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Cast

Kevin Bacon
as Peter Taylor

Radha Mitchell
as Bronny Taylor

David Mazouz
as Michael Taylor

Lucy Fry
as Stephanie Taylor

Matt Walsh
as Gary Carter

Jennifer Morrison
as Joy Carter

Parker Mack
as Andrew Carter

Paul Reiser
as Simon Richards

Ming-Na Wen
as Wendy Richards

Trian Long Smith
as Sammy Levin

Tara Lynne Barr
as Kat

Krista Marie Yu
as Tasha

Christopher Darga
as Jeff

Judith McConnell
as Trish

Ilza Rosario
as Gloria Ortega

Alma Martinez
as Teresa Morales

Yoshio Be
as Tony

Al Coronel
as Police Officer

A.J. Tannen
as Franc Thomas Jr.

Katie Ward
as Server

Jocelyn Ayanna
as Checkout Lady

Sara Mornell
as Doctor Jones

David Babbitt
as Young Real Estate Agent

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• Jul 18, 2019

  I think I was over-prepared to hate this based on the reviews, because though I will come right up and say that The Darkness truly isn't very good, I actually had a fine time watching it. I won't go back to it, but I didn't have a particularly negative time here. I do wonder if may Greg McLean should stick to Australian stuff though, when you compare the quality of this and Jungle to both Wolf Creek movies and Rogue.
  Gimly M Super Reviewer
• Oct 08, 2016

  This is basically just a shitty version of Poltergeist. Don't waste you time on this.
  Stephen S Super Reviewer
• Oct 05, 2016

  Much like I predicted yesterday, in my review of The Echo, I didn't end up liking this movie very much. So my horror fest, so far, continues to be fairly weak when compared to previous years. And there's no problem with that, as far as shit movies go, horror movies are far more entertaining to watch than probably other shitty movies in another genre. Unless it's like The Room, which is a masterpiece of awful. Though this isn't awful per se, but I did a lot to keep myself entertained as I was watching this. The main problem I have with this movie, much like The Echo, though the latter did a better job at this, is that it reminds me so much of other, and better, movies. Really, though, there's only one film that comes to mind as you are watching this one. And, if it wasn't obvious, that one movie is Poltergeist. That's not the only one, of course, but Poltergeist is the one that screams out at you in almost every frame of the damn film. Suburban family being haunted by evil spirits, forced to call a medium to perform some sort of 'cleansing' on the house to get rid of the spirits. Stop me if you've heard all this before. There's even the climax where a parent has to go to this otherworldly realm to save their child. I'm surprised there hasn't even been legal action against this film just for even making it past pre-production. I don't know how the legality of this would work, I assume that you could go after someone for remaking a movie without having the rights to. Though in this case, you really would have to wait until the final product to even be able to go after them. The point is that this movie makes no qualms about the fact that it borrows so heavily from Poltergeist. The only thing that's even remotely different is the fact that, if I remember correctly, there are no attacks from home appliances in this film. It's more about this group of demons, from this ancient Indian tribe, that are somewhat similar to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Goddamn, like seriously. And, I'll be honest, I fucking loved the first Poltergeist. It is an excellent horror movie. So this movie has a lot to live up to and, obviously, it pretty much fails at the most important part of what made Poltergeist so good. And that is the fact that it knew how to build up its scares, they were well-constructed and smartly executed. It wasn't just shit for the sake of it. And the problems start right from the beginning. You're just thrown into these characters' lives without any real set-up or exposition as to who these people are. Talk about a poorly written start. And then when you do get to meet the characters and their personalities, it doesn't get better. None of the characters are ever likable, even the kid with autism. And that's another thing, why's the kid autistic? Just cause every one of the characters had to have 'their thing'. Kevin Bacon is a cheater, Radha Mitchell is a recovering alcoholic, their daughter is anorexic and their son is autistic. It's not even done because it's somewhat relevant to the story, they do it because all the characters have to have an easily identifiable personality. Which is about the worse reason to have an autistic character in a film. It's not because you have an interesting story to tell that's sensitive to those who are afflicted with it, it's just there to give a one-dimensional character some sort of 'personality'. It's absurd. But that's not really as big of a problem as the derivative narrative and scares. I can't really even count the scares, because it feels like there are none. I mean there are, but it's the type of scares that don't really even register with me, where I don't even think about what happened. But I'm sure there's some jump scares that will get those that are more casual fans of horror. The acting is nothing to write about, though it's probably one of the only highlights of the film. And even then, it's not like it actually adds much. Honestly, this is just a bad movie that wants to reach levels that it could never have reached with such a haphazardly put together script. It's not the worst film I've ever seen, not even close, but it's still a really bad movie and shouldn't be seen unless it hits your streaming service of choice or you have a free Redbox rental.
  Jesse O Super Reviewer
• Jun 04, 2016

  My faith in low budget Blumhouse horror films is slowly disintegrating. The Darkness lacks scares, thrills and any plot at all. Veterans Kevin Bacon and Radha Mitchell tried their best with the script, but it wasn't enough to save the film. I went in with low expectations, and they were not met. Never again will I be watching this mess.
  

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