Synopsis
Fear is never just make believe.
A young girl sent to live with her father and his new girlfriend discovers creatures in her new home who want to claim her as one of their own.
2010 Directed by Troy Nixey
A young girl sent to live with her father and his new girlfriend discovers creatures in her new home who want to claim her as one of their own.
Katie Holmes Guy Pearce Bailee Madison Jack Thompson Alan Dale Emelia Burns Nicholas Bell James Mackay Eddie Ritchard Bruce Gleeson Gary McDonald Carolyn Shakespeare-Allen Julia Blake Trudy Hellier Terry Kenwrick Grant Piro Todd MacDonald Dylan Young Guillermo del Toro Libby Gott Angus Smallwood David Tocci Lance Drisdale Abbe Holmes
Не бойся темноты, Nebojte se tmy, Non avere paura del buio, No tengas miedo a la oscuridad, Não Tenha Medo do Escuro, Ne félj a sötéttől!, Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark, No Tengas Miedo a la Oscuridad, Μη Φοβάσαι το Σκοτάδι, Não Tenhas Medo do Escuro, 别怕黑, No le temas a la oscuridad, N'aie pas peur du noir, Karanlıktan Korkma, Nie bój się ciemności, Ne félj a sötéttől, 黑夜勿怕, ダーク・フェアリー, אל תפחדי מהחושך, 別怕黑, Не плаши се мрака, Să nu-ți fie frică de întuneric, Не се плаши от тъмното, 돈비 어프레이드 - 어둠 속의 속삭임, Älä pelkää pimeää, از تاریکی نترس, Nebojte sa tmy, Đừng Sợ Bóng Đêm, Не бійся темряви, อย่ากลัวมืด! ถ้าไม่กลัวตาย!
they're literally so small oh my god just stomp on them just get a golf club and fucking punt them just fry those little cunts with an electric fly swatter i'm crying
so am i the only person who didn't hate her stepmom growing up? this is such a common trope in films and i never got it. my parents got divorced when i was 7(?) and i was introduced to my current stepmom not long after that, and i've always liked her. even when we got into fights, i still loved her. i don't understand where this trope comes from at all. where are the films where the kid actually has a good relationship with her stepmom from the very beginning??
I wanted to watch this again since I recently watched the original and while I do think the original is the superior film, this is also pretty decent as far as remakes go! It’s got a gorgeous set and the story is different, but I also think it’s more appropriate for a big screen adaptation. Whereas the original played out like a nice taut, haunted house chiller, this one comes off as an an adult fairy tale that’s equally dark but has more emphasis on the fantasy aspect.
The endings to both are different takes on the same idea so it’s not really fair to compare them, but I will say that the ending to this one was surprisingly executed with one scene in particular that made me do a double take and a rewind. Well done!
I'm not a big fan of classic horror being remade, but the original Don't be Afraid of the Dark was a low budget TV movie with a great idea, making it ripe for an update. This modern version recasts the little demon things as a bunch of tooth fairies. Their motive is set out in the intro and then we move in to a fairly obvious plot surrounding a father, his new girlfriend and his estranged young daughter moving into a massive house where these little critters reside. The film is written and produced by Guillermo del Toro, and it has the same sense of fairytale whimsy that features in his films. The set design is very good. The dark…
i was actually a little obsessed with this film when i was 11/12 years old and this is my first time rewatching it in about 10 years. it's definitely not as good as i remember it being which makes sense seeing as how i liked many questionable horror films as a kid, but i also see why i liked it so much back then. those little creatures are kinda fun and i know people have always loved to call bailee madison annoying (i'll admit she did play many annoying characters when she was younger) but i actually really like her! this may not be a great movie but i also think it's easy to have fun with and doesn't deserve all the hate it gets. also katie holmes is beautiful and her scream at the end was top tier.
Day 2. Let’s celebrate new beginnings. Watch any horror remake or reboot.
Don't you just love Don't films. I have not seen the original, must check it out as I thought this was grand.
Blackwood loved nature, so where did he get his hands on these creatures.
That house is treeemendous, I'd be just like Sally, exploring the heck out of the glorious place. Her parents are bouncing her about after their split, I feel for Sally and like her attitude.
The creatures are whispery cunning, with a pack rat whippet look to them. They made me smile, especially when they were laughing, now there's a laugh to give you shivers! Those beasties terrorize that wee lassie. shhh there's a bit of cgi....dont tell
I really would like to watch this with my 11 and 13 yr old, its a nice horror fairy tale. My 8yr old, no no no, she'd no sleep with the light aff again.
Absolutely wonderful. Like a Grimm fairy tale brought to life. I enjoy when a horror film feels like the target audience is children. You're not supposed to be an adult spectator. You're supposed to imagine the frustration of being a child split between parents and at the mercy of evil creatures. Nobody listens to kids. I realize it is a typical trope, but it's honest. Sally is already troubled and wears her heart on her sleeve, so it isn't surprising that she doesn't feel threatened by the unknown.
I can't say I would have been as brave as Sally, but I like to think I would be!
Just had a random flashback of this turkey, specifically the part where the little CGI Gremlins pop out of a wall and literally go "OOGA BOOGA" and makes a funny face in a movie Guillermo Del Toro himself hyped as being uber-scary. Absolute horseshit movie, but that scene was so fucking funny that I will never forget it as long as my brain still works.
stupid girl , stupid father , stupid movie , stupid house stupid lil fucking creatures .
not terribly directed tho.
unfortunately i think it says a lot about del toro that there is virtually no way to tell the difference between a movie he directed and one he produced without directing