Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2011 film)
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| Directed by | Troy Nixey |
| Produced by |
Guillermo del Toro Mark Johnson Stephen Jones |
| Written by | Guillermo del Toro Matthew Robbins |
| Based on |
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark by Nigel McKeand |
| Starring |
Katie Holmes Guy Pearce Bailee Madison Jack Thompson Alan Dale Garry McDonald Julia Blake |
| Music by |
Marco Beltrami Buck Sanders |
| Cinematography | Oliver Stapleton |
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Production
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Necropia
Gran Via |
| Distributed by |
FilmDistrict Miramax |
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Running time
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99 minutes |
| Country | United States Australia Mexico |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $25 million |
| Box office | $36,993,168 |
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark is a 2010 American-Australian-Mexican dark fantasy horror film written by Matthew Robbins and Guillermo del Toro, directed by comic book artist Troy Nixey and filmed at the Drusilla Mansion in Mount Macedon, Victoria and Melbourne, Australia. The film stars Katie Holmes, Guy Pearce, and Bailee Madison, as a family moving into a 19th-century Rhode Island mansion, where the withdrawn daughter (Madison) begins to witness malevolent creatures that emerge from a sealed ash pit in the basement of the house. It is a remake of the 1973 ABC made-for-television horror film of the same name.
At Blackwood Manor in Providence County, Rhode Island, renowned wildlife painter Lord Blackwood summons his housekeeper into the basement where he reluctantly kills her with a hammer and chisel. He removes her teeth, as well as his own, and offers them to mysterious creatures down an ash pit within an old fireplace; all of a sudden, the creatures demand the teeth of children. Blackwood begs for them to give back his kidnapped son, only to be dragged down the ash pit by the creatures.
In the present day, 8-year old Sally Hurst arrives in Rhode Island to live with her father Alex and his girlfriend Kim, both restoring Blackwood Manor to put it on the market for their client Mr. Jacoby. Sally is depressed due to her mother forcefully putting her in Alex's care and giving her copious amounts of Adderall. On the first night of her stay, the melodious tune from a carousel-styled nightlight awakens the creatures in the ash pit. The next day, Sally wanders the grounds and finds the hidden basement's skylight. One of the workmen restoring the house, Mr. Harris, warns her, Alex and Kim not to venture into the basement, although they do regardless. Sally takes interest in the sealed fireplace where she hears the creatures calling her name and follows the mysterious voices. "BE AFRAID" is written in runes above it.
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