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Anna Paquin (Actor), Lena Olin (Actor), Jaume Balagueró (Director) Rated: Suitable for 15 years and over Format: DVD
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  • Actors: Anna Paquin, Lena Olin, Iain Glen, Giancarlo Giannini, Fele Martinez
  • Directors: Jaume Balagueró
  • Producers: Julio Fernández, Brian Yuzna
  • Format: PAL
  • Language: English
  • Subtitles: English
  • Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired: English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 2.35:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Disney
  • DVD Release Date: 18 July 2005
  • Run Time: 85 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0009M9F2I
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 76,407 in DVD & Blu-ray (See Top 100 in DVD & Blu-ray)

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Horror directed by Jaume Balaguero that follows father and husband Mark (Iain Glen), his wife (Lena Olin), and their two children (Anna Paquin and Stephan Enquist) on their move to an outwardly quaint country home. When the family decide to host a housewarming party, their houseguests begin to mysteriously disappear, the lights begin to flicker incessantly on and off, while Mark's Huntington's disease makes a comeback after a ten-year dormancy. Regina (Paquin) expects that the problem stems from the house itself, but no one believes her. Determined to prove her case, Regina decides to pay a visit to the man (Fermi Rexach) who built the house to begin with.

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2.0 out of 5 starsMarmite Movie.
By Spike Owen TOP 500 REVIEWER on 11 Dec. 2013
Format: DVD
We have a saying in the UK about the food product Marmite, that it's one of those foods that you either love or hate. Jaume Balagueró's Darkness is one such Marmite Movie. You will get it and find it intriguing, or you will be like me, wanting to stick your head in the microwave until death comes mercifully.

Plot finds an American family moving into a Spanish country house only to find it haunted by the ghosts of evil deeds past.

Starring Anna Paquin, Lena Olin, Iain Glen, Giancarlo Giannini and Stephan Enquist, it's a film that's as muddled as it is silly. Cast work hard to make the flimsy material work, but the repetitiveness and unadventurous formula of the whole thing hamstrings their efforts. Balagueró is let loose with his digital editing device and tries desperately to induce shocks, but it all looks so fake and lazy. While the script produces dialogue that is wholly unbelievable and the ending thinks it's clever, but really it's a very unsatisfactory and cheap pay off.

3 jars of Marmite out of 10.
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3.0 out of 5 starsSCARY AND SLOW
By The Movie Guy on 24 Sept. 2013
Format: DVD
The movie is slow to develop. This normally is not bad because during this time most scripts build character. This movie never builds character, which is its major downfall. Anna Paquin is the main character as the daughter Regina, yet we never get to know her. She is a moody teen who can swim. He has a bad feeling about the house, but it is displayed so poorly. The movie starts to get exciting about half way through. If you can make it until Dad is slicing fruit and is angry, congratulations the movie is about to start. At this point the dull movie begins to get clever. The images of dark figures flashing in the darkness and then not being there is a simple but effective scary effect.

