FilmPG-13Supernatural Psychological Survival

Fear of the Dark2003

Name: Fear of the Dark
Genre: Supernatural, Psychological, Survival
Released: 2003-09-28
Rating: 5.5

“Whatever Happens, Don't Close Your Eyes”

Directed by K.C. Bascombe

5.5

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IMDb 5.3TMDB 5.1

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Year

2003

Runtime

86 min

The premise

Twelve year old Ryan Billings has been diagnosed with an acute fear of the dark. He spends each night lying awake in torment, waiting and watching as the evil in the darkness grows stronger, feeding off his fear. His older brother Dale, suspects that there is nothing wrong with Ryan and that this is just a ploy for more attention. Regardless, he promises to watch over his little brother as their parents head off to a party for the night. Outside a storm rages and when the power goes out, darkness envelops the house. Ryan knows that tonight the evil has finally come to claim him. Dale desperately tries everything to try and calm him down, until the horrors in the dark make him realize Ryan had good reason to be so afraid!

Horror Vault's take

When their parents leave for the evening, twelve-year-old Ryan's crippling terror of the dark becomes the whole house's problem as a violent storm cuts the power and leaves the brothers stranded in total blackness. Older brother Dale is skeptical of Ryan's fears, but as the night wears on, something in the shadows begins to suggest the younger boy's dread may be entirely justified. Set almost entirely over one harrowing night, the film mines the primal childhood terror of what lurks just beyond the light. What starts as a sibling standoff slowly escalates into a fight for survival with no safe corner to hide in.

Content: Supernatural Threat, Scenes Of Intense Fear And Distress Involving A Child, Jump Scares