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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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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Ari B

I really enjoyed this movie, it was something familiar but also different. The ending though 😂 oh the ending. Not at all what I expected.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/27/24

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Regina P

I think it started off great... and then it just slowed down and ended up with a disappointing ending. I don't mind slowing down before the climax; it's supposed to be that way, actually. But this just ruined the momentum altogether instead of building anticipation and revving me up for the finale. I don't know how I expected it to end, but this was a whimper.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

06/05/24

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Audience Member

It was a well done movie. Kevin Durand is a fantastic actor and did a great job. Love the story line based off a “true story”/phenomenon that happened in the late 1800s

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

05/20/24

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Cari L

It was really good. The writing was well done along with the cast and acting. The atmosphere was perfect for a creature feature film in a remote setting. The downfall of the movie, however, comes to the creature reveal and the last 5-10 seconds of the film. The creature doesn't make biological sense and just looks like they couldn't figure out what they wanted to model it after, so they just decided to mush everything together and decided that that was good enough. Additionally, they really cemented their lack of biological awareness in that they made the creature not the only one. For it to be an undiscovered animal that is moving into developed land, a creature that large would have been few and far between, and would not travel in a pack-like formation, descending on the church in a large force. If it were a pair or a trio of these creatures, it would make more sense. Additionally, an animal that they framed to be THIS territorial (alongside the context provided in the film) would be unlikely to travel with other members of its kind due to the competition of resources. Other than those issues, I liked the rest of it.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/21/24

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Martine S

I loved this film. People are always too quick to judge films like this when they first come out, but seeing it now in 2023 its excellent. far better then the movies we get now.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/01/24

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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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