Twelve year old Ryan Billings has been diagnosed with an acute fear of the dark. He spends each night lying awake in torment, waiting and watching as the evil in the darkness grows stronger, feeding off his fear. His older brother Dale, suspects that there is nothing wrong with Ryan and that this is just a ploy for more attention. Regardless, he promises to watch over his little brother as their parents head off to a party for the night. Outside a storm rages and when the power goes out, darkness envelops the house. Ryan knows that tonight the evil has finally come to claim him. Dale desperately tries everything to try and calm him down, until the horrors in the dark make him realize Ryan had good reason to be so afraid!
Fear of the Dark has generally received mixed reviews.
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Fear of the Dark was released in 2003 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 39 reviews, giving Fear of the Dark (2003) an average rating of 47%.
Overall, cinema-goers much prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 72%, compared to film critics, who gave it a considerably lower average score of 0%. Amateur reviewers enjoyed Fear of the Dark a lot more than professional critics.
With a score of 47%, Fear of the Dark is below the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2003, which stands at 60%.
Other movies from 2003 with similar scores include films like Timeline, National Security and Agent Cody Banks.
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