An American family moves to Spain. It is the part of Spain where everyone speaks English and all the radio stations broadcast in English. The house is "haunted" and weird things happen when it gets dark. The darkness is evil and has intellect. The problem with the plot twists and scary images is that we really don't care about the family because they never developed them.
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5.0 out of 5 starsBalaquero hits another perfect 10 on the creepiness meter
By Daniel Jolley HALL OF FAMETOP 500 REVIEWER on 5 Aug. 2005
Format: DVD
Speaking as a veteran of many horror films, I find myself unable to comprehend the low ratings this film receives. My only regret about watching Darkness is the fact that I saw the rated rather than the unrated version. The film is a little less than perfect, but it is, without question, one of the creepiest films I've ever seen. In my opinion, Jaume Balaquero is the most exciting horror director working today. Like The Nameless, Darkness is a visual masterpiece of cinematography - although Balaquero probably tried a little bit too hard with this film. All of the random visuals are a little overdone, the movie drags a little longer than it should have for maximum effect, and the ending is - most unfortunately - far too ambiguous, but Balaquero knows horror - how to approach it and how to present it.
It's amazing how effective the haunted house motif still remains - as long as it's done right, incredible things are possible. Apart from the ending, this film is done absolutely right. The house in question here is inherently evil and most definitely haunted - although, as in real life, the greatest dangers to the innocent are men with evil in their hearts. Forty years ago, six children disappeared, but one escaped - although he could not remember enough to help the cops catch the evildoers. Now, forty years later, a family has moved into the gloomy house where the crimes took place - but only the children sense the danger lurking there. Young Paul retreats within himself and begins showing unexplained bruises around his neck, while teenaged daughter Regina (Anna Paquin) picks up on the evil presence and tries to protect her brother; the parents are less than useless.Read more ›
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3.0 out of 5 starsSo near, yet so far....
By The Dandy Highwayman on 7 Feb. 2013
Format: DVD
I agree we many of the negative reviews of 'Darkness' here but didn't find it all that bad...honest!

Strangely, despite it all being very cliched, the first hour of the film kept my interest gripped - like willing a horse to win a race I was thinking 'just keep going and you'll be fine' - problem is the plot and realism falls apart pretty abruptly and ends up tailing off into a very mediocre, cheesy and slightly confusing mess.

This makes me less willing to accept the earlier architypes - think Amityville with a bit of The Shining and The Orphanage (only from a large rural house in Spain perspective) thrown in and you pretty much know the score.

The positives, and there are plenty, are that the 'horror' itself is well crafted with the tension levels high and the scares a plenty. Also, the characterisation is strong (in that yes, I did actually care for their plight) and to be honest the acting, production etc are good too.

At the hour mark, as mentioned before, the problems start - the Grandfather figure becomes a little laughble, the well measured scares become rushed and over the top and the very end scene is a little too predictable to be true. It amazes me how so many films can't end themselves properly!

Think of 'Darkness' as being given a birthday cake, taking your first bite and then dropping the rest on the floor. Basically, for all the excitement and build-up all you're left with is a mess to clear up!

All things equal, it's 3 stars from me - just!
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1.0 out of 5 starsWaste of time.

Awful movie. Slow moving, awful acting, no continuity and not scary at all. Even the music was bad and intrusive.

Published 7 months ago by Iradelphic
1.0 out of 5 starsAwful.

Nothing I can say about this apart from it is awful and so boring and turned it off. Absolutely dreadful.

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Published on 30 Mar. 2013 by Rachel
5.0 out of 5 starsWhy all the bad reviews?

I just love this movie and cannot the generally bad reviews it has been getting since its release.
It's not the best horror movie ever made, no, but it is very well directed... Read more

Published on 13 Sept. 2012 by Mrs. V. F. R. Niekerk
5.0 out of 5 starsVery creepy, great film

Watched this with a friend who I'm trying to persuade to like scary films - we were both very spooked. This film has some great unexpected twists, and the ending is brilliant. Read more

Published on 5 Jan. 2012 by Zanna
2.0 out of 5 starsDark but flawed ...

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1.0 out of 5 starsNo Light In This Darkness

I must stop falling victim viewer to this modern abhorration of adult-orientated 'thinker horrors'-i.e non-horrors doing criminal impersonations. Read more

Published on 2 Nov. 2010 by ScottPaul ScottPaul
5.0 out of 5 starsAn excellent chiller

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Published on 30 Oct. 2008 by Mr. Jonathon T. Beckett
2.0 out of 5 starsdull as!

why did i bother with this film?it's all been done before!!well to be honest maybe its the recent film ' the messengers' which gave me cause for alarm, as there were so many... Read more

Published on 13 Oct. 2008 by Ms. F. I. Macdonald
2.0 out of 5 starsBig dissapointment

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Published on 25 Feb. 2007 by crazykat

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