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DARKNESS FALLS
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It was only a matter of time belore the tooth-fairy popped up in a horror movie. The serial killer in Red Dragon may have been given the title. but the supernatural presence in this effective little chiller is the real deal.
A kindly old woman hanged 150 years ago after being wrongly accused of child murder returns. post-mortem. to petrify the kids of small town Darkness Falls on the night they lose the last of their milk teeth. Insomniac Kyle (Chaney Kley) saw his mother slayed after he mistakenly looked at the ghoul‘s face, but returns years later to save the brother of childhood sweetheart Caitlin (Emma Caulfield from Buffy) from the same fate.
First-time director Jonathan Liebesman wisely keeps things simple, using the play of light and
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(12A) 93min (unable to review at time of going to press)
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shadow (the airborne hag only operates in the dark) to heighten tension in a style reminiscent of the 1942 classic Cat People. If some of the plot twists are predictable (there goes another torch battery . . .) the film carries the audience merrily along through most of its short length. (Simon Wardell)
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apparent in its; muddled sense of place. Alll‘lllg fer a political thriller along the lines; of Elizabeth. director Mike Barker and screenwriter Jenny Mayhev.’ eanter through this turbulent period of British histon'. yet despite the robust performances from. Scott and ‘i‘r’iitiams. the IlIH‘S blend of the personal and the political rarel,' compels.
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