Well, if I watch a movie, then no-matter what genre it belongs to I expect it to have a point. This is the main reason why I think that most of the recent horror-movies are not good or even decent horror movies, rather they can only be described as pornography, in other words - created soul'ly to only give you a scare and nothing more (as porno-graphical movies in the more common understanding are created to only project sexual intercourse rather than erotica or sexual innuendo). Well, I think that a horror-movie should definitely still be a movie first and scary secondly.
As far as ''The Dark'' is concerned, it seems that the trend to purposely over-exaggerate everything scary and completely abandon a decent plot is (thank god) slowly starting to descend. Yes there still are a bit too many scary moments that are built on thin air and the movie does start to drag a little at the end, but there is a solid plot, a mythological reference to back up the ongoing happenings thus enforcing the psychological effect of horror to the viewer (I always rate horror-movies by their ability to personally affect the viewer) and it's made by Hollywood which means it's really beautifully crafted all the way through.
So, if you crave to put your mind to it rather than leave all the scary parts for your reflexes to handle, give 'The Dark' a try. It's not Hitchcock but beats the hell out of Grudge 2 as far as a fellow Homo S a p i e n s is concerned.
7/10
As far as ''The Dark'' is concerned, it seems that the trend to purposely over-exaggerate everything scary and completely abandon a decent plot is (thank god) slowly starting to descend. Yes there still are a bit too many scary moments that are built on thin air and the movie does start to drag a little at the end, but there is a solid plot, a mythological reference to back up the ongoing happenings thus enforcing the psychological effect of horror to the viewer (I always rate horror-movies by their ability to personally affect the viewer) and it's made by Hollywood which means it's really beautifully crafted all the way through.
So, if you crave to put your mind to it rather than leave all the scary parts for your reflexes to handle, give 'The Dark' a try. It's not Hitchcock but beats the hell out of Grudge 2 as far as a fellow Homo S a p i e n s is concerned.
7/10
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