Darkness Falls (2003) Critic Reviews

It's an instantly disposable and shamelessly derivative piece of work -- call it petit guignol, and you won't be far off the mark -- but first-time feature helmer Jonathan Liebesman shows a savvy flair for atmospheric visuals.Read the full review

So much schlock and melodrama find their way into Darkness Falls that when an exasperated character shouts near the end ''All this over a [expletive] tooth!,'' you know how he feels.Read the full review

About as scary as a ride on a minor roller coaster, it unrolls its amplified butcher-block shock effects within the first five minutes.Read the full review

Not good enough to qualify as classic Gothic horror, not nearly fun enough to qualify as great B-movie camp. Read the full review

Dumb.Read the full review

Do you really need me to tell you how scary this horror show isn't? Read the full review

Darkness Falls is like something salvaged from Stephen King's wastebasket.Read the full review

Darkness Falls -- with a thud. But it does not go gently into the night, for director Jonathan Liebesman and his large crew cram as much style and energy as they can into a hokey and morbid supernatural thriller plot. It's a downer to see so much effort expended on such junk.Read the full review

Powered by dim bulbs on both sides of the camera, Darkness Falls barrels ahead with unrelenting stupidity, forsaking many of its own rules in search of the next cheap shock.Read the full review