Don't Be Afraid of the Dark Page #2

Synopsis: A young girl is sent to live with her estranged father and his girlfriend at their new home. The father, Alex has plans to spruce up the home with the help of his interior decorator girlfriend, Kim. The previous owner of the home was a famous painter who mysteriously disappeared. Alex's daughter, Sally, soon discovers the cause of the painter's disappearance.
Director(s): Troy Nixey
Production: Miramax Films
  4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.6
Metacritic:
56
Rotten Tomatoes:
59%
R
Year:
2010
99 min
$23,900,000
Website
798 Views


Keep her out from the back of the house.

She could fall in.

We'd be in a hell of a mess.

I didn't do anything.

There's pits. Old wells.

It's dangerous for a child.

Mr. Harris is right, Sally. He knows.

His grandfather worked at the house.

- You shouldn't be back here.

- But I found a basement.

There is no basement.

Easy, Harris. I'll take her. It's okay.

It's there! It's right there!

There's a reason

this house is called Fallen Mill.

The English had a mill here,

and it fell into a sinkhole.

That's why most of the houses around here

don't have basements.

This one does.

- You may want to check this out.

- It's unsafe for a child.

Pull on that.

Look! I told you it was here!

Can you believe this?

This is definitely hollow.

I'm going to get some tools.

- You sure you want to do this now?

- Of course! You kidding?

We can fix this easy if we have to.

You may want to step back.

Mr. Hurst, I...

There's a door in here.

Where did you put the old house keys?

They're in your junk drawer in the office.

Okay.

Have a look.

Oh, wow.

- You be careful, Sally. Okay?

- Okay.

How the hell did we miss this?

That must be the garden window.

It's all of his paints and old

color pencils. This is amazing.

Wow. Alex, look at this.

Harris, did you know about this?

This place isn't safe. Especially for kids.

It's okay. I'll keep an eye on her.

This must be where Blackwood worked.

I found another door.

- Look at these sketches.

- It's an ash pit, I think.

Yeah. It's bolted shut.

These are incredible.

Okay. Let's go, Sally.

Come on, Sally. Let's go.

Sally, come on.

This must be like King Tut's tomb for you.

Which is why we shouldn't be touching

anything. This stuff must be valuable.

- She's gone.

- No, she will come back.

They always do.

Yes, they always do.

I don't think that's important, Alan.

No, I just need to make sure I get

the paintings and furniture

back in time for the dinner.

You told me you could.

Come on.

How long have we known each other?

I'll write you a post-dated check.

Hold on.

It's either walnut or mahogany,

I think. Yeah.

There you are.

I thought maybe we could bake scones.

I promised Mrs. Underhill

we wouldn't make too much of a mess.

No. That's all right.

What have you got there?

My doll. And my drawing stuff.

Looks like it's just you and I

baking scones today.

I made sandwiches for everyone.

Sally, open the grate.

Yes, open the grate. Set us free.

Who are you?

What do you look like?

We've been locked up for so long.

Set us free.

Come down.

You'll see what it's like down here.

Wait a minute, will ya?

There's other children down here.

They're just like you.

Come and play with them.

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Guillermo del Toro

Guillermo del Toro Gómez (born October 9, 1964) is a Mexican film director, screenwriter, producer, and novelist. In his filmmaking career, del Toro has alternated between Spanish-language dark fantasy pieces, such as the gothic horror films The Devil's Backbone (2001) and Pan's Labyrinth (2006), and more mainstream American action films, such as the vampire superhero action film Blade II (2002), the supernatural superhero film Hellboy (2004), its sequel Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008), Trollhunters (2016) and the science fiction monster film Pacific Rim (2013). His 2017 fantasy film The Shape of Water received critical acclaim and won a Golden Lion at the 74th Venice International Film Festival as well as the Academy Award for Best Picture. more…

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