Dark Was the Night

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Dark Was the Night

Released Jul 24, 2015

1h 38m

Drama

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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When a logging company decimates a forest in a small town, a sheriff (Kevin Durand) and his deputy (Lukas Haas) must confront the violent and unexplainable events that follow.

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Dennis Harvey

Variety

A well-crafted horror pic that compensates (at least to a point) for its lack of original ideas with nice atmospherics and judicious restraint.

Jul 24, 2015

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Glenn Kenny

RogerEbert.com

"Dark Was The Night" is a horror movie, a creepy and atmospheric and sometimes blood-soaked horror movie, and it's got a good amount going for it.

Rated: 3/4

Jul 24, 2015

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Martin Tsai

Los Angeles Times

It's quite obvious the filmmakers didn't put a lot of thought into it and went straight for the cheapest thrills.

Jul 23, 2015

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Abbie Bernstein

Assignment X

Dark Was The Night feels like a horror offering from the era when the genre was expected to consist of real movies that also contained scares, rather than cynical, self-referential processed product. This Dark delivers.

Rated: B+

Dec 14, 2018

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Molly Henery

The Blogging Banshee

In general, the acting was excellent (especially Durand). I also loved that they took a creative, original story line and turned it into an exceptionally creepy film.

Rated: 7.5/10

Nov 2, 2018

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

An atmospheric creature fright film competently directed by Jack Heller.

Rated: B-

May 21, 2016

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Ted B

Three stars; a pretty good creature feature. We weren't allowed to see the creature until three-quarters of the movie was over. That built up the suspense, but it made the rest of the plot somewhat boring. The movie was about twenty minutes too long. However, it is the kind of movie that's fun to watch with the lights off late at night.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

04/03/25

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Jonah K

It was shot in the dark: probably to hide the movie. An-hour into this 1hr 30 mins film we get to see a blurry photo of the "whatever it is," but the photo's even blurrier than the well-known blurry Bigfoot photo, otherwise, it's Durand slowly walking around crying or sulking😒 Wish I hadn't have opened my popcorn😏

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/22/25

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Calvin T

Nothing was bad......really...Nothing at all ✌🏾

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/22/25

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Justin B

What a disappointment. I can enjoy a moody slow burn creature feature all night long, but this was a tragically boring mess with absolutely no payoff. Predator did it right with the perfect balance of mystery and answers, alongside well-timed creature snippets that offered just enough to keep you going until the epic reveal. This kept building and building, with nothing to go on but a few shots of some scary feet, until the creature finally makes itself known in a fantastically underwhelming final act that was entirely toothless. When you do finally lay eyes on the monster, it's just a dumb, mushy CGI cluster foible that utterly dissatisfies. The acting was decent despite a terrible script, and all its tension building fell flat and went nowhere. I'm shocked that any critic or monster movie fan would think this was anything other than a complete disaster.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/04/25

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C.A. W

I’ve seen 100’s of creature features and I still highly rate this because although the characters storylines were familiar it was still very well acted and moved at a good pace. Also for creature features the creature has to be rated and for 2025.. ok not that horrific but for 2015 a pretty good monster who stands the test of time. I gave it 5 stars because you won’t be bored.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/31/24

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Josie C

Good movie. Suspenseful, good acting. Have watched it several times. Did not miss the usual violence and blood in sci-fi.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

12/02/24

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Synopsis

When a logging company decimates a forest in a small town, a sheriff (Kevin Durand) and his deputy (Lukas Haas) must confront the violent and unexplainable events that follow.

Director: Jack Heller
Producer: Joey Carey, Jack Heller, Dylan K. Narang, Stefan Nowicki, Dallas Sonnier, Morgan White
Screenwriter: Tyler Hisel
Distributor: Image Entertainment
Production Co: Preferred Content, Sundial Pictures
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 24, 2015, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 1, 2016
Runtime: 1h 38m

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