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The Dark Hours2005

Name: The Dark Hours
Genre: Psychological, Survival
Released: 2005-03-11
Rating: 6.1

Directed by Paul Fox

6.1

Crypt Score

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IMDb 6.0Rotten Tomatoes 62%Metacritic 63TMDB 5.7

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Year

2005

Runtime

80 min

Box Office

Budget

$500,000

Domestic

$423

🏆 12 wins & 2 nominations

The premise

Dr. Samantha Goodman is a beautiful, young psychiatrist. Burnt out, she drives to the family’s winter cottage to spend time with her husband and sister. A relaxing weekend is jarringly interrupted when a terrifying and unexpected guest arrives. What follows is an extraordinary night of terror and evil mind games where escape is not an option.

Horror Vault's take

A burned-out psychiatrist retreats to a remote winter cottage hoping to decompress with family, only for the weekend to take a nightmarish turn when a dangerous and uninvited stranger arrives. What begins as a thriller of captivity quickly descends into a disorienting battle of wills, where the lines between captor, captive, and psychological reality begin to blur. Set against a stark Canadian winter landscape, the film weaponizes its isolated setting and confined space to ratchet up suffocating tension. Fans of cerebral, dialogue-driven horror will find its mind-game mechanics linger long after the credits roll.

Content: Violence, Axe-Related Violence, Themes Of Mental Illness, Psychological Distress, Hostage Situation