Darkness

Directed by Jaume Balagueró, Darkness follows father and husband Mark (Iain Glen), his wife (Lena Olin), and their two children (Anna Paquin and Stephan Enquist) on their move to an outwardly quaint country home. Though the initial housewarming party is widely celebrated by neighbors, their ...more

With central plot points concerning children, the occult, and the ultimate realization of pure evil, Spanish director Jaume Balagueró's sophomore effort shares a lot in common with his freshman feature, The Nameless. Despite such striking similarities between the two films, with Darkness Balagueró nevertheless crafts an eerie, menacing, and unusually classy hybrid of The Shining and The Amityville Horror that will no doubt provide ample scares for the adventurous fear junkie. Balagueró is a ...more