Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark Reviews

Even if this movie doesn’t really have a stellar reputation, since it was written by Guillermo del Toro, I thought I might still check it out. Well, even though del Toro has a solid track-record as a director, even as a producer, this movie is easily the weakest thing he has delivered so far. To start with, the title was not bad but it had actually nothing to do with the story but it wasn’t a big deal. A bigger issue was that the story was just so generic and, to be honest, quite boring. I mean, the house and these weird creatures did look nice but, by now, I have seen my share of haunted houses features and this movie definitely didn’t add anything really interesting or entertaining to the genre. Another issue was that Bailee Madison was actually pretty weak but I have to admit that she wasn’t helped by the fact that none of the characters were properly developed whatsoever. I was also bothered by some major non-sense displayed in this movie. For example, how did these creatures end up in this basement? What was Harris’s agenda in all this? Did it really make sense to sell this house after discovering that there were some weird creatures festering in the basement? Anyway, eventually, considering all the seemingly talented people involved in this project, I felt mostly bad for Katie Holmes. Indeed, ever since her career had been derailed by her failed marriage with Tom Cruise, her career never really recovered and this weak horror flick was probably one of the highest profile gigs she managed to get during the last 15 years and I think it is rather sad as she always seemed to have some potential. Anyway, to conclude, even if the damned thing was not a complete waste of time, it wasn’t far from it though and I don’t think it is really worth a look.