Darkness Falls

In the spirit of Halloween, the gang decided we wanted to watch a scary movie. This is difficult for Mormon kids because we don't watch rated R movies, which limits us substantially. After that, the options are either cheesy, old, or already watched. So walking around Blockbuster, we were getting very discouraged, when finally our craving changed from scary to mocking. I present our selection to you: Darkness Falls. (Just wanted to point out, on the cover, it says: 'An eye for an eye. Your life for a tooth.')


Ok, so the premise of the movie: The toothfairy kills you if you see her, but she can't go into the light. One kid escapes the city after his mother is murdered and comes back as an adult to help his childhood love's little brother and to face his demon. I loved this movie. It was terrible, but I loved it. It had completely quotable terrible dialogue, set itself up periodically for hilarious comments, had some odd effects, and pretty good for such a terrible script acting. The whole toothfairy thing is not that important to the plot, but the fact that she can't go into the light is. I'll admit there were a couple parts where I jumped, but I'm pretty bad when it comes to that sort of thing. The movie was not at all scary, not at all believable, can't take it seriously pure fun. It was released in 2003 and directed by Jonathan Liebesman. Additionally, we looked it up after and discovered that it was based on a short, which is equally entertaining and begs the question, 'Who on earth thought it would be a good idea to make this into a full-length movie?'



As an amazingly entertaining side note: This movie caught my eye at Blockbuster and I could not stop laughing, just from the cover. Though I couldn't find a picture of the same cover online, you're in luck, because I took a picture. Yes, that is the kid from Harry Potter. I didn't rent it, but just use your imagination. The possibilities are ridiculous.