Fear of the Dark (2002)

User Rating:

5.3/10   

Director:

K.C. Bascombe

Writer:

John Sullivan (writer)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

Once you believe... you're dead!

Plot:

Twelve year old Ryan Billings has been diagnosed with an acute fear of the dark. He spends each night lying awake in torment...

Plot Keywords:

Fear | Fear Of The Dark | Darkness | Dog | Blow Torch

Cast

Kevin Zegers	...	Dale Billings
Jesse James	...	Ryan Billings
Rachel Skarsten	...	Heather Fontaine
Charles Edwin Powell	...	Eric Billings (as Charles Powell)
Linda Purl	...	Sandy Bilings
Daniel Rindress-Kay	...	Taylor
Derrick Damon Reeve	...	Figure Pulling Young Ryan / Cloaked Tall Figure #1
Charles-Etienne Burelle	...	Young Ryan

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some terror.

Runtime:

86 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Finland:K-15 | Germany:16 | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Montréal, Québec, Canada

Company:

Constellation Entertainment

Goofs:

Continuity: In the beginning when the parents leave the house, they are wearing a tuxedo and a nice dress. When they arrive back home, they are wearing other, ordinary, clothes.

Quotes:

[repeated line]
Dale Billings: There's nothing there in the dark that's not there in the light.

Movie Connections:

References When a Stranger Calls (1979)

Soundtrack:

Fear of the Dark

Maybe terrifying to tots....

Hey now, this is a waste. Oops, it's PG-13, not usually a good sign when it comes to horror movies, but while it has a somewhat promising start including yodelling 60's twangy-geetar music, it drifts off into dumbness in no time flat. A 12 year old kid has a fear of the dark, all spurred by his experience in the basement when he was a kid. Something grabbed him. Anyway, there ARE things in the dark that come and go, and the effects are somewhat decent, but the result is flat and probably would not scare a 10-year old. So I guess what this amounts to is a horror movie that is not aimed at the adult audience. Hmm. Anyway, if your kids have been bad, make them watch this, they'll be good for a long time, as in, PLEASE DON'T MAKE ME WATCH THAT AGAIN. Not very interesting. Makes Darkness Falls seem like a good movie.