E! OnlineKatie Holmes must protect a young girl from hordes of dead-eyed weirdos who insist they both join them in eternal darkness.
Salon ArtsA Guillermo del Toro-produced horror remake improves on (and screws up) the Freudian chills of the original.
The Philadelphia InquirerJoltingly graphic and atmospheric (Nixey and his crew at least know how to set up a few good shocks), Don't Be Afraid of the...
Los Angeles TimesI do hope that "Don't" doesn't do Nixey in, as he has a real knack for staging high anxiety. For Del Toro, the question is, ...
Rolling StoneThe film never takes hold emotionally, despite strong work from Holmes and young Madison. With Del Toro's name in the credit...
Richard Roeper"Don't Be Afraid of the Dark," expands upon the creepy and effective TV movie from 1973.
USA TodayDon't worry about fearing darkness, but beware horror flicks that trot out every hoary cliché.
The New York TimesWhat they're after is clear from the film's gruesome prologue; what they look like is withheld until long after we have ceas...
Wall Street JournalMr. Nixey is doing an Alfred Hitchcock homage within a movie lacking anything as subversive, or skilled, as Hitchcock.
ReelViewsDon't Be Afraid of the Dark, a re-make of the 1973 made-for-TV movie of the same name, is a haunted house movie whose succes...
Entertainment WeeklyOf course, it's the kind of cheesy acting you can forgive when a horror film delivers, but Don't Be Afraid of the Dark grows...
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Partial Film Information
Director: Troy Nixey
Writer: Matthew Robbins
Studio: Miramax Films
Cast: Katie Holmes, Guy Pearce, Bailee Madison
Release: January 21, 2011
Writer: Matthew Robbins
Studio: Miramax Films
Cast: Katie Holmes, Guy Pearce, Bailee Madison
Release: January 21, 2011
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