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Darkness

  • 20022002
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 28m
IMDb RATING
5.4/10
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Darkness (2002)
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A teenage girl moves into a remote country house with her family, only to discover that their gloomy new home has a horrifying past that threatens to destroy the family.A teenage girl moves into a remote country house with her family, only to discover that their gloomy new home has a horrifying past that threatens to destroy the family.A teenage girl moves into a remote country house with her family, only to discover that their gloomy new home has a horrifying past that threatens to destroy the family.
IMDb RATING
5.4/10
20K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
16,420
4,816
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    • Director
      • Jaume Balagueró
    • Writers
      • Jaume Balagueró
      • Fernando de Felipe
      • Miguel Tejada-Flores(additional dialogue)
    • Stars
      • Anna Paquin
      • Lena Olin
      • Iain Glen
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Jaume Balagueró
    • Writers
      • Jaume Balagueró
      • Fernando de Felipe
      • Miguel Tejada-Flores(additional dialogue)
    • Stars
      • Anna Paquin
      • Lena Olin
      • Iain Glen
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 357User reviews
    • 107Critic reviews
    • 15Metascore
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 3 nominations

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    Anna Paquin and Stephan Enquist in Darkness (2002)
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    Anna Paquin
    Anna Paquin
    • Regina
    Lena Olin
    Lena Olin
    • Maria
    Iain Glen
    Iain Glen
    • Mark
    Giancarlo Giannini
    Giancarlo Giannini
    • Albert Rua
    Fele Martínez
    Fele Martínez
    • Carlos
    Stephan Enquist
    • Paul
    Fermí Reixach
    Fermí Reixach
    • Villalobos
    • (as Fermi Reixach)
    Francesc Pagès
    • Driver Traffic Jam
    Craig Stevenson
    Craig Stevenson
    • Electrician
    Paula Fernández
    • Girl 1
    Gemma Lozano
    • Girl 2
    Xavier Allepuz
    • Boy 1
    Joseph Roberts
    • Boy 2
    Marc Ferrando
    • Boy 3
    Josh Gaeta
    • Boy 4
    Mattew Dixon
    • Boy 5
    Carlos Castañon
    • Friend 1
    Carles Punyet
    • Friend 2
    • Director
      • Jaume Balagueró
    • Writers
      • Jaume Balagueró
      • Fernando de Felipe
      • Miguel Tejada-Flores(additional dialogue)
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Director Jaume Balagueró attempted to recruit actress Natalie Portman to play the part of Regina, which eventually went to Anna Paquin.
    • Goofs
      When Paul lines up his colored pencils, a crew member's hand can be seen with an air nozzle ready to make the pencil roll under the bed.
    • Quotes

      Paul: I don't like the dark here, it keeps eating my pencils.

    • Alternate versions
      The following scenes were cut for the US theatrical version:
      • After Maria (Lena Olin) and Regina (Anna Paquin) talk at the breakfast table about unpacking, there is extra dialogue in which Regina admits she hasn't decided if she is staying or not. Interestingly, Dimension cut all references to the family have these kind of domestic issues with the daughter.
      • Following the first scene at the swimming pool, there is a brief scene where Regina is visited by her boyfriend Carlos ('Fele Martinez') in the girls' locker room. They talk briefly about him coming over and she chastises him for sneaking into the locker room. A girl walks by in the background in a towel and no nudity is in the scene. When Mark (Iain Glen) is driving Paul (Stephan Enquist) to school, Paul asks, "Are you and Mom going to split up?" Mark responds by saying that "only families that don't get along split up."
      • After Mark arrives home from the hospital, Regina has an argument with her mom on the front porch. The US version edits a section of dialogue where the mom says, "If you don't like it here than you can just get your things together and go."
      • Following this fight, Regina visits Carlos in his apartment. She tells him about the argument while he develops photographs.
      • Following her father's row with the electrician, there is an extra scene where Regina returns to her room where Carlos is painting. He surprises her by taking a photograph (during the flash the ghost children are seen; it figures in later). She says to him, "I'm staying." When Carlos asks why, Regina tells him not to ask her and only says, "I can't leave now."
      • Regina and Carlos have additional dialogue before the scene where she tells him about her father condition at the swimming pool. She reiterates that he shouldn't ask her what is going on.
      • During Mark's second attack when he begins cutting the potatoes franticly with the knife, there are a series of flashes back to his past. After he cuts his hand, there are several close ups of the bloody hand and blood dripping onto the floor.
      • Two extra scenes appear back to back. One has Regina and Carlos in front of a computer looking up information and discovering "Ouroboros" and a website outlining some of the ritual. The other has the architect discovering the original letter with the design plans of the house while he is digging through papers. The US version cuts straight to Carlos and Regina in the library.
    • Connections
      Featured in Nightmares in Red, White and Blue: The Evolution of the American Horror Film (2009)

    User reviews357

    Review
    Top review
    5/10
    A decent movie... but frankly I was expecting more.
    Well, it is difficult for me to judge this movie. As a die-hard fan of dark moody films, like The Others, The Ring, Sixth Sense, The Blair Witch Series, The Crow, etc. I set really high standards. I expect every scene to have a meaning - if something flickers in the background it has to come forward at some time, if there is a lot of references to something then it means it has to have a deeper meaning sooner or later, etc... but, alas, this movie tried to seem to be more than it was. It's enticing, thrilling and delightfully creepy in the beginning - but later it starts to get more and more repetitive and, frankly speaking, boring. How many times can one character ask another how they got some weird bruises and not get any answer at all? How many times can weird shadows appear in dark rooms, without even trying to mean anything?

    In other words, if you're not a "horror connoisseur", and just enjoy a good scare that does not necessarily have to be a piece of art, and don't mind a banal plothole-ridden outcome, then you're going to like this movie a lot. But if you expect innovation, pieces perfectly fitting one another at the end, subtle innuendoes that converge in a final surprising climax - then, sorry, you're looking on the wrong shelf. 5/10.
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    • ailinon
    • Apr 2, 2003

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    • Release date
      • December 25, 2004 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Spain
    • Official sites
      • Miramax (United States)
      • Official Facebook
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Dark
    • Filming locations
      • Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
    • Production companies
      • Canal+ España
      • Castelao Producciones
      • Dimension Films
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $10,600,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $22,163,442
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $6,400,000
      • Dec 26, 2004
    • Gross worldwide
      • $33,988,736
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 28 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital EX
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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