Flyerplesys Perfectly adorable

2hotFeature one of my absolute favorites!

BoardChiri Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

Mandeep Tyson The acting in this movie is really good.

Dave_douell Whether the monsters were real or not doesn't matter. Their daughter was obviously terrified to remain in the house. Either leave the house or send the poor little girl back to her moms. But no, let's make sure she is psychologically scarred permanently! Overall it was a cute movie. More of a family movie, at least for older kids, than it is a horror movie. The creatures just aren't that scary. Looks like you could kick them across the room or twist their little necks!! Very similar to other movies but worth the watch. The little girl was very impressive with her acting, better than a lot of adults!

sjalkarjadottir I admit, it is a problem having a video night and watching one poor movie after another .. you almost expect the worst.However, this movie is bad. It is not at all suspenseful, it has quite terrible acting (which is a surprise considering the actors are by no means B-actors), bad, bad CGI .. and most prominently .. a really bad story!At its core, it is a redemption patchwork family movie .. with creatures. Sadly though, the family drama never exceeds "tele-novela" drama quality .. and the creatures themselves are about as scary as muppets. At no point the threat of those creatures feels serious in any way. They only thing they do benefit from is the clumsiness of the protagonists (the usual problem of protagonists being unable to run a straight line without falling to the ground, or fumble a key ... or make it from a room normal sized living room in less than 5 minutes.Stay away from this movie, it is terrible .. and sadly not "so bad, its good"...

Scott LeBrun A little girl named Sally (Bailee Madison) is sent to live with her dad Alex (Guy Pearce) and his new girlfriend Kim (Katie Holmes) in Rhode Island. Alex & Kim are in the process of restoring the lavish country estate that they live in. As fate would have it, a basement room long kept hidden reveals a secret: very diminutive creatures - scores of them - reside in the place and are always demanding to be fed. Sally discovers their existence, and is initially intrigued, but the intrigue turns to terror soon enough.Remaking the memorable 1973 TV movie of the same name was a long time pet project for co-writer / co-producer Guillermo Del Toro. The bigger budget and production values result in a movie that is able to offer some decent, if drab, visuals. (There's not a big color palate in this film.) Filmed on location in Australia, this version of 'Don't Be Afraid of the Dark' has some moderately engaging horror moments, although it's not without its problems. For one thing, Dad is fairly infuriating, and it's Kim (likely named after original TV movie star Kim Darby) that forges the bigger bond with the little girl. Some genre fans may be pleased to note that Del Toro and Troy Nixey, the director whom Del Toro selected for this show, focus a lot on atmosphere. That's not to say, however, that this isn't without its bloody and violent portions. The creatures are quite amusingly designed, but after a while one realizes that they're seeing them far too much. And that's one thing that the '73 version had going for it: more subtlety.Holmes is actually rather appealing as the young woman who hopes to connect with this child. Pearce is good, but like this viewer said, his character doesn't come off all that well. It's young Madison that provides the heart for this picture; you really do feel for this kid. Aussie icon Jack Thompson is delightful as Harris, the caretaker on the premises who is soon revealed to know more than he lets on. You kind of wish he had more to do.After a promising start, this soon becomes rather trite stuff, but it's slickly made and adequately paced, and in the end is faithful to its source material.Six out of 10.

Jamie Willis I'm 12 years old and whilst I did hyperventilate during some of the scenes from paranoia it did have some major flaws. I simply don't understand how after the groundskeeper all oats gets killed, Bailee almost gets killed and Kim finding vital information that the Dad did not move out. I found myself hating him in the end. I believe they could've made this movie better if they gave the characters a more realistic approach to dealing with things. (Another example is when the child keeps talking, looking at and following the creatures. Any normal child would scream and run away.) I believe the actors/actresses were great it's just that the movie fell short and missed that needed realism.