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Director:
K.C. Bascombe
Writer:
John Sullivan (writer)
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Genre:
Horror more
Tagline:
Once you believe... you're dead! more
Plot:
Twelve year old Ryan Billings has been diagnosed with an acute fear of the dark. He spends each night lying awake in torment... more | add synopsis
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Dench's Fear Of The Dark Kept Her Out Of Movies
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Maybe terrifying to tots.... more

Cast

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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
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for some terror.
Runtime:
86 min
Country:
Canada
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.78 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Filming Locations:
Montréal, Québec, Canada

Fun Stuff

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. more
Quotes:
[repeated line]
Dale Billings: There's nothing there in the dark that's not there in the light.
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Movie Connections:
References When a Stranger Calls (1979) more
Soundtrack:
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8 out of 14 people found the following comment useful:-
Maybe terrifying to tots...., 15 May 2004
Author: TheatreX from Louisville, KY

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.

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