A young girl, Sally Hirst (Bailee Madison), moves in with her father Alex (Guy Pearce) and his girlfriend Kim (Katie Holmes). Her father is renovating the house they live in, which he hopes to sell. Due to the fact that her mother recently abandoned her, Sally has become a distant child. Although Kim tries to befriend her, Sally alienates herself from her.
One day, Sally finds a hidden basement with a sealed fireplace. She finds herself drawn toward the fireplace, as she can hear voices that beg her to open it, promising friendship. Her father stops her before she can get the door completely open, but small goblin-like creatures escape, and begin to torment Sally at night.
As the days progress, Kim finds one of her dresses shredded. Shortly afterward, a teddy bear that Kim gave to Sally is found destroyed. Sally claims that someone (or something) else is to blame for these things, but her father does not believe her and is preoccupied with renovating the house. Kim, however, begins to believe her claims, as strange incidents occur more frequently.
Kim begins to delve into the history of the house to find that the previous owner’s son went missing. Before his own disappearance, he ranted about small creatures dating back from the Stone Age that were known to kidnap people (usually children) for the purpose of replenishing their numbers. The man drew images of the creatures, and Kim finds that they match Sally’s illustrations and descriptions.
Realizing the imminent danger, Kim attempts to get Sally out of the house, and stay in a hotel, despite Alex’s objections. However, before they leave the power is cut and they are trapped in the house at the mercy of the creatures.
This picture, which was developed with Miramax but in the wake of the division’s closure will be released by FilmDistrict, was rated R despite filmmaker ambitions to the contrary.”We originally thought we could shoot it as PG-13 without compromising the scares,” Del Toro said. “And then the MPAA came back and gave us a badge of honor. They gave us an R for ‘pervasive scariness.’ We asked them if there’s anything we could do, and they said, ‘Why ruin a perfectly scary movie?’” Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark was rated R by the MPAA for violence and terror. Watch Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark Movie Online
Despite our worshiping at the altar of Guillermo del Toro, DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK seemingly slipped past the collective radar until this year’s Comic-Con, where the effective and “toothsome” footage, coupled with the filmmaker’s unending enthusiasm, confidently announced the movie as something to anticipate. And although the financial troubles of Miramax have pushed the film back to an unspecified 2011 release date, this early sneak peek proved promising.
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As a horror movie with intent to terrify, DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK works well. Everything you love about del Toro rings true for this film; despite only being a writer/producer on the project, it feels very much a product of his warped imagination, from the pure horror to a sense of wonder and fantasy. In fact, the man wrote the initial draft of the script over 12 years ago and has clearly mined some of these ideas for other movies, PAN’S LABYRINTH especially. Aside from thematic and structural similarities, there’s specifics like the young female protagonist, the outdoor garden and maze, an underworld of creatures, and step parents and who don’t listen. (Not to mention the tooth fairies at the beginning of HELLBOY 2.) The result feels familiar but the final product is executed quite differently and enjoyable nonetheless. To View The Full HD free_movies_online_for_free