Darkness Falls

[MLB1988]

Brian, you did a great review of the movie "DARKNESS FALLS" As you usually do!! I saw this at an advanced movie screening and I wasn't excited about it.

You know, I too wonder what happened to horror flicks now a days. I've seen so many horror films in my life that I hardly get scared at the new stuff that's out. The JASON, Friday, the 13th thing is more of a comedy then the horror now. Mad men chasing people with a machette don't work. Alien creatures don't work. Weak, formulated horror stories are boring. For Darkness Falls, it was just so. I found myself trying to look for mistakes in the movie.

When the boy told his mother that someone was in his room, the mother is gonna walk in without turning on the lights. I knew right then that she was gonna get it! Some people in the theater was jumping at that scene. Big deal. I don't go into a room during the night without turning on lights unless I'm trying not to wake anybody up.

That scene where Kyle is driving out of Darkness Falls with the lawyer, they crashed into a tree and Kyle was thrown out of the car through the windsheild was a mistake. He landed too close to the car. I guess so that he could be in the head lights. He landed on his back and didn't reappear to be hurt. There was no shards of glass on him or nothing. I didn't see much glass on the pavement. There were other things that I noticed too but I don't want to spoil it for people who really want to watch this movie.

DARKNESS FALL reminded me of NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET. Darkness Fall is another horror flick with the same old story of some monster coming back to life after being executed to get revenge on a small town. Oh, what scare!! :evil:

[Brian]

yeah...at least NIGTHMARE ON ELM STREET was orginal for it's day and age. I love NIGHTMARE to death, so anything that remotely resembles it is a rip off.

I actually got to attend the red carpet premiere 2 nights ago. It was cool because of all the stars and press there, but jesus, what a shitty flick.

I didn't except the movie to be that good in the first place, being rated PG-13 and all, but come on! This movie sucked!!!

As if you coudln't tell, it sent me into a violent rage about the state of horror today! GIVE ME A GOOD HORRO FLICK! George Romero.....PLEASE make a 4th ZOMBIE FLICK SOON!!!!!

[MLB1988]

That is neat, Brian, that you got to go to the red carpet premiere!! Did all of the stars show up? Did you notice some mistakes as I did?

I have little hope of seeing a good horror film in future. I just don't know. I think the last good one (or close to good) I've seen of late was "GHOST SHIP" My sister saw this flick and thought that it was good. It's rare that she finds any horror flicks these days "Good". She loves a really good horror flick like you and me. It is very rare! We like "13 GHOST" when it came out on DVD. In the theater, it didn't have the story of the Ghosts" It left me asking questions about the ghosts and how they became ghosts. We had to wait til the DVD come out to see the story of the 13 ghosts. I think the story of the ghosts scared me more than the whole movie did.

I think that today's horror films are for today's teens who havn't seen enough horror films of the '70's and '80's. CGIs wasn't used back then. :evil:

[TeresaDNHB]

Saw that last night with Ed, that was Xander's demon girlfriend (Emma Caulfield) on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, she didn't do bad....they didn't give her much of an acting part!

[Anonymous]

Darkness Falls was a pretty awesome movie. At the end of the movie, while the credits were showing, there was a song that was playing. This particular song really caught my attention, but I didn't get to see the title or the artist of the song during the credits because it flashed by too quick. All I remember seeing was "Devil's Choir" or was it "Demon's Choir" or something like that or maybe I'm even way off. It sounded like a really cool Industrial/Metal type of song with a cool sounding female doing the vocals. If anyone knows the name of the song or the artist, I'd greatly appreciate it if you could tell me! thanks

[MLB1988]

When she had a close up, you can see her nose moving when she talked. Did anyone notice that?

[Brian]

hahaha.....no, but that's great that you did.

[carl]

That is neat, Brian, that you got to go to the red carpet premiere!! Did all of the stars show up? Did you notice some mistakes as I did?

I have little hope of seeing a good horror film in future. I just don't know. I think the last good one (or close to good) I've seen of late was "GHOST SHIP" My sister saw this flick and thought that it was good. It's rare that she finds any horror flicks these days "Good". She loves a really good horror flick like you and me. It is very rare! We like "13 GHOST" when it came out on DVD. In the theater, it didn't have the story of the Ghosts" It left me asking questions about the ghosts and how they became ghosts. We had to wait til the DVD come out to see the story of the 13 ghosts. I think the story of the ghosts scared me more than the whole movie did.

I think that today's horror films are for today's teens who havn't seen enough horror films of the '70's and '80's. CGIs wasn't used back then. :evil:

I would imagine it to be pretty difficult to pick faults with the director, cast, and everyone involved in the movie, in the room. There'd be a riot.

BTW I prefer my horror to be tense rather than gory. Give me Alien over Zombie Lesh Eaters any day.

I find films like They and Mimic to be scarier than any of the Romario films that I've seen.

Still as long as it's disturbing I'm OK with some gore, like The Thing.

[Brian]

Gore, Creep, or Thrill...it's all about the "disturb factor"!

[Mikey-Son]

Darkness Falls was a pretty awesome movie.
nooo.. :roll: 8O

[bkp_thering]

just so u guys no... darkness falls sucked cuz it was way 2 predictable. i mean my friends and i actually said wat would happen before it did. like the lighthouse...and wen the nurses die.... (THAT WAS THE FUNNIEST PART)