
In the Nineteenth Century, in Darkness Falls, Matilda Dixon is a good woman, who exchanges with children their baby teeth per coins. One day, her face is burnt in a fire in her house, she becomes sensitive to light and uses a china mask to protect her face against light. When two children are not found in the town, Matilda is blamed by the population and burnt in a fire, as if she were a witch. She claims to be not guilty and curses the whole population of the town and their ... (Full plot summary below)
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In the Nineteenth Century, in Darkness Falls, Matilda Dixon is a good woman, who exchanges with children their baby teeth per coins. One day, her face is burnt in a fire in her house, she becomes sensitive to light and uses a china mask to protect her face against light. When two children are not found in the town, Matilda is blamed by the population and burnt in a fire, as if she were a witch. She claims to be not guilty and curses the whole population of the town and their descendants, stating that when each child loses the last tooth, she would come to get it, and if the child looks at her, she would kill him or her. After her death, the two children are found, and the shamed citizens decide to bury this sad and unfair event and never mention it again. Twelve years ago, the boy Kyle accidentally saw the Tooth Fairy, and she killed his mother. All the persons in Darkness Falls but his girlfriend Caitlin accused the boy of murdering his mother and sent him to an institution, considered deranged. In the present days, Caitlin calls Kyle to help her young brother Michael, who has seen the Fairy Tooth and is afraid of the dark.
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| Planet Sick-BoyJon PopickEven worse than Kangaroo Jack, and that's a statement I was hoping not to make for at least a few more weeks (or until that Charlotte Church movie comes out). |
| Three Movie BuffsScott NashExactly what a horror movie should be; fun, scary, fast paced, and with 'jump' moments galore. |
| L.A. WeeklyDan FienbergBlack cats, ill-timed power outages and children in peril are just a few of the hoary scare tactics ineffectively rendered in the style of so many films buried in the dark recesses of January. |
| Entertainment WeeklyBruce FrettsDarkness Falls is like something salvaged from Stephen King's wastebasket. |
| Dallas Morning NewsGary DowellDarkness Falls is the movie to see if you've ever wondered what a movie plays like with all the unimportant stuff -- narrative, character development -- cut out and the action kept in. |
| Chicago TribuneJohn PetrakisA lamebrained attempt at horror that is just a derivative pastiche of ideas lifted from other bad films. |
| Reeling ReviewsLaura CliffordNeophyte director Jonathan Liebesman tries to dredge up chills with loud noises and those unexpected black cats that jump out of total darkness...For a really scary Tooth Fairy, try Tom Noonan in Michael Mann's "Manhunter." |
| One Guy's OpinionFrank SwietekThe truly frightening darkness...is when the house lights dim and this wretched excuse for a thriller starts up...a chaotic jumble of horror movie tropes. |
| Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Alberta)Josef BraunDarkness Falls is a sorrowful testament to just how little in the way of talent, thought or even concept is needed for a movie to get made these days. |
| New TimesLuke Y. ThompsonOnce you get past the inherent silliness of the premise, what we've got here is actually a deft little chiller, stylishly directed despite the so-so cast. |