DARKNESS FALLS, set in a remote town of the same name, begins with the foreboding dramatization of a local fairy tale. According to the story, Matilda Dixon, an old woman who serves as the town's resident tooth fairy, is severely burned in a fire, and thereafter wears a porcelain mask to protect her face from pain of light. One day, two children are discovered missing, and the townspeople wrongfully accuse Matilda. She is quickly lynched, but vows revenge upon the children of Darkness Falls. As the first story concludes, another begins: Kyle, a young boy, loses his last baby tooth, and nervously enters sleep, afraid the "tooth fairy" may visit. He is warned not to look at her but does exactly that when Matilda arrives, catching a glimpse of the porcelain mask that will haunt him forever. Kyle eludes death by finding refuge in the bathroom light, but his mother is yanked into the darkness and murdered. Twelve years later, Kyle (Chaney Kley) has moved onto Las Vegas, but remains plagued by his past, and carries an enormous collection of flashlights for his own safety. He receives a call from Caitlin (Emma Caulfield, television's BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER), his childhood girlfriend, whose brother Michael (Lee Cormie) is behaving the same way that Kyle did after his traumatic encounter. Kyle returns to Darkness Falls to try and help Michael, setting up an ultimate conflict with Matilda that claims the lives of many who can't avoid the darkness.
Theatrical Release: JANUARY 24, 2003
UMD Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.78
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital 2.0 - English, Spanish
Subtitles - English, Spanish - Optional
Distributor Notes: As a young boy, Kyle (Chaney Kley) claimed to have seen the tooth fairy. He also claimed she tried to kill him. Now over twelve years later, Kyle has left the town that never believed him. He has also left behind the two people who thought he was telling the truth, his childhood girlfriend Caitlin (Emma Caulfield) and her younger brother. And when evil again emerges in Darkness Falls, Kyle must return to do battle with the winged creature of doom he saw that night so many years ago. Because evil is back with a vengeance. And it's not leaving without Caitlin's brother.
Source: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Stars
Chaney Kley: Actor, DARKNESS FALLS (2003)
Emma Caulfield: Actor, DARKNESS FALLS (2003)
Lee Cormie: Actor, DARKNESS FALLS (2003)
Grant Piro: Actor, DARKNESS FALLS (2003)
Kestie Morassi: Actor, DARKNESS FALLS (2003)
Alannah Oliver: Actor, DARKNESS FALLS (2003)
Joshua Anderson: Actor, DARKNESS FALLS (2003)
Director
Jonathan Liebesman: Director, DARKNESS FALLS (2003)
Producer
John Hegeman: Producer, DARKNESS FALLS (2003)
William Sherak: Producer, DARKNESS FALLS (2003)
John Fasano: Screenwriter/Director
Jason Shuman: Producer, DARKNESS FALLS (2003)
Screenwriter
Joseph Harris: Screenwriter, DARKNESS FALLS (2003)
John Fasano: Screenwriter/Director
John Vanderbilt: Screenwriter, DARKNESS FALLS (2003)
Composer
Brian Tyler: Composer
Executive Producer
Derek Dauchy: Executive Producer, DARKNESS FALLS (2003)
Executive Producer
Lou Arkoff:
Director of Photography
Dan Laustsen:
Review 1:
"...Director Johnathan Liebesman ratchets up the tension and delivers unexpected shocks..."
Source: Total Film
p.114 11/01/2003
Review 2:
"...An efficient little horror movie that doesn't waste its time getting down to business..."
Source: New York Times
p.E17 01/24/2003