Darkroom

1989
1h 25m

IMDb RATING

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Looking for revenge for past incestuous experiences, a slasher invades a lonely farmhouse.Looking for revenge for past incestuous experiences, a slasher invades a lonely farmhouse.Looking for revenge for past incestuous experiences, a slasher invades a lonely farmhouse.

Directors
- Terrence O'Hara
- Nico Mastorakis
Writers
Stars

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IMDb RATING

4.5/10

691

YOUR RATING

Directors
- Terrence O'Hara
- Nico Mastorakis
Writers
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
The back cover of the various DVD and VHS releases as well as the film's trailer reveal the identity of the killer, thus spoiling any tension to be developed upon viewing.

Goofs
When Norm returned home he stood in the doorway to the kitchen wondering where Alice was when the killer attacked, however there was nowhere for the killer to hide along that wall without ever being seen. The position of the couch made it impossible for the killer to have ever been in that location.

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Review

Featured review

Ineffectual slasher filler

My review was written in July 1990 after watching the movie on Quest Entertainment video cassette.

Slasher film "Darkroom" starts well but sputters once the killer's identity has been revealed midstream. Direct-to-video feature is merely okay for target fans.

Best thing here is the opening credits sequence, imaginatively using frames of film to display the title cards as if magnified.

Film proper has a maniacal killer preying on victims in a family setting and taking photographs of same. Incest is the key plot gimmick as a childhood trauma solves the mystery.

As long as the characters and suspects are introduced in opening reels and the killer is confined to stalking footage, the film holds up, but once the cat's out of the bag it becomes boring. Finale has two characters thought to be dead bouncing back for a hokey fight.

No-name cast is game.