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DARKNESS FALLS
"Let's see: Scary storm? Check. Draconian mental
ward? Check. Lame script and embarrassing performances? Check. Yep,
'Darkness Falls' meets the standards of the assembly-line horror
movie...'Darkness Falls' tells the grim tale of Matilda Dixon, who
was murdered by a mob more than a century ago. Ever since, when
a child loses his last tooth, Matilda's ghost hovers above...with
a movie like 'Darkness Falls,' all that matters is whether it delivers
fast, cheap thrills. In this case, the answer depends on your personal
fright threshold--and the lower the better." --Elizabeth
Weitzman, The New York Daily News
"'Darkness Falls' was formerly known as 'Tooth Fairy,' but could
just as well have been titled 'Dumb Then Dumber' for the way its
plot makes decreasing sense even by the low standards of B horror
flicks...The acting by the relatively unknown cast who have the
bland good looks of soap opera stars rarely reaches the standard
of minimum believability. But the people truly to blame for the
movie's general wretchedness are director Jonathan Liebesman, and
writers John Fasano, James Vanderbilt and Joe Harris." --Jonathan
Foreman, The New York Post
"...a lamebrained attempt at horror that is just a derivative pastiche
of ideas lifted from other bad films...The acting is mediocre at
best, as is the direction by first-timer Jonathan Liebesman...Even
'The Tooth Fairy' herself looks bargain basement, resembling a Halloween
lawn puppet caught in a windstorm." --John
Petrakis, Chicago Tribune
"'Darkness Falls'--with a thud. But it does not go gently into the
night, for director Jonathan Liebesman and his large crew cram as
much style and energy as they can into a hokey and morbid supernatural
thriller plot...That they throw in a couple of intentionally funny
lines now and then, providing a smart touch of humor, shows they
know they're merely shining so much schlock." --Kevin
Thomas, The Los Angeles Times
"...just another jack-in-the-box Hollywood shock machine that leaves
you no time to absorb, much less think about its crass, corny jolts...The
carnage is filmed discreetly; not, one suspects, for artistic reasons
so much as to maintain a PG-13 rating." --Gene
Seymour, Newsday
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