Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark Official Trailer Premieres!
Guillermo del Toro name is all over this movie. He co-wrote and produced Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, a horror film starring Katie Holmes, Guy Pearce and Bailee Madison, directed by Troy Nixey.
Based on the 1973 telefilm that del Toro believes is the scariest TV production ever made, the story follows Sally (Madison), a young girl who moves to Rhode Island to live with her father (Pearce) and his new girlfriend (Holmes) in the 19th-century mansion they are restoring. While exploring the house, Sally starts to hear voices coming from creatures in the basement whose hidden agenda is to claim her as one of their own. Akin to del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth, Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark focuses on a young girl’s struggle against menacing and terrifying forces. FilmDistrict will release the film on August 26, 2011.
I like how they’ve made it basically impossible to freeze-frame on the creature itself near the end. It appears for a split-second. As with most of these creepy things, a jump cut scare is much more effective than actually looking at them.
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He really nailed Pan’s Labyrinth.. It was pretty shocking to me at first, but it was very different in a great way.. hopefully this one will be just as good!
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I can tell you with absolute certainty, that you may as well burn your money in a voodoo traffic pyre while chanting “Alexa” over and over. Maybe that will work.
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