Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

2010
R
1h 39m

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5.5/10

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Bailee Madison in Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2010)

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Supernatural Horror Fantasy Horror Thriller

A young girl sent to live with her father and his new girlfriend believes that she has released creatures from a sealed ash pit in the basement of her new home.A young girl sent to live with her father and his new girlfriend believes that she has released creatures from a sealed ash pit in the basement of her new home.A young girl sent to live with her father and his new girlfriend believes that she has released creatures from a sealed ash pit in the basement of her new home.

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IMDb RATING

5.5/10

51K

YOUR RATING

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Awards
- 1 win & 4 nominations total

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Storyline

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Trivia
The runes carved into the stone over the furnace that the creatures live down spells out "Be Afraid" in Elder Futhark.

Goofs
Kim ends up tangled in the ropes of the fairies and dragged down into the basement. This tragedy is a loose end. No police report is filed, no other characters are shown to react to this and the aftermath of this event is never built up on. This is because the creatures must take one life to replenish their numbers each time they come out. In the original movie, Kim is their target, to make her one of their own. The taking of Kim at the end of the movie and her speaking later on with the creatures implies that she was turned into one of them and is no longer human. This is idea is further encouraged by one of the creatures who seems to hold a resemblance to Blackwell who was also taken along with his son.

Quotes
[last lines]
Creatures: They will find us. We must fight.
Kim: No. We will go deeper, and we will wait. They will forget, and others will come.
Creatures: When will they come?
Kim: Soon, soon.
Creatures: Yes.
Kim: We have all the time in the world.
Creatures: Yes.
Kim: All the time in the world.
Creatures: All the time in the world.

Connections
Featured in Nostalgia Critic: The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland (2011)

Soundtracks
When You and I Were Young, Maggie
Written and Performed by John McCormack
Courtesy of Bluebird/Novus/RCA Victor
By arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment

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Featured review

6/10

This movie is not that bad

Theres alot of people who dont seem to understand how a scale of 1 to 10 works on imbd. I get if you didnt like it, i get if u didnt think it was scary, but if you give this a 1 then either you havnt seen very many movies or you dont know how bad some movies actually are. There were deffinatly problems with this one. The characters were pretty unlikable in fact i cant think of 1 character i cared about and yes the cgi faries were shown a bit much and wernt really that great but how many cgi horror movies actually worked great? They did have a creepy feel to them especially their voices beconing sally to come and play in the dark. The atmosphere was good the house was beautiful and was used very well the cinamatography was good the actors, while unlikable, were fine for the most part. The sound effects were all fine for this movie. All in all its probably not gona be on anyones top 10 but its worth a watch