Out of the Dark

Name: Out of the Dark
Genre: Thriller, Horror
Released: February 27, 2015
Duration: 92 min
Rating: 33

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Vertical Entertainment | Release Date: February 27, 2015 | R

Summary: Sarah Harriman’s (Julia Stiles) family has relocated from London to a small town in Colombia to take over her father’s business. Moving into a beautiful old home and having her father nearby, their new life in Santa Clara seems like a promising place to raise their young daughter Hannah. But Sarah and her husband, Paul (Scott Speedman),Sarah Harriman’s (Julia Stiles) family has relocated from London to a small town in Colombia to take over her father’s business. Moving into a beautiful old home and having her father nearby, their new life in Santa Clara seems like a promising place to raise their young daughter Hannah. But Sarah and her husband, Paul (Scott Speedman), soon learn of an ancient legend that haunts the town and has created a culture where ghosts have become the answer to anything that goes wrong. As they settle into their new surroundings Hannah begins to act strangely, wandering off into the jungle as if following something, and suddenly falls ill. When Sarah and Paul begin to see disfigured ghost-like creatures around the house Hannah disappears, sending them on a frantic search to find her. As they delve deeper into the town’s superstitions they discover a shocking secret about their family and must uncover the truth in order to save their daughter.… Expand

Director: Lluís Quílez

Genre(s): Thriller, Horror

Rating: R

Runtime: 92 min

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Chris Packham

Feb 24, 2015

Stylishly filmed and often scary, Out of the Dark unspools a conclusion as conventional and button-down as a wide tie knot and a pair of wingtips. Read full review

Rex Reed

Feb 25, 2015

Unfortunately, there aren’t many thrills and the pace is so slow that I fell asleep from tedium waiting for something that resembled a goose bump. Read full review

Sara Stewart

Feb 25, 2015

A horror movie with an anti-globalist bent that’s more interesting than its halfhearted scares. Read full review

Dennis Harvey

Feb 26, 2015

The lead actors are solid as usual, but you can feel them all knocking their heads against the low ceiling of material that’s afraid to take any risks — playing it so safe that the film ends up lacking anything in the way of real personality, scares or plot surprises. Read full review

Robert Abele

Feb 26, 2015

A movie lovely to look at but on-the-nose and crushingly dull, a pair of qualities a ghost yarn can't live on. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Feb 26, 2015

Ornamenting its flimsy back story with assaultive sound effects and asinine behavior, Out of the Dark strains to shock. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Simon Abrams

Feb 27, 2015

Out of the Dark never leaves much of an impression despite character actor Stephen Rea's endearingly cocky performance, and an exotic—though largely under-utilized—South American setting. Read full review

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BITESCREEN

Jun 22, 2017

Hat die Geschichte nicht viel zu bieten, verpackt man sie halt entsprechend – diesem Genregesetz folgt auch der Horrorfilm Out of the Dark. Um die Papierfabrik ihres Vaters zu leiten, ziehen Sarah nebst Anhang ins südamerikanische Santa Clara – wo nicht der Job stresst, sondernHat die Geschichte nicht viel zu bieten, verpackt man sie halt entsprechend – diesem Genregesetz folgt auch der Horrorfilm Out of the Dark. Um die Papierfabrik ihres Vaters zu leiten, ziehen Sarah nebst Anhang ins südamerikanische Santa Clara – wo nicht der Job stresst, sondern übernatürliche Erscheinungen im Eigenheim. Regisseur Lluis Quilez bettet seinen Film in ein unverbrauchtes kolumbianisches Kleinstadtszenario und sorgt für eine ansprechende Inszenierung: In den Kolonialhäusern dominiert bei harmloser Spannung subtil der Schatten, während im schwülen Dschungel der Lichteinsatz stimmt. Dafür hapert es beim Plot gewaltig: Die aufgesetzte Schauermär um kindliche Rachegeister und Umweltsünden strotzt vor Logikfehlern, während Julia Stiles, Scott Speedman und Stephen Rea schauspielerisch wirklich nur das Nötigste tun.… Expand

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CineAutoctono

Oct 13, 2018

"Out of the Dark" was a very bad movie, for starters, there are nothing scares for the style, and the story is very mediocre and nothing convincing in addition the persoanes on good but did not have enough impact for the film, although the end very good.

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