There's nothing wrong with clichés, in and of themselves. Obsessed with his investigation, he finds out that his wife was the victim of a team of father-and-son serial killers and sets out to stop them.
Clichés are already shorthand, so when you shorthand the shorthand, assuming audiences will just take the leap into whatever "reality" you are trying to create, you end up with a cop-thriller like "Darkness Falls": a bizarre series of cliché after cliché, with no real work done to fill in the blanks with complexity, nuance, or even basic human reality.
Clichés are already shorthand, so when you shorthand the shorthand, assuming audiences will just take the leap into whatever "reality" you are trying to create, you end up with a cop-thriller like Darkness Falls: a bizarre series of cliché after cliché, with no real work done to fill in the blanks with complexity, nuance, or even basic human reality. Poor Lin Shaye gets dragged into this disaster too as Jeff's mother. Ashmore quite frequently goes from providing a half hearted performance and looking like he doesn't want to be there to providing a performance so over the top to the point that it looked like his character was about to explode at any given second.
Neither are intimidating and that's hardly surprising considering their motives are dumb and a lot of the scenes of them "suiciding women" (yes, an actual term used in the movie) are just the same scenes being shown over and over again. Right from the get go, the script is so badly written to the point that no one actually talks like real human beings in this movie.
The decision to film it that way was probably meant to be an "unblinking" look at violence against women, but the sheer length of the shot—not to mention the fact that the film hadn't done any work to establish her as a human being before we are forced to watch her expire—was itself "violence" against women, primarily the woman writing this review. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends.
It makes him look a little bit like the opening number of "Gold Diggers of 1933" when all the dancers stand behind Ginger Rogers and swoop their arms out, turning her into an octopus-like creature.
The camera work is an absolute mess with some of it being so lazy that it contains extended sequences of the camera being left in just one place, making it feel like someone accidentally left it there during a shot rehearsal, and far too many out of focus shots to the point it started to look like no one on set knew how to focus a camera.
Darkness Falls (2020) Rated NR 84 minutes Cast. The opening scene of "Darkness Falls," directed by Julien Seri, with screenplay by Giles Daoust, shows a woman being slowly killed by two men who have invaded her home. I watch a lot of bad movies, I love a so bad it's good film and every once in a while a film like this comes along that is just so terrible that it has countless rewatch value.
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The detective's mother (Lin Shaye) thinks her son has gone off the deep end, and threatens to take full custody of Jeff's son, until she does a random 180, conferring her blessings on him with a "Go forth and follow your gut instincts, my son" speech. Looking for something to watch? When their SUV mysteriously becomes lost, temperatures fall and the group dynamic unravels as a virtual and then literal witch hunt begins.
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View production, box office, & company info, Video Exclusive: Richard Harmon Reveals Why He Had Fun Playing A ‘Psycho Killer’ In ‘Darkness Falls’. He is so grief-struck that not only does he go off the rails trying to solve her homicide (which no one believes is a homicide), he also makes the radical choice to grow a beard.
Was this review helpful to you? Gary Cole and Richard Harmon play the movie's big bad guys and their performances are almost just as bad as Ashmore's performance. Obsessed with his investigation, he finds out that his wife was the victim of a team of father-and-son serial killers and sets out to stop them. Shaye gives one of the better performances but it's moments like a terrible dub of her shouting "Yeah! The story that lead to the first conviction for murder of an FBI agent. Search for "Darkness Falls" on Amazon.com, Title:
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My best example of the latter is a scene in which he pins loads of photos up to a wall in his old apartment, starts writing on them and starts screaming "I hate you" at them. A lot of the time, it comes across as though no one actually paid any attention to this film before saying it was okay to be released. Vahina Giocante.
I had no idea what was happening at this point, and realized only later that he was trying to "become" the killer in order to catch the killer.
There's nothing wrong with clichés, in and of themselves. Obsessed with his investigation, he finds out that his wife was the victim of a team of father-and-son serial killers and sets out to stop them.
Clichés are already shorthand, so when you shorthand the shorthand, assuming audiences will just take the leap into whatever "reality" you are trying to create, you end up with a cop-thriller like "Darkness Falls": a bizarre series of cliché after cliché, with no real work done to fill in the blanks with complexity, nuance, or even basic human reality.
