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Summary: Darkness Falls
Review: Tedious, stupid and idiotic tale of a man who goes back to his hometown to rescue his childhood sweetheart and her son from a spirit who killed his mother when he was a boy. Although it starts out extremely scary, this turns into one of the worst horror films ever made. The dialogue is crap - at one point, a woman actually says: "let me get this piece of gravel out of your scalp." There is another situation where the same woman is startled by a black cat who jumps over her car and she says: "a black cat...why not?" The villain is often very creepy, but gets rather annoying with her hissing noises heard when she appears. The script is lacking in any sort of realism, and the direction takes ideas from more successful and effective films like "The Ring." It isn't a complete waste of time, because it does deliver a few scares (it's more of a teenager-Halloween-party-film). But I'd refrain from buying it on all accounts.
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Summary: It's better than Scream!
Review: The January doldrums just keep on trucking with this tedious [horible] flick that enjoyed a surprisingly successful opening weekend, but will probably be gathering dust on the shelves of your local Blockbuster come spring. A young boy claims to have awakened from a sound sleep to see the Tooth Fairy--trying to kill him. Years later he returns to confront his troubled past and save his hometown from an unrelenting evil that has plagued it for over a century... The story is completely hokey and sparse on details, but it is guaranteed to scare...anyone--even the most faithful horror aficionados...
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Summary: darkness falls
Review: i first saw DARKNESS FALLS in the theater with two of my friends. We were a little scared at the beginning. but as the story unfolded, it got more and more predictable. it was so predictable by the end that we all decided on how it would end and what order the nurses would die in. but then, yesterday, i rented it just to make fun of it. i watched it and i watched it straight through. i stll lauged at all the parts that were predictable, but it wasn't half bad. i almost considered buying it. but thn i got over m urge, and i realized that it wasn't worth it. the special features are good.
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Summary: 'Darkness' Falls
Review: This movie was a crime. I never saw The Tooth Fairy when I put my teeth under the pillow. I got cash, not chocolate coins. Aren't those bad for your teeth anyway? How can a kid pull his tooth out in a public restroom? That's filthy. Well anyway, in the town of "Darkness Falls," an evil grandmother likes to terrorize little children and get rid of anyone who looks at her. Yeah, I'd wear a mask too if I was that hideous. The first ten minutes are pretty spooky, but once the kids grew up and became even more inept adults, the film fell short of being just alright. What a terrible movie. Watch "The Ring" instead if you want a good jolt.
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Summary: darkness falls this movie rocks
Review: best scary movie i have ever seen only bad thing is that the scariest part is in the begging!
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Summary: DARKNESS SMELLS REALLY BAD!!!!
Review: This film is the worst horror film in the last ten years. Even worse than the remake of THE HAUNTING...this absolute drivel fails on every single level. Except for the special effects which are very good. So you have a truly appalling film with cool monster effects. Remarkably banal characters that you just can't care about. The only effective part of this film is the first fifteen minutes and from then on it's a complete failure.
The ghost suddenly fails to be affected by the light that is supposed to kill it or keep it at bay. DREADFUL does not begin to describe the incredible charmlessness of this sad piece of horse manure. The only good thing about it is that it made money at the box office. So at least someone got paid. I should be paid back for ever having to watch this piece of dreck in the first place.
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Summary: Much better than you would think
Review: The plot is not great, the acting isn't great, the effects are great, but the movie is. Wanna know how this works? As you are watching the film, you don't care whether or not any of that stuff is great or not, because the pace is so fast and frenetic that it leaves you on the edge of your seat whether you are actually scared or not. That makes this movie very fun and enjoyable to watch. I don't understand the constant comparisons to The Ring, the unbelivably boring movie that is almost unwatchable. This is light years ahead of The Ring. Highly recommended for pure adrenaline rushed fun, nothing more.
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Summary: Excellent film!
Review: This movie was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GOOD!! It has parts that will jolt you and make you scream, guaranteed. When I saw it in the movies the second day it was released, a group of girls behind me were screaming at every jumpy part, and most of them walked out because "Oh my god...this is so... scary and I can't take it anymore!" Then, they ran out practically crying and slammed the door behind them. Anyway, it is extremely good and perfect to awtch at night, and on Halloween, especially. See it!! You'll be glad you did, if you liked THE RING.
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Summary: scary enough to make you jump in your seat several times
Review: Through the overlong expository opening, we learn the ridiculously contrived backstory about "The Tooth Fairy," a kind woman made scapegoat by the naughty residents of the town of Darkness Falls. She's wrongly hanged for the murder of two boys, and returns to the town to scratch the [stuff] out of anyone who sees her.
DARKNESS FALLS is perhaps one of the scariest movies I've ever seen. There are more jumpy moments than I could keep track of. The film follows the basic rules of it's genre, and handles them well. All the elements of a good horror film are here The antagonist is very creepy but What makes the movie work is the central foundation of excellent production - Darkness Falls looks amazing, and legend Stan Winston's ghost is a real nightmare. And as long as you go in expecting to hoot with glee when a character proclaims his invincibility, you'll find plenty of gems in this lightweight midwinter's distraction.
Chaney Kley is the only one who knows what's going on He does a fine job of playing the hero, but there is little emotion to his character, which is probably the biggest mistake of the film
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Summary: Not worth the time
Review: At a slim 86 minutes this negligible entry into the "stay out of the dark" subgenre of horror is so bad, its almost unwatchable. Any talent among the cast is squandered as they try and wrestle with a poor script and a monster that looks at times like a tattered garbage bag flapping in the wind. Where Pitch Black used the same premise to good effect by blending it with an at times cliche alien SF story, Darkness Falls squanders it with far too many jumpy moments that only serve to remind the audience that the film isn't quite as scary as it should be. Add to this a small boy that we should be rooting for but ultimately root against due to his line delivery - pronouncing r's as w's so that words like "dark" sound like "dawk" - and you have a film that comes short in nearly every category. Of course, if you have never seen the Fog or your horror memory laspses before 1996, then you might find something to like. For those horror fans with a fond recollection for horror cinema of a bygone era, this film is nothing more than an 86 minute cliche.
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