• Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2011)

    Lonely and introverted, young Sally (Bailee Madison) has just arrived at the 19th-century mansion that her father (Guy Pearce) and his girlfriend (Katie Holmes) are restoring. While exploring the sprawling estate, Sally discovers a hidden, long-undisturbed basement. Unwittingly, she unleashes a race of malevolent, dark-dwelling creatures who intend to drag her and her family down...

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Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
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Release Date: August 26th, 2011

DVD Release Date: January 3rd, 2012

R |1 hr 39 min

Plot Summary

Lonely and introverted, young Sally (Bailee Madison) has just arrived at the 19th-century mansion that her father (Guy Pearce) and his girlfriend (Katie Holmes) are restoring. While exploring the sprawling estate, Sally discovers a hidden, long-undisturbed basement. Unwittingly, she unleashes a race of malevolent, dark-dwelling creatures who intend to drag her and her family down into the mansion's bottomless depths. A remake of the 1973 made-for-TV movie.

Cast: Katie Holmes, Guy Pearce, Bailee Madison, Jack Thompson, Garry McDonald, Alan Dale, Julia Blake

Director: Troy Nixey

Genres: Thriller , Horror

Production Co: Gran Via, Necropia

Distributors: FilmDistrict

Keywords: Girlfriend, 2000s, Pursuit, Escape, Father, Tense

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  • 60
    Stephanie ZacharekMovieline

    Del Toro loves his creatures. Maybe he loves them too much: He always wants us to get a good look at them, and that's one of the things that saps the spookiness from this Don't Be Afraid of the Dark. show more

  • 50
    Kirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood Reporter

    The result is a scary movie that is genuinely scary in parts, although an adult can't help noticing this is set in the very worn and tattered territory of the haunted-house genre. Then when you get a glimpse of the CGI critters causing all the mayhem, the scares completely vanish. show more

  • 55
    Ian BuckwalterNPR

    Eventually, too little is left to the imagination to do what it does best: fill in the gaps with visions far more frightening than anything a filmmaker could put onscreen. show more

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