Fear(s) of the Dark (Peur(s) du Noir) Critic Reviews
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Based upon 9 Critic Reviews- Highest Rated
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It makes a nicely grim little Halloween appetizer, although you may want to go home and hide under the bed afterward.Read the full review
Some of the stories are pretty good, especially Charles Burns' tale involving a nasty and vaguely humanoid insect that burrows under the skin.Read the full review
Feels like a nonstarter.Read the full review
None of the segments are really interested in jump/scare/slasher horror, but rather the slow, creeping terror of feeling something is wrong and something worse is coming, making the film a most frightful Halloween aperitif.Read the full review
The result is more lyrical than frightening - and there are some misses mixed in with the hits - but it's well worth checking out.Read the full review
Half a dozen directors from America and Europe contribute stories to this tasty potpourri.Read the full review
Shot in luminous whites, pulsing blacks and gorgeous grays, the stories explore sexual insecurity, rural superstition and sociopolitical anxieties with an inventiveness that's seldom scary but never less than mesmerizing.Read the full review
These stories are frightening, but they contain few shocks or flinches; they're deeper and more psychological, more about adult anxiety than pure terror.Read the full review
An omnibus of black-and-white animation with a couple exceptionally clever episodes tied together by an unnecessary recurring monologue.Read the full review
