Darkness Falls Movie Review 2003

In the small New England town of Darkness Falls (aren't you asking for trouble when you name a town that?), young Kyle Walsh witnesses his mother's murder by a ghost who was wrongfully hanged 150 years earlier. Known as the Tooth Fairy, the spirit takes her revenge on the children of the town after they lose the last of their baby teeth. Twelve years later, Kyle is living in Las Vegas, psychologically scarred and paranoid from his encounter. Knowing that the ghost only comes in the dark, he surrounds himself with light. Caitlin (Caulfield), his childhood girlfriend, asks him to come back and help her younger brother, who's starting to have the same nightmares that Kyle use to have. Genuinely scary moments overcome some obvious plot devices. Wisely, the movie is restrained and delivers on spooky atmosphere.

Distribution

Sony Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Plz., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, Phone: (310)244-7306, Fax: (310)280-2485, URL: http://www.spe.sony.com, Remarks: Formerly Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 85 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Supernatural Horror, Ghosts, Ghouls, & Goblins, Sanity Check

Screenplay

John Fasano, James Vanderbilt, Joe Harris

Cast

Chaney Kley, Emma Caulfield, Lee Cormie, Grant Piro, Sullivan Stapleton, Steve Mouzakis, Peter Curtain

Cinematography

Dan Laustsen

Director

Jonathan Liebesman

Music

Brian Tyler

Other

John Schiefelbein, Steve Mirkovich, Tim Alverson, Tom Nursey, Anna Borghesi, George Liddle

Producer

John Hegeman, John Fasano, William Sherak, Jason Shuman, Revolution Studios, Distant Corners, Blue Star Pictures, Columbia Pictures