Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark (2010):

Starring:

Guy Pearce - Alex

Katie Holmes - Kim

Bailee Madison - Sally

Jack Thompson - Harris

Alan Dale - Charles Jacoby

Julia Blake - Mrs. Underhill

Director:

Troy Nixey (First Feature Film)

Rotten Tomatoes: 59%

Flixster: 34%

Synopsis:

Blackwood Manor has new tenants. While architect Alex Hurst and his girlfriend Kim restore their Gothic mansion's period interiors, Alex's young daughter Sally investigates, spurred by the voices-rasping whispers who call out to her from the basement, who promise her understanding and friendship, who are so very hungry and would like to be set free. When Sally gives in to her curiosity, she opens a gateway into a hellish underworld. Confronted with the horror that now threatens to taker her life and destroy her family, Sally desperately tries to warn the whole house, but no one believes her. Will she make them understand in time, or will they become another chapter in the centuries-long horror story of Blackwood Manor?

Review:

Most predictable, underwhelming, non-scary movie I have seen in a while. The dramatic factor was incredibly low, almost no suspense & the worst child actor of all time. She is just horrible, not only to look at but she is such a bad actress. She literally cries at everything that happens. She has no emotional difference between something that she is uncertain about, or investigating or terrified of. She just cries at every moment that anything happens. The supporting cast isn't much better. A surprising role from Guy Peace because he is usually pretty solid but he's not quite as convincing as he usually is. Maybe he figure that this was going to be a piece of shit & he just mailed it in. Katie Holmes somehow escaped from Tom Cruise enough to do this? I think we should have locked her in their basement & let someone with a little more oh what do you call it.... Talent? This film is the wonder child of film maker Guillermo Del Toro & obviously you can tell. Everything has no eyes or too many eyes, lots of teeth & weird ass movements. Quite a few aspect are similar to Pan's Labyrinth but not quite as good. The production value is extremely high but that doesn't save the movie from itself. Overall it was a drawn out bore with no twists which is common for the genre & poor acting. It SUCKED!

38%

Lead Acting: 4/15
Supporting Cast: 4/15

Plot: 4/10
Compared To The Genre: 2/10

Cinematography: 12/20

Intrigue: 8/20

Extra: 4/10