DARKNESS FALLS (2003) An evil tooth fairy who kills if you glimpse her face should have been good for some cheap thrills, yet this lurchingly plotted movie is…
Video Review

DARKNESS FALLS (2003)

MPAA Rating: PG-13
Reviewed by Michael Sauter | Apr 25, 2003
EW's GRADE
D+

Details Release Date: Apr 22, 2003; Movie Rated: PG-13; Genre: Horror; With: Emma Caulfield and Chaney Kley; Distributor: Columbia Pictures

An evil tooth fairy who kills if you glimpse her face should have been good for some cheap thrills, yet this lurchingly plotted movie is so atmospherically underlit it leaves you literally in the dark, squinting to see characters so thinly drawn they'd be hard to spot under klieg lights. The only flicker comes from Caulfield. Brilliant on TV as Buffy's ditsy ex-demon Anya, here she must make do with a few wanly ironic quips. Where's the Scooby gang when we really need them?

Originally posted Apr 25, 2003 Published in issue #706-707 Apr 25, 2003 Order article reprints