Darkness Falls (2003)

A vengeful spirit has taken the form of the Tooth Fairy to exact vengeance on the town that lynched her 150 years earlier. Her only opposition is the only child, now grown up, who has survived her before.

Director:

Jonathan Liebesman

Writers:

Joe Harris (story), John Fasano (screenplay),

Stars:

Chaney Kley, Emma Caulfield, Lee Cormie

1 win & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Chaney Kley	...	Kyle Walsh
Emma Caulfield	...	Caitlin Greene
Lee Cormie	...	Michael Greene
Grant Piro	...	Larry Fleishman
Sullivan Stapleton	...	Officer Matt Henry
Steve Mouzakis	...	Dr. Peter Murphy
Peter Curtin	...	Dr. Travis
Kestie Morassi	...	Nurse Lauren
Jenny Lovell	...	Nurse Alexandra
John Stanton	...	Captain Thomas Henry
Angus Sampson	...	Raymond 'Ray' Winchester (as Angus Murray Lincoln Sampson)
Charlotte Rees	...	Marie Winchester
Joshua Anderson	...	Young Kyle Walsh
Emily Browning	...	Young Caitlin Greene
Rebecca McCauley	...	Margaret Walsh (Kyle's Mom)

Storyline

In the 1800's there was a woman that little children would take their old teeth (ones they had recently lost) to in exchange for a gold coin. A few years later, tragedy struck her, first a fire in her house which caused her to not be able to go into any type of light, and then she was hanged. There's a story that goes around the town of Darkness Falls about her, and she's called the Tooth Fairy. The story goes that she can't go in the light, and if you wake up and see her, she'll kill you. The usual saying is "Don't Peek." Well, there is a boy named Kyle who gets a warning from his friend Caitlin to not peek. Well, he wakes up on the night when the Tooth Fairy is supposed to come and get his last tooth and sees her. It all leads to more tragedy and the movie jumps to 12 years later. Now grown up, Caitlin calls Kyle because her little brother Michael is going through the same things he did as a boy, and wants his help. Kyle goes back to Darkness Falls to face his past, and the woman in...

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Plot Keywords:

tooth | tooth fairy | boy | light | darkness | 

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Taglines:

An eye for an eye. Your life for a tooth.

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for terror and horror images, and brief language

Details

Country:

USA Australia

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 January 2003 (USA)

Also Known As:

Don't Peek

Filming Locations:

Ballarat Street, Yarraville, Victoria, Australia

Box Office

Budget:

$11,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$163,375 (Australia) (5 September 2003)

Gross:

$519,725 (Australia) (5 September 2003)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Revolution Studios, Distant Corners Entertainment Group Inc., Blue Star Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min 96 min (Special Extended Blu-Ray Edition)

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The closing credits run for 11 minutes. This is because without the extra time, the movie would have been considered too short to release theatrically.

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Goofs

It's December 25th (police station desk calendar) in Maine (license plates). Where are the Christmas decorations?

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Quotes

[first lines]
Narrator: It is said that over 150 years ago, in the town of Darkness Falls, Matilda Dixon was adored by all the children. Whenever they would lose a tooth they would bring it to her in exchange for a gold coin, earning her the name, the Toothfairy. But fate was not kind to Matilda. One night fire tore through her home leaving her face horribly scarred. Matilda's burned flesh was so sensitive to light she could only go out at night, always wearing a porcelain mask so no one could ever look ...

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Crazy Credits

The Revolution Studios logo is tinted brown to tie into the Matilda Dixon backstory opening scene.

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Connections

Referenced in Down to the Bone: Anatomy of a Prequel (2007)

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Soundtracks

"Hand of Emptiness"
Written and Performed by Brian Tichy
Courtesy of Mastersource

User Reviews

Lifeless fright film relying strictly on sound effects editing for every bit of it's affect.

This poorly made film relies strictly on Randy Thom's sound editing to provide the audience with a "gotcha" effect every few minutes. Strictly 10th-rate in every way, this film is simply annoying! Running less than 90 minutes with a big chunk of the running time devoted to the end titles. It's as if a technical crew and some nondescript actors were working without any director at all. A Hollywood hack job to bring in the 13-year-old Friday-night crowd.