The Darkness

2016
PG-13
1h 32m

IMDb RATING

4.5/10

17K

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Supernatural Horror Horror Thriller

A family unknowingly awakens an ancient supernatural entity on a Grand Canyon vacation, and must fight for survival when it follows them home.A family unknowingly awakens an ancient supernatural entity on a Grand Canyon vacation, and must fight for survival when it follows them home.A family unknowingly awakens an ancient supernatural entity on a Grand Canyon vacation, and must fight for survival when it follows them home.

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IMDb RATING

4.5/10

17K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

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'The Darkness': Real Estate

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"Characters of The Darkness"

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Trivia
In one scene, the dad opens up an e-mail from the mom, with a YouTube-looking link (watch?v=FDhoqY1grJY). If you paste that video ID to YouTube, it redirects to this movie's trailer.

Goofs
The Anasazi Indians apparently spoke Tanoan, Acoma, Zuni, and Navajo, all Native American languages. However, they seem to understand the healers talking to them in Spanish, a language that is nothing like their languages.

Quotes
Stephanie Taylor: We never talk about him, we never talk about how he affects all of us... it's getting creepier and creepier.
Stephanie Taylor: Will you tell Michael to stay out of my room... he keeps leaving dirty hand prints everywhere.

Crazy credits
The title doesn't appear until nine minutes in to the film.

Alternate versions
A bleaker alternate ending was shot and test screened, where the Taylor family drive out and dispose the rocks into the ocean. Unbeknownst to his parents and sister, Stephanie, Michael still bears the fifth one, which causes the demon to drive the car off the cliff, striking and killing Peter and Bronny (sending their bodies airborne), and drowning Steph and Michael. The stones are then revealed to have washed up on the shore. When test audiences reacted poorly, the studio mandated a more happier ending to be shot. That aside, the scene can still be viewed on the Blu-ray.

Connections
Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 WORST Movies of 2016 (2017)

Soundtracks
It's a Good Life
Written and Performed by Bruce Bergh
Courtesy of Crucial Music Corporation

User reviews173

Featured review

5/10

I did not like this at all!

So this kid with Autism is more accessible to the preternatural and disturbs evil native American spirits that decide to disturb him and his family back.

It Reminds me of Stir of Echoes, which also star Keven Bacon, but is nowhere near as good as that movie. in comparison, Stir of Echoes looks like The Exorcist when standing right next to The Darkness.

The story had potential. Some evil native American spirits get their resting place disturbed, by some white folks (shocker), so in return, these spirits decide to unlock these guys inner most demons (mom's an alcoholic, the daughter is bulimic) to split up the family and drive them all crazy.

It was a brilliant idea, but it was done so corny. Even seasoned actor Keven Bacon looked cheesy delivering simple lines and trying to be serious as he reacted to the ghost.

It was a very sad display of what could have been gold. I don't know what went wrong, but I know this: Don't wast your time.