Don't Be Afraid of the Dark Poster
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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: 2000s, Father, Escape, Girlfriend, Pursuit, Tense

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  • 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

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    John AndersonWall Street Journal

    Mr. Nixey is doing an Alfred Hitchcock homage within a movie lacking anything as subversive, or skilled, as Hitchcock. show more

  • 50
    Steven ReaPhiladelphia Inquirer

    Joltingly graphic and atmospheric (Nixey and his crew at least know how to set up a few good shocks), Don't Be Afraid of the Dark fails to involve us in any meaningful way with its characters. show more

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