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The Darkness
2022
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The Darkness
Positive Reviews
2
Negative reviews
23
Average Rating
1.6
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1.5
This is a production that refuses to go big, yet still ends up going home the strangest of all cinematic fates.No character is worth investing in.
We Got This Covered
1.5
In the end, the characters marital discord drains the tension thats otherwise needed to generate scares in a film woefully lacking in true fright. (
Austin Chronicle
1.5
Its supremely silly stuff, relegating The Darkness to the shadows of horror film hell.
Austin Chronicle
1.3
Most bad horror films offer viewers long stretches of screen time where nothing much happens, which are then occasionally punctuated by brief moments ..
Rogerebert
4.2
It is entirely about being vaguely creepy and so busy pushing its evil forces at work plot that it cant get bogged down in specifics or worry about pe ..
IGN
0.0
Its a meandering and derivative affair that ultimately amounts to soul less imitation of countless other films in the genre.
The Young Folks
2.0
Do you ever get that feeling when you return home from vacation and have no idea what you might find there
Ny Daily News
0.5
In sum, this is the sort of schlocky mess that gives horror movies a bad name.
One Guys Opinion
1.9
Director Greg Mclean did the primal Aussie horror pic Wolf Creek and its sequel.
Rogers Movie Nation
1.5
Theres barely any room for frights in this dismal, uneventful chiller, but McLean isnt going down without a fight.
Blu Ray
1.5
Thats the jumping off point for The Darkness, another in a long line of derivative horror flicks where telegraphed jump scenes outweigh true frights, ..
Screen It
2.0
When you find yourself yearning for the thorough world building of the Insidious franchise, you know you are in trouble.All the parts where something ..
The Guardian
2.0
Oddly, this well cast horror movie is more interesting for its family drama than for its scares.
Common Sense Media
1.3
Contrary to what many believe, fictional characters dont have to be likeable to command a narrative, but they do have to be interesting, and their str ..
Slant Magazine
2.0
We get Radha Mitchell, surrounded by Pottery Barn furnishings and moping, and Kevin Bacon conducting a valiant effort to keep himself from falling asl ..
Pajiba
2.0
The storys pacing is slack and choppy, spending most of its first hour moving from one bizarre incident to the next with no sense of where all the may ..
Los Angeles Times
2.0
Its all outrageously silly, hammered home by the ear blasting shrieks and stingers on the soundtrack.
Variety
1.9
The eventual transformation of The Darkness into a tedious genre exercise is particularly disappointing given its strong opening, as filmmaker Greg Mc ..
Reel Film
1.9
Instead, The Darkness gives us a drawn out rehash of the demon in the house formula, dragging out 45 minutes worth of plot into an hour and a half of ..
Deseret News
2.5
Even the youngest of horror fans has seen a lot of these movies by now, and you can probably guess where this one is going long before it gets there.
Ner Dist
0.0
This is a film that is mostly exposition.Repetitive exposition at that.
Killer Movie Reviews
3.5
This is a boring, by the numbers horror film that is never even for one second scary.
Lainey Gossip
1.5
Make it interesting for both new audiences and ones who know better.The Darkness is truly lame.
Movie Chambers
1.0
Among all of its lame elements, its depiction of autism is upsettingly bizarre.
Chesapeake Family
2.5
The supernatural thriller features great actors who all deliver strong performances, a story and mythology I thought was rather interesting, and some ..
Daily Dead
1.0
The Darkness is a punishing slog made up of every bad horror cliche of the last 20 years, and this reviewer implores you not to see it.
All Movie
2.5
The only way it works is if youve never seen a Template movie before, but thats not likely.
City Weekly
1.9
The Darkness is a mostly lame, decidedly tame supernatural horror movie starring actors far better than the project at hand.
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