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 Director
: Johnathan Liebesman
Starring
: Chaney Kley, Emma Caufield, Lee Cormie, Grant Piro, Sullivan
Stapleton.
Picture
2.35:1 Anamorphic, DD 5.1, Single-Side, Dual-Layer, Keep
Case
Running
Time : 82 mins
The
story:
An
eye for an eye. Your life for a tooth.
As a young boy, Kyle (Chaney Kley) claimed to have seen
the tooth fairy. He also claimed she tried to kill him.
Now over twelve years later, Kyle has left the town that
never believed him. He has also left behind the two people
who thought he was telling the truth, his childhood girlfriend
Caitlin (Emma Caulfield) and her younger brother. And when
evil again emerges in Darkness Falls, Kyle must return to
do battle with the winged creature of doom he saw that night
so many years ago. Because evil is back with a vengeance.
And it's not leaving without Caitlin's brother..
The
summary:
The
tooth fairy doesn't really conjure up terrifying thoughts
for me and you at least have to give the writer credit for
originality on that front. Whilst she is certainly no match
for Freddy Krueger, Darkness Falls in certainly not short
of chills. The opening scenes grabs your attention and paves
the way for what could have been something special but ultimately
it catches Jeepers Creepers syndrome and show's it hand
far too early rather than building on the early suspense.
The central character is key to any good horror and unless
you've stuck gold and created the perfect image of evil,
it's usually better to show glimpses here and there and
leave things to the viewers imagination. The tooth fairy
just isn't scary enough to provide any heavyweight horror.
That's
not to say Darkness Falls isn't a good film, it's just that
it could have been much better. There's still plenty of
scares and the cinematography certainly makes it look the
part. In fact the latter part of the film (visually) bared
a strong resemblance to "The Fog". Storywise,
the plot is simplistic so don't expect anything too involving
or a clever twist to turn things around. The tooth fairy
relentlessly stalks her victim and he tries his best to
avoid death - it really is as simple as that. As far as
the acting goes, Emma Caufield is easily the best of the
bunch. Buffy fans will already know her well, but she does
a credible job amongst the otherwise average cast.
The
film may not live up to expectations but the disc exceeded
them. The transfer is sublime and the audio especially was
almost faultless. The extras include two audio commentaries
but it lacks a decent making-of documentary. Other than
that minor moan it really is a job well done.
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