While it's pleasantly atmospheric and initially quite scary, Don't Be Afraid of the Dark ultimately fails to deliver the skin-crawling chills of the original.
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Troy Nixey
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Movie Info
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Director -
Troy Nixey -
Producer -
Mark Johnson , Guillermo del Toro -
Screenwriter -
Guillermo del Toro , Matthew Robbins -
Distributor -
FilmDistrict -
Production Co -
Necropia , Gran Via -
Rating -
R (Violence|Terror) -
Genre -
Fantasy , Horror , Mystery & Thriller -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Aug 26, 2011, Wide -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Mar 8, 2012 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$24.0M -
Runtime -
1h 39m