Review of Darkness Falls (2003) by Lovable M — 12 Oct 2009

The concept was kinda cool: a killer tooth fairy. But after the kinda promising opening, the story and any interest ceased to exist.

This review of Darkness Falls (2003) was written by Lovable M on 12 Oct 2009.

Darkness Falls has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Calvin R (563) on 21 Aug 2016

Darkness fall a film that doesn't make sense with too much plot holes. The performance was sluggish, and the scares, well there were none…

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Well, I confess that I expected more from this film, even considering that it is a film for the teen audience where, therefore, the terror…

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The sound of Matilda Dixon's wailing throughout the film is really the sound of an elderly woman's groaning in bed…

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By Heather M (2,904) on 09 Oct 2013

First act: lazy jumpscares. Second act: absolutely nothing. Third act: editing so terrible that any possible scares are ruined. The end…

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So much schlock and melodrama find their way into Darkness Falls that when an exasperated character shouts near the end ''All this over a [expletive]…

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By Assonance (26) on 04 May 2021

Plot Holes The tooth fairy is sensitive to light, no matter how dim, Yet she is shown flying around during the storm with no reactions to the…

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While I understand why most people don't like it, I very much enjoy this film's dark twist to the tooth fairy story; if you're going to watch…

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Probably one of the dumbest horror movies I've ever watched. I was pretty much laughing the entire time. Oh, and it didn't make any sense whatsoever…

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By Guillaume H (214) on 15 Mar 2017

Predictable from frame A to frame Z and only intermittently enjoyable on a so-bad-it's-good basis…

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