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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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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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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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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