Movie Review

Darkness Falls (2003)

Reviewed by Bruce Fretts | Feb 07, 2003

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EW's GRADE

D-

Details Release Date: Jan 24, 2003; Rated: PG-13; Length: 85 Minutes; Genre: Horror; With: Emma Caulfield and Chaney Kley

$OH, THE HORROR! Caulfield (with Lee Cormie) faces \'\'Darkness\'\' Darkness Falls$

OH, THE HORROR! Caulfield (with Lee Cormie) faces ''Darkness''

Darkness Falls is like something salvaged from Stephen King's wastebasket: In a sleepy Maine burg, the locals are getting killed by...the tooth fairy! (Coming soon: ''Easter Bunny -- The Revenge.'') It's up to a grown orphan (the justly little-known Chaney Kley), whose mother was slaughtered by the creature, and his childhood sweetheart (''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'''s vapid Emma Caulfield) to extract the evil force from town.

Director Jonathan Liebesman confuses scaring the audience with simply startling them. Every shock is accompanied by a loud crash -- and telegraphed by having the victim utter some quasi-ironic line like ''See, there's nothing to be afraid of.'' Oh, but there is.

Originally posted Jan 24, 2003 Published in issue #694 Feb 07, 2003 Order article reprints

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