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The Darkness
The Darkness

4.8

The Darkness

PG-13·2016·92m

Summary

A family returns from a Grand Canyon vacation with a supernatural presence in tow.

Crew

Director, Writer

Greg McLean

Writer

Shayne Armstrong

Writer

Shane Krause

Reviews

Rangan

Rangan

October 4, 2016

4

**When the ancient spirits set loose.**

Usually horror films are the most clichéd genre, especially when it comes to those scaring parts, all the films use the same sudden sound effects and disfigured human images with the strong makeup or the graphics. This film is nothing less than any of those, but a bit too much in the first three quarters. Like they are keeping some suspense, but it was just dragging to extend the film length and what comes in the final quarter is actually the story with a twist. So when that revelation happens, you would probably lose complete interest on this. Because that's not the demons you're expecting after all the hype was created in the earlier segment.

The story was just okay, but it was well known to us in different forms from the different films. In this, it is set in a different location with different cast, so that makes the film is fresh, but it wasn't. Some ancient spirits were set loose when a family was picnicking and it follows them to their house. Now they suffer from some unexplainable events and they decide to get rid bringing the people who can. That leads to the final act where the story comes to end.

They say it was inspired by the real event involving a family. So that might interest some viewers to check it out. But if you're an atheist, this is just a joke. From the director of 'Wolf Creek' with the decent performances by Kevin Bacon and Radha Mictchell, the film did not become best among its theme. Just a watchable film, after that you won't going to remember it a week or a month later. Very few might like it, but it's impossible to say who they're, so I'm not going to suggest or reject it.

_4/10_

Media

Status:

Released

Original Language:

English

Budget:

$4,000,000.00

Revenue:

$10,900,000.00

Keywords

infidelity
snake
self sacrifice
autism
bulimia
haunted house
haunting
grand canyon
demon
dog
native american folklore
portal to hell