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Darkness falls
'Darkness Falls'
Bumping and bites
There's a good reason to be afraid of the dark if you live in Darkness Falls and have just lost your last baby tooth: the tooth fairy there is a murderer with a particular proclivity for children of this description.
More than a century ago the tooth fairy, a kindly old lady named Matilda Dixon, was the victim of a particularly brutal instance of mob psychology; her ghost has been out for revenge ever since.
Kyle Walsh (played as a kid by Joshua Anderson), the intended victim at the beginning of the film, manages to outwit the monster by staying in the light. Unfortunately, his mother does not fare so well; she is killed and Kyle sent off to live with a foster family in Nevada.
A dozen years later he's back (now played by Chaney Kley), summoned by his grown-up grammar school squeeze Caitlin (Emma Caulfield), whose little brother Michael (Lee Cormie) is being pursued by the monster.
This is a standard good-vs.-evil plot with the usual conventions -- lights that go out, chase scenes up and down stairs, the obligatory failing elevator. Written by Marvel Comics "X-Men" stalwart Joe Harris (along with Joe Fasano and James Vanderbilt), it plays rather like a comic book. Nothing seems real, nothing surprising; it just bumps along in the dark to its preordained conclusion.
The major characters are good enough, but the real star is the tooth fairy, designed and created by master creature maker Stan Winston ("Aliens," "Edward Scissorhands," "Jurassic Park") and requiring six puppeteers to bring to life.
"Darkness Falls," directed by Jonathan Liebesman, is standard fare. There's no particular reason to see it unless you're a dyed-in-the-wool fan of weird (and loud) noises, things not quite seen and obvious plots.
— Jean Lowerison
Technical Specs
Camera: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi
Exposure: 45 sec (45)
Aperture: f/3.5
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Bias: 0/3 EV
Flash: Flash did not fire
Darkness falls
'Darkness Falls'
Bumping and bites
There's a good reason to be afraid of the dark if you live in Darkness Falls and have just lost your last baby tooth: the tooth fairy there is a murderer with a particular proclivity for children of this description.
More than a century ago the tooth fairy, a kindly old lady named Matilda Dixon, was the victim of a particularly brutal instance of mob psychology; her ghost has been out for revenge ever since.
Kyle Walsh (played as a kid by Joshua Anderson), the intended victim at the beginning of the film, manages to outwit the monster by staying in the light. Unfortunately, his mother does not fare so well; she is killed and Kyle sent off to live with a foster family in Nevada.
A dozen years later he's back (now played by Chaney Kley), summoned by his grown-up grammar school squeeze Caitlin (Emma Caulfield), whose little brother Michael (Lee Cormie) is being pursued by the monster.
This is a standard good-vs.-evil plot with the usual conventions -- lights that go out, chase scenes up and down stairs, the obligatory failing elevator. Written by Marvel Comics "X-Men" stalwart Joe Harris (along with Joe Fasano and James Vanderbilt), it plays rather like a comic book. Nothing seems real, nothing surprising; it just bumps along in the dark to its preordained conclusion.
The major characters are good enough, but the real star is the tooth fairy, designed and created by master creature maker Stan Winston ("Aliens," "Edward Scissorhands," "Jurassic Park") and requiring six puppeteers to bring to life.
"Darkness Falls," directed by Jonathan Liebesman, is standard fare. There's no particular reason to see it unless you're a dyed-in-the-wool fan of weird (and loud) noises, things not quite seen and obvious plots.
— Jean Lowerison
Technical Specs
Camera: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi
Exposure: 45 sec (45)
Aperture: f/3.5
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Bias: 0/3 EV
Flash: Flash did not fire