Fear of the Dark (2002)

Director:

K.C. Bascombe

Writer:

John Sullivan (writer)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

Once you believe... you're dead!

Plot:

Twelve year old Ryan Billings has been diagnosed with an acute fear of the dark. He spends each night lying awake in torment...

Plot Keywords:

Fear | Fear Of The Dark | Darkness | Dog | Blow Torch

Cast

Kevin Zegers	...	Dale Billings
Jesse James	...	Ryan Billings
Rachel Skarsten	...	Heather Fontaine
Charles Edwin Powell	...	Eric Billings (as Charles Powell)
Linda Purl	...	Sandy Bilings
Daniel Rindress-Kay	...	Taylor
Derrick Damon Reeve	...	Figure Pulling Young Ryan / Cloaked Tall Figure #1
Charles-Etienne Burelle	...	Young Ryan

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some terror.

Runtime:

86 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Finland:K-15 | Germany:16 | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Montréal, Québec, Canada

Company:

Constellation Entertainment

Goofs:

Continuity: In the end of the movie, when Ryan and Dale are in the basement, Ryan is wearing a red shirt. Shortly after, in Dale's bedroom, Ryan is wearing a green/white shirt.

Quotes:

[repeated line]
Dale Billings: There's nothing there in the dark that's not there in the light.

Movie Connections:

References The Perfect Storm (2000)

Soundtrack:

Ski Bum

A LITTLE CREEPY, A LITTLE CORNY!

Ok so I must say that for the most part I was pleasently suprised by this film. I expected a total piece of crap. And this film wasn't that. From the moment you pick up the dvd box in the video store it's kind of silly with some bad artwork and supposed stars lined up on the cover. The only reason me and my friend rented it was because of ultra cute Kevin Zegers of Wrong Turn and Dawn of the Dead fame. But the film is actually quite clever in a family channel kind of halloween night at the movies kind of way. It's the infamous PG-13 horror that digital horror that veers it's ugly head away when it comes even close to showing anything at all. The film doesn't lack suspense but it does lack delivery. Most of the film is just suspense and than nothing really happening until the absurd and contrived ending. The acting is decent with some truly laughable dialogue. but the film is more than watchable for a straight to video flick it almost rings as gold. Well anyways the film is about a young boy and his older brother as they are left in their house on a dark stormy night. the younger brother is terrified of the dark, it's his illness and no one believes him that their are bad hurtful things in the dark. And they're are. But once they show them they kind of loose their hurtful part and just become plain bad. All in all i would have to say 5/10 it's a nice concious effort but in a film like this if u expected more thats your fault. It's a little creepy, a little corny!