A young girl sent to live with her father and his new girlfriend discovers creatures in her new home who want to claim her as one of their own.
| Genre | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller |
| Language | English |
| Production | FilmDistrict, Gran Via Productions, Miramax |
| Keywords | bathtub, Creature, monster, old house, remake |
| Budget | $25,000,000 |
Oh, this is the stuff...
Friday, June 12, 2020 Oh, this is the stuff. How I’ve missed great horror. American studios have, by and large, ignored producing truly great horror over mindless pablum like Final Destination 6, or Saw 23, or Nostalgic Horror Film Remake 117. Slashers, gore-fests, dead teenager movies and all the other imagination-barren dreck neglect that incredible power a great horror film can wield over its viewer: namely, that it’s the only genre that can truly encompass every emotion, running the audience through the gamut so thoroughly that they’re exhausted and fully satisfied at the end. Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark is a great horror film. I’d also rank it up there with the great fantasy films; dark fantasy, to be sure, as dark as it gets, but fantasy all the same. It’s a faery tale, with the a-e spelling, replete with faeries, an evil stepmother, a princess and a castle. Oh, and what a castle...
