All of this of course would be forgivable if it all added up to a scary movie or made even a lick of sense, but Balaguero manages to disappoint on all possible fronts.
Though pic boasts decent perfs, potent atmospherics and eye-catching visuals, both psychology and plot are bargain-basement.
Darkness was clearly tossed together like salad in the editing room, since it's little more than the sum of its unshocking shock cuts.
Some movies should never come to light, either, and Darkness, bearing a 2002 copyright, might well have been better left on the shelf.
Rarely has a film's tagline been more fitting: "Some secrets should never come to light."
The real mystery is why such a mangled film was not junked altogether.
Unoriginal, frequently incomprehensible and cheaply made.
