Dark Circles (2013)

Alex and Penny are sick of the hectic city life and decide a move out to the country to raise their newborn child. But they don't expect the horrors threatening their relationship and family.

Director:

Paul Soter

Writer:

Paul Soter

Stars:

Brett Beoubay, Jamie Bernstein, Ashley Braud

Cast

Credited cast:
Brett Beoubay	...	EMT
Jamie Bernstein	...	Himself - Musician
Ashley Braud	...	Reporter (voice)
Philippe Brenninkmeyer	...	Michael
Rebecca Collins	...	Bar patron
Jenn Foreman	...	Nancy (as Jennifer Foreman)
Andrea Frankle	...	Johanna
Anthony Michael Frederick	...	Mover
Derrick Freeman	...	Frontman
Pell James	...	Penny
Arabella Landrum	...	Tanner
Ever Eloise Landrum	...	Tanner
Grace LaRocca	...	Bar Patron
Michael Patrick Rogers	...	Construction Worker (as Michael Rogers)
Johnathon Schaech	...	Alex

Storyline

Haunted house film about a pair of sleep deprived parents who begin to experience disturbing visions after moving from the city to a country estate. Alex and Penny have just become parents of a baby boy when they decide that the city is no place to raise a child. Relocating to a farmhouse, the couple finds their relationship deteriorating due to the demands of caring for a newborn, including a lack of sleep. When Alex and Penny begin seeing a mysterious woman around the house, they at first dismiss the sightings as hallucinations brought on by sleep deprivation. But as the visions appear more often, the parents are forced to consider that evils are at work in their home. By the time the truth about their new home is revealed, their tenuous grip on sanity has already begun to slip.

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Plot Keywords:

haunted house | after dark | ghost | haunting | specter | 

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Genres:

Horror

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence and bloody images

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 May 2013 (USA)

Also Known As:

Círculos siniestros

Filming Locations:

Louisiana, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

After Dark Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The movie the babysitter is watching is another Afterdark Horrorfest movie, Perkins' 14.

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Soundtracks

War Torn Town
Written and Performed by Kristin Diable

User Reviews

Dull, cookie-cutter haunted house flick

DARK CIRCLES is yet another grim slice of ghostly horror, made by schlock purveyors After Dark films. This is a cookie-cutter production that looks and feels like at least two dozen other similar haunted house movies made in the last five years. You know the story by now: a young couple (with a baby in tow) are living in a creepy, run-down old building, where the wife is assailed by horrible visions and nightmares. Is it all in her mind or is the house really haunted?

All of these films look grim with dull, washed-out colours and shadows lurking in every corner. The characters are subdued and depressed for the most part, and that transfers across to the viewer. The silly jump scares are too obvious to really work, and when it comes that twist ending is just dumb. I miss the old days of true ghost films like THE HAUNTING or THE INNOCENTS, with their strong writing and vivid characters...