does ramp up.

April 17, 2020 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Emilie Black
Cinema Crazed
It has a few interesting surprises, but not enough to really keep the viewer captivated, even within its sparse 80-minute runtime.

October 23, 2019 | Full Review…

Patrick King
Cultured Vultures
Generic haunted-house story will have trouble standing out from a crowded summer theatrical environment.

June 30, 2017 | Full Review…

Maitland McDonagh
Film Journal International

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Audience Reviews for Darkness Rising

Jul 25, 2017

There is some great - not just good, but genuinely great - gore effects in Darkness Rising. But it sucks. It sucks a lot, and as much as I've got an affection for Katrina Law after spending so much time with her in Spartacus and Arrow, she is not a great actress, not in general and not in this, and she's still the best actor of the bunch. There might have been a solid idea here once, and there's obviously some talented people working somewhere behind the scenes, but even if you're a diehard horror fan, you can skip Darkness Rising altogether.

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