So much schlock and melodrama find their way into Darkness Falls that when an exasperated character shouts near the end ''All this over a [expletive] tooth!,'' you know how he feels.Read Full Review »
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Philadelphia Inquirer: Steven Rea
Stephen King without the snap, David Lynch without the kink, teen horror without the teen hormones, Darkness Falls falls apart in a crescendo of creepy-crawly hoo-ha. It's more like Darkness Kerplunks.Read Full Review »
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Salon.com: Andrew O'Hehir
Basically brings home the bacon for horror fans -- it offers decent special effects and a nice array of those moments where you shriek and jump and nearly pee your pants but it turns out to be Mom or the cat after all.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Stephen Holden
About as scary as a ride on a minor roller coaster, it unrolls its amplified butcher-block shock effects within the first five minutes.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Ann Hornaday
Not good enough to qualify as classic Gothic horror, not nearly fun enough to qualify as great B-movie camp.Read Full Review »
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ROLLING STONE: Peter Travers
Do you really need me to tell you how scary this horror show isn't?Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Bruce Fretts
Darkness Falls is like something salvaged from Stephen King's wastebasket.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Kevin Thomas
Darkness Falls -- with a thud. But it does not go gently into the night, for director Jonathan Liebesman and his large crew cram as much style and energy as they can into a hokey and morbid supernatural thriller plot. It's a downer to see so much effort expended on such junk.Read Full Review »
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