A young girl sent to live with her father and his new girlfriend believes that she has released creatures from a sealed ash pit in the basement of her new home.A young girl sent to live with her father and his new girlfriend believes that she has released creatures from a sealed ash pit in the basement of her new home.A young girl sent to live with her father and his new girlfriend believes that she has released creatures from a sealed ash pit in the basement of her new home.
- Awards
- 1 win & 4 nominations
- Housekeeper
- (as Edwina Ritchard)
- Caterer
- (as Emelia Burns)
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe runes carved into the stone over the furnace that the creatures live down spells out "Be Afraid" in Elder Futhark.
- GoofsKim ends up tangled in the ropes of the fairies and dragged down into the basement. This tragedy is a loose end. No police report is filed, no other characters are shown to react to this and the aftermath of this event is never built up on. This is because the creatures must take one life to replenish their numbers each time they come out. In the original movie, Kim is their target, to make her one of their own. The taking of Kim at the end of the movie and her speaking later on with the creatures implies that she was turned into one of them and is no longer human. This is idea is further encouraged by one of the creatures who seems to hold a resemblance to Blackwell who was also taken along with his son.
- Quotes
[last lines]
Creatures: They will find us. We must fight.
Kim: No. We will go deeper, and we will wait. They will forget, and others will come.
Creatures: When will they come?
Kim: Soon, soon.
Creatures: Yes.
Kim: We have all the time in the world.
Creatures: Yes.
Kim: All the time in the world.
Creatures: All the time in the world.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Nostalgia Critic: The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland (2011)
- SoundtracksWhen You and I Were Young, Maggie
Written and Performed by John McCormack
Courtesy of Bluebird/Novus/RCA Victor
By arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment
This is a film that starts badly, and save two relatively well executed scenes, gets worse. If you have seen the original seventies TV movie you will be sorely disappointed. What made the original frightening was the bareness of the plot, the ordinariness of the location and the bleakness of the ending. All of these elements have been removed. The story is over written, the location of overly ornate, and the ending, although quite nasty, is not as disturbing as it should have been. Add to this the frankly deplorable CGI and iffy direction. Well...
The kid is good though (that's where the 4 points comes from)
Verdict: Don't be afraid of avoiding don't be afraid of the dark
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- Đừng Sợ Bóng Tối
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Box office
- Budget
- $25,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $24,046,682
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $8,525,728
- Aug 28, 2011
- Gross worldwide
- $38,269,529
- Runtime1 hour 39 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1