The Darkness

It's like Possession but instead of a dybbuk box, it's magic Native American stones and instead of a demon from Jewish demonology, it's a series of animal and elemental spirits connected to an ancient Pueblo tribe. It's a bit patronizing, like all horror movies that take aspects from a "foreign" source to be spooky and alien. But also, Kevin Bacon plays a super patronizing guy in self denial, so it could be from that. It's shot well, but the score is super "oooooohhhhh scary and ominous" and that's annoying throughout. There's some genuinely scary moments, moments where the director proves he understands suspense but then other times, it's just blah. It's truly a hit or miss movie. If it was your first horror movie, it'd be nice.

The only real scares in this movie are the cheap jump-scares. Although the plot is fairly interesting, it's not enough to make me want to sit through the entire thing. Throughout the movie, I noticed uncanny similarities to the 1982 Poltergeist. From the Indian folk, to taking a child to another-world, etc. If you're into thrilling scares, this movie is not worth the time. Jump scares will scare anyone, it's the true creepiness and twisting scenes that give you that true fear - which this movie severely lacks. Loud noises and pop up creatures on the only things that will give you quick, temporary scares. Not worth the time or money.

Basic horror movie plot where a white kid finds something that releases *surprise surprise* evil curse on the family. Involving some cliche family drama without much deep development with characters. And a lot of jumpscares. That's it.

This is a great movie. It is very scary. It has great special effects. It has a great story line. It also has great acting. It is a very good movie. It is one scariest movies I have seen.

I was worried that The Darkness was going to be too evil. It wasn't. It's just too stupid. I suppose that this film might be scary to anyone who hasn't seen a horror movie before, but if you have seen one, it's completely predictable. It has every cliché you've come to expect, including the insightful creepy kid, the believing mom, the skeptical dad and even an ancient Native American burial ground. Plus, the scares aren't that scary. This is a lazy horror flick.