Darkness Movie Review 2002

Spanish director Balaguero follows up his debut feature, "The Nameless," with a haunted house chiller that fails its fright quotient. Americans Mark (Glen), his wife Maria (Olin), and their kids Regina (Paquin) and Paul (Enquist) relocate to a rural house somewhere in Spain. Various paranormal experiences begin to occur, which Regina's parents ignore. Her little brother develops unexplained bruises and becomes afraid of the dark. Regina finds out the house has a disturbing history involving children who disappeared. Should have been more scary.

Distribution

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Available on DVD
Running time 102 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Classic Horror, Mystery & Suspense, Occult, Child Abuse, Creepy Houses

Screenplay

Jaume Balaguero, Fernando de Felipe

Cast

Lena Olin, Iain Glen, Giancarlo Giannini, Fele Martinez, Anna Paquin, Fermi Rexach, Stephen Enquist

Cinematography

Xavi Gimenez

Director

Jaume Balaguero

Music

Carles Cases

Other

Daniel Fontrodona, Salva Mayolas, Luis de la Madrid, Llorenc Miquel

Producer

Brian Yuzna, Julio Fernandez, Dimension Films, Dimension Films