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Review of Darkness

This is going to be a short review because I didn’t take any notes and there really weren't any "best lines". I like Anna Paquin as Rogue and I wanted to see something else with her in it. She does a pretty good job in a film that is a cross between The Shining, The Haunting and The Grudge with a little touch of The Others thrown in for good measure.

Story- A family moves into a new house and the house is kind of haunted. That is an extremely simplified description. There are some twists and turns that I saw about 2 seconds before they were revealed, and a few really good ones that I didn't. I liked this film and think it is worth at least a rental or picking up a used copy.

Casting - The only name I recognized in the credits was Anna Paquin, but once you start watching the movie there are a few familiar faces. The bad guy from the first Tomb Raider plays her dad. The police inspector from Hannibal (The one who got hung and gutted) plays her grandfather.

A lot of throwback camera work is used in this movie. Things like hand-held and shaking the camera like an earthquake. Even though I don't care for the whole NYPD Blue style, (Damn them!) it works. In the special features the director said he wanted as many of the effects as possible to be done in camera. The only thing some people won't like is the ending. Now I'm not going to spoil the end for you but most movies can not pull off endings like this. You either like it or you don't.

Ok, a bit longer than intended. I enjoyed it, Judi enjoyed it. And it was definitely better than Boogeyman. Stupid movie there. Anyways I'd recommend it. Darkness that is, not Boogeyman.

Till the next one,

Mitch

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