Darkness Falls

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Gabriel S Darkness Falls is one of those movies that had potential to be much more, but falls flat within its own simplicity. With only 86 minutes of runtime, the storyline could not develop itself into a much interesting story than what it is, in the end leaving us with something shallow and uneffective. The story starts with a tone-setting scene showing how Kyle fended off the horror of Darkness Falls: a jumpscary b**** of a Tooth Fairy. Lot of years later, and Kyle gets a call from his long lost childhood love asking for help because her little brother is sort of behaving the same way Kyle did back then before his encounter with Miss Tooth. The whole storyline takes place in this one fatidic day. Kyle is reluctant because he himself hasn’t overcome his fears, but he also is empathetic towards Caitlin's little brother Michael for obvious reasons — he still loves Caitlin. Plot-wise, the story unfolds alright, but there are a lot of holes in it. For starters, the title of the film suggests screenwriters and director had something bigger in mind but had to cut shorter significantly. Dialogues hint at the backstory, how the town of Darkness Falls suffers years and years with the terror of the Tooth Fairy, the disappearances of kids, people being sort of bound to the place one way or another. Yet, we get none of that in the story. (And, well, Darkness Falls is such a cliché name for a tormented town, but, then again, we have our Sleepy Hollow and Silent Hill…) Now, Kyle (Chaney Kley — Andrew Garfield lookalike) is OK as the main character, but he, and pretty much everyone else, is a plank. This is probably due to misdirection or a lack of caring for the shallow script. And the character design for the Tooth Fairy is hilarious. Some of the kills are so funny that I could not help but laugh. That and the fact that this b---- is always jumpscarying us on every scene she is in — not for the faint of heart. Overall, Darkness Falls is a lackluster, trying hard to be solid without success. It lacks density and depth, it lacks character development and better acting, it lacks a good conclusion and closure. Can't recommend. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 07/23/25 Full Review Dahiana M Por momentos me resulto entretenida, aún así no fue una película fascinante. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 07/20/25 Full Review Tonya K Love this movie. I thought a movie about an evil tooth fairy was an interesting and creative thing to do for a horror film Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/14/25 Full Review Justin T It is a really cool concept for the story. Shame that the cast are so forgettable. It’s beautifully shot, especially for a film of this time. Really beautifully made film. And it sounds good too. There’s a really cool stunt where they crash a car into a tree, in fact there are lots of great sequences. This is one of the best Hollywood horrors from this time. It does lose its energy and interest in the middle, it could have done with more layers, but then it really picks up in the final act. Some of the extras don’t react to extreme situations like when the guy is violently arrested and the doctor just stands there. Overall I really enjoyed it, shame the casting wasn’t better. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 05/07/25 Full Review Luis Otavio F Darkness Falls lacks scares and good tense moments, a poor script that insists on saying the phrase "Stay in the light" basically the entire film, could have more shine. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 04/18/25 Full Review James B Darkness falls has a good premise and puts an interesting twist on the tooth fairy but it's quite slow and some things don't make sense. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/06/25 Full Review Read all reviews

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