Darkness Falls
An eye for an eye. Your life for a tooth.
A vengeful spirit has taken the form of the Tooth Fairy to exact vengeance on the town that lynched her 150 years earlier.Her only opposition is the only child, now grown up, who has survived her before.
- Director
- Jonathan Liebesman
- Signature
- Tension · Craft · Action
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
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Story overview
What It's About
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A vengeful spirit has taken the form of the Tooth Fairy to exact vengeance on the town that lynched her 150 years earlier. Her only opposition is the only child, now grown up, who has survived her before.
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
Darkness Falls appears in 1 Nutevio collection. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Really Scary Horror Movies Ranked #16
Ranked #16 because darkness Falls turns darkness itself into the threat. Its mythology is simple, but that simplicity works: when staying in the light is the only rule keeping you alive, every failing bulb becomes suspense.
A childhood legend says a vengeful spirit comes for anyone who sees her face. Years after surviving an encounter with her, a man returns home and realizes the story he spent his life trying to escape may have been true.
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Box Office & Release
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- Release date
- Jan 24, 2003
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- MPAA rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- Australia, United States of America
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