The Darkness

BH Tilt | Release Date: May 13, 2016

2.4	USER SCORE Generally unfavorable reviews based on 61 Ratings

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SeanVincentMay 15, 2016

Just another horror cliche filled film with a great cast that were completely wasted and a story clumsily written and characters who are just stupid. We have a horror film that is sad to admit it's a horror film with no scares just cringeJust another horror cliche filled film with a great cast that were completely wasted and a story clumsily written and characters who are just stupid. We have a horror film that is sad to admit it's a horror film with no scares just cringe worthy performances and just extremely dull and boring.Predictable,cliche and other horrible words to describe this ugly mess of a film.I feel bad for the director and the cast for being so negative of this film.… Expand

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DotTheEyesMay 13, 2016

A dispiriting, dull, and incredibly tame American debut by gifted Australian director Greg McLean, who infused Wolf Creek with brutality and despair vivid enough to earn Roger Ebert's zero-star vitriol and turn the heads of hardcore genreA dispiriting, dull, and incredibly tame American debut by gifted Australian director Greg McLean, who infused Wolf Creek with brutality and despair vivid enough to earn Roger Ebert's zero-star vitriol and turn the heads of hardcore genre fans worldwide. He also directed Rogue, an old-school creature feature (tourists versus salt-water crocodile) with a genuine sense of adventure. Here, sadly, he is adrift amid Nancy Meyers production design and the hoariest of James Wan-style jump scares. The story turns on a privileged and modestly dysfunctional family (the patriarch is a sleepy Kevin Bacon) who encounter a supernatural menace after their autistic son chances upon mystical Native American artifacts during a trip to the Grand Canyon. It is the type of film in which characters frequently turn to Google to find hyper-specific information regarding otherworldly arcanum. McLean seems completely unable to energize the material, staging one of the most anticlimactic and languid exorcisms in a long time, and his bid to introduce grit by assigning every family member a flaw—father has a wandering eye, mother hides vodka in the sofa, sister is bulimic, brother is autistic—is undermined by anemic character development and the total absence of anything resembling interest in or sympathy for these people.… Expand

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TyronJamesMay 23, 2016

A good cast which was wasted by a bad script,terrible written characters and most of all a cliche horror film.
Horror films nowadays are complete garbage because it's the best way to get easy cash from our pockets and give us a worthlessA good cast which was wasted by a bad script,terrible written characters and most of all a cliche horror film.
Horror films nowadays are complete garbage because it's the best way to get easy cash from our pockets and give us a worthless pile of turd horror film with everything you hate about the horror genre,poor characters,no character personality,jump scare a very predictable jump scares with loud noises to scare you which the cheapest way to freakin scare you and we have a movie called The Darkness,a completely waste of anyone's time,money and effort.,… Expand

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EpicLadySpongeMay 13, 2016

Another horror film that never works. It's sad, but it's true. This Darkness is a waste of money that you should've spent to go see Captain America: Civil War (or see it again) or any other movie still in theaters such as the Jungle Book orAnother horror film that never works. It's sad, but it's true. This Darkness is a waste of money that you should've spent to go see Captain America: Civil War (or see it again) or any other movie still in theaters such as the Jungle Book or wait until other major blockbusters come out. Don't give this one a shot and we'll make this film fail at the box office!… Expand

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wollam11May 16, 2016

Critics are a joke when they give this hunk of garbage the same rating it gave 'Batman vs. Superman'. The acting of the daughter alone, clearly done by an actress who couldn't act her way out of a paper bag, makes this a far inferior product.Critics are a joke when they give this hunk of garbage the same rating it gave 'Batman vs. Superman'. The acting of the daughter alone, clearly done by an actress who couldn't act her way out of a paper bag, makes this a far inferior product. And it shows the crystal clear bias metacritic and critics have against the superhero movie.… Expand

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MattBrady99May 30, 2016

If you have seen: The Amityville Horror, The Exorcist, Poltergeist, Paranormal Activity, Paranormal Activity 2, Paranormal Activity 3, Insidious, Sinister, and The Conjuring.

Then you most likely have seen "The Darkness". It's nothing newIf you have seen: The Amityville Horror, The Exorcist, Poltergeist, Paranormal Activity, Paranormal Activity 2, Paranormal Activity 3, Insidious, Sinister, and The Conjuring.

Then you most likely have seen "The Darkness". It's nothing new or original.

It's a lazy copy cat of better horror movies that came out in the last few years- With endless amount of cliches that you thought died out years ago. The acting was so awful and not convincing at all. Well, coming to think of it, Kevin Bacon is the only actor in the movie that wasn't terrible, because he is the Bacon.

The only scary thing I can say about this is that I got to see the preview of the upcoming horror film "Don't Breathe". That film looks really intense and way more scary than this.… Expand

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DatamariMay 22, 2016

Nothing like a stupid and cliche name for a stupid and cliche movie.
The Darkness is directed by Greg McLean and stars Kevin Bacon and... wait what's their names again? It's yet another horror movie that the producers crapped out to theNothing like a stupid and cliche name for a stupid and cliche movie.
The Darkness is directed by Greg McLean and stars Kevin Bacon and... wait what's their names again? It's yet another horror movie that the producers crapped out to the public to make a quick buck. It's a horror film that's ashamed to be a horror film, with hardly any scares, anything to be scared of, and hardly any character development. Honestly. the only thing that's keeping me from giving this movie a 1/10 is the fact that Kevin Bacon and Radha Mitchell offered some decent performances. Otherwise, this movie is nothing more than a cliche horror film thrown together with little to no effort.

The Darkness gets a 2/10.… Expand

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Rebecca31May 19, 2016

I cannot adequately describe how truly terrible this movie is so let me paint you a little picture. Family goes on holiday, kid finds some scary rocks, kid brings scary rocks home, scary rocks do some scary **** animals are scared of theI cannot adequately describe how truly terrible this movie is so let me paint you a little picture. Family goes on holiday, kid finds some scary rocks, kid brings scary rocks home, scary rocks do some scary **** animals are scared of the scary rocks, parents are scared of their kid and his scary rocks and yes this really is the movie. Then comes the inevitable parade of cheap jump scares and horror movie clichés. Including the house doing weird things like turning on the taps, the let's go into the attic in the dark cause I heard a weird noise scene. Playing hide and seek with your scary kid and finally it's time to call the "experts" to cleanse the house of the evil rocks. Not recommended for viewing, do not waste your money on this.… Expand

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Jack97Dec 22, 2016

Picture every single horror cliche, element and character trope imaginable - you have The Darkness. An extremely boring, predictable and stupid waste of time.