Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

This isn't that scary and is a childrens "scary" movie. not great but good acting

so creepy!

...seriously!

This movie was so bad it made me angry. The logic of the plot was so absurd. Let's keep putting the child alone in a dark room even when I've already begun packing to remove her from the house. Let's sit and play dress up after the child was attacked and nearly sliced up. What kind of writting is this?? Awful!

Great for the kids. Just one of those snuggle up and enjoy it as a family movie. I am surprised they have not tried merchandising the story more. Little Fairy/ Gnomes stuffed animals that have glow in the dark eyes, and that can be programmed to say your childs' first names in that wonderfully hideous voice. “Sallyyyy" Or possibly a line of cutlery, with extremely deep serration’s at odd angles. And if that seems way to much for folks, and I guess I can see their point, maybe just an illustrated bedtime story to read to all your children before you turn off the lights at night. Honestly, it was so good, I cannot believe that more people haven’t thought of these things. At least market the trip wire! :)

Although I really like this movie, each time I watch it, I am overwhelmed with anger concerning how terribly neglectful and quick to label Sally as "problematic" and "delusional" Sally's biological parents are when it comes to raising her. Sally's mother fails to listen to any of the words that come out of Sally's mouth and just ships her to her father who also makes it clear that he is "stuck" with her. I have 3 young children and I still find the time to listen to them. If they were to ever tell me something that sounds a bit "off the wall" I would never be so quick to medicate them just so I can substitute my personal time and attention with medication and silence their fears and voices by turning a blind eye to it all. I am very upset that the one person who was actually in Sally's corner (Kim) was the one who suffered. Overall, however, this is a great movie and I really appreciate how different it is from alot of other 'horror' movies. I just wish the dad had been taken...Sally would've been better served with Kim raising her instead of a father who is so quick to "accept his daughter has problems".

Guillermo del Torro (Hellboy 2 and Pans Labyrinth) has a thing for the dark Fae. Disney as well as other companies have turned the faerie realm into the sugar land of sweetness when the mythology behind the Fae was also very dark and horrible. The creatures are not westernized “demons" or yet another retelling of the tired horror villain (even though this is a remake). Anything that begs to feed on children is horror in my opinion. One little monster (although small) is not so much the problem as there are thousands of them. Yes it is cliche or frustrating when the typical story line is “ignoring” the child even though terrible things are happening. I still think this is a scary film and the ending was wicked and disturbing. If you are tired of the typical American serial killer/slasher, witch in the woods, ghost in the closet movie then this might be for you. Its different and thats refreshing.

I did like the movie, however it was not scary. Like all horror movies it is scarier the first time around but even then I wasn't scared. I watched it on my tv on the channel FearNet but it's too bad that you can't rent it on iTunes. I thought 3 stars was an appropriate rating for this movie.

This move has terrible animations. And seriously, it didn't scare me at all.

This movie is very good with an amazing plot and good acting so watch and enjoy.