Darkness

2002
12
1h 28min

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5,4/10

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Supernatural Horror Horror

Une adolescente emménage avec sa famille dans une maison isolée à la campagne et découvre que leur nouveau foyer lugubre a un passé terrifiant qui menace de les détruire.Une adolescente emménage avec sa famille dans une maison isolée à la campagne et découvre que leur nouveau foyer lugubre a un passé terrifiant qui menace de les détruire.Une adolescente emménage avec sa famille dans une maison isolée à la campagne et découvre que leur nouveau foyer lugubre a un passé terrifiant qui menace de les détruire.

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21 k

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Récompenses
- 2 victoires et 3 nominations au total

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Anecdotes
One of the three films that received an "F" CinemaScore from audiences upon their release in 2002, along with Terreur.point.com (2002) and Solaris (2002).

Gaffes
When Paul lines up his colored pencils, a crew member's hand can be seen with an air nozzle ready to make the pencil roll under the bed.

Citations
Paul: I don't like the dark here, it keeps eating my pencils.

Versions alternatives
The following scenes were cut for the US theatrical version:
After Maria (Lena Olin) and Regina (Anna Paquin) talk at the breakfast table about unpacking, there is extra dialogue in which Regina admits she hasn't decided if she is staying or not. Interestingly, Dimension cut all references to the family have these kind of domestic issues with the daughter.
Following the first scene at the swimming pool, there is a brief scene where Regina is visited by her boyfriend Carlos ('Fele Martinez') in the girls' locker room. They talk briefly about him coming over and she chastises him for sneaking into the locker room. A girl walks by in the background in a towel and no nudity is in the scene. When Mark (Iain Glen) is driving Paul (Stephan Enquist) to school, Paul asks, "Are you and Mom going to split up?" Mark responds by saying that "only families that don't get along split up."
After Mark arrives home from the hospital, Regina has an argument with her mom on the front porch. The US version edits a section of dialogue where the mom says, "If you don't like it here than you can just get your things together and go."
Following this fight, Regina visits Carlos in his apartment. She tells him about the argument while he develops photographs.
Following her father's row with the electrician, there is an extra scene where Regina returns to her room where Carlos is painting. He surprises her by taking a photograph (during the flash the ghost children are seen; it figures in later). She says to him, "I'm staying." When Carlos asks why, Regina tells him not to ask her and only says, "I can't leave now."
Regina and Carlos have additional dialogue before the scene where she tells him about her father condition at the swimming pool. She reiterates that he shouldn't ask her what is going on.
During Mark's second attack when he begins cutting the potatoes franticly with the knife, there are a series of flashes back to his past. After he cuts his hand, there are several close ups of the bloody hand and blood dripping onto the floor.
Two extra scenes appear back to back. One has Regina and Carlos in front of a computer looking up information and discovering "Ouroboros" and a website outlining some of the ritual. The other has the architect discovering the original letter with the design plans of the house while he is digging through papers. The US version cuts straight to Carlos and Regina in the library.

Connexions
Featured in Nightmares in Red, White and Blue: The Evolution of the American Horror Film (2009)

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Maria (Lena Olin) and Mark Rua (Iain Glen) with their children Regina (Anna Paquin) and Paul move into an isolated house in Spain. Mark is troubled and has a complicated relationship with his father Albert Rua (Giancarlo Giannini).

Director Jaume Balagueró seems to have a grasp on moody horror visuals. The movie mostly works, if somewhat a slow bore, until the last act. It's a mistake to separate Anna Paquin from the family but sending her back to the house may be a bigger mistake. The movie needs to plant the seeds of this premise a lot better and a lot sooner. The opening tells us nothing other than a 40 years difference. By that alone, we have to assume either Mark or Maria's involvement. There could be so much more done with this premise. It needs to introduce the darkness sooner. They should start killing right away. The story needs work.