Clichés are already shorthand, so when you shorthand the shorthand, assuming audiences will just take the leap into whatever "reality" you are trying to create, you end up with a cop-thriller like Darkness Falls: a bizarre series of cliché after cliché, with no real work done to fill in the blanks with complexity, nuance, or even basic human reality. Poor Lin Shaye gets dragged into this disaster too as Jeff's mother. Ashmore quite frequently goes from providing a half hearted performance and looking like he doesn't want to be there to providing a performance so over the top to the point that it looked like his character was about to explode at any given second.
Neither are intimidating and that's hardly surprising considering their motives are dumb and a lot of the scenes of them "suiciding women" (yes, an actual term used in the movie) are just the same scenes being shown over and over again. Right from the get go, the script is so badly written to the point that no one actually talks like real human beings in this movie.
The decision to film it that way was probably meant to be an "unblinking" look at violence against women, but the sheer length of the shot—not to mention the fact that the film hadn't done any work to establish her as a human being before we are forced to watch her expire—was itself "violence" against women, primarily the woman writing this review. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends.
It makes him look a little bit like the opening number of "Gold Diggers of 1933" when all the dancers stand behind Ginger Rogers and swoop their arms out, turning her into an octopus-like creature.
The camera work is an absolute mess with some of it being so lazy that it contains extended sequences of the camera being left in just one place, making it feel like someone accidentally left it there during a shot rehearsal, and far too many out of focus shots to the point it started to look like no one on set knew how to focus a camera.
Darkness Falls (2020) Rated NR 84 minutes Cast. The opening scene of "Darkness Falls," directed by Julien Seri, with screenplay by Giles Daoust, shows a woman being slowly killed by two men who have invaded her home. I watch a lot of bad movies, I love a so bad it's good film and every once in a while a film like this comes along that is just so terrible that it has countless rewatch value.
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The detective's mother (Lin Shaye) thinks her son has gone off the deep end, and threatens to take full custody of Jeff's son, until she does a random 180, conferring her blessings on him with a "Go forth and follow your gut instincts, my son" speech. Looking for something to watch? When their SUV mysteriously becomes lost, temperatures fall and the group dynamic unravels as a virtual and then literal witch hunt begins.
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View production, box office, & company info, Video Exclusive: Richard Harmon Reveals Why He Had Fun Playing A ‘Psycho Killer’ In ‘Darkness Falls’. He is so grief-struck that not only does he go off the rails trying to solve her homicide (which no one believes is a homicide), he also makes the radical choice to grow a beard.
Was this review helpful to you? Gary Cole and Richard Harmon play the movie's big bad guys and their performances are almost just as bad as Ashmore's performance. Obsessed with his investigation, he finds out that his wife was the victim of a team of father-and-son serial killers and sets out to stop them. Shaye gives one of the better performances but it's moments like a terrible dub of her shouting "Yeah! The story that lead to the first conviction for murder of an FBI agent. Search for "Darkness Falls" on Amazon.com, Title:
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My best example of the latter is a scene in which he pins loads of photos up to a wall in his old apartment, starts writing on them and starts screaming "I hate you" at them. A lot of the time, it comes across as though no one actually paid any attention to this film before saying it was okay to be released. Vahina Giocante.
I had no idea what was happening at this point, and realized only later that he was trying to "become" the killer in order to catch the killer.
There's nothing wrong with clichés, in and of themselves. Obsessed with his investigation, he finds out that his wife was the victim of a team of father-and-son serial killers and sets out to stop them.
Clichés are already shorthand, so when you shorthand the shorthand, assuming audiences will just take the leap into whatever "reality" you are trying to create, you end up with a cop-thriller like "Darkness Falls": a bizarre series of cliché after cliché, with no real work done to fill in the blanks with complexity, nuance, or even basic human reality.
Clichés are already shorthand, so when you shorthand the shorthand, assuming audiences will just take the leap into whatever "reality" you are trying to create, you end up with a cop-thriller like Darkness Falls: a bizarre series of cliché after cliché, with no real work done to fill in the blanks with complexity, nuance, or even basic human reality. Poor Lin Shaye gets dragged into this disaster too as Jeff's mother. Ashmore quite frequently goes from providing a half hearted performance and looking like he doesn't want to be there to providing a performance so over the top to the point that it looked like his character was about to explode at any given second.
Neither are intimidating and that's hardly surprising considering their motives are dumb and a lot of the scenes of them "suiciding women" (yes, an actual term used in the movie) are just the same scenes being shown over and over again. Right from the get go, the script is so badly written to the point that no one actually talks like real human beings in this movie.
The decision to film it that way was probably meant to be an "unblinking" look at violence against women, but the sheer length of the shot—not to mention the fact that the film hadn't done any work to establish her as a human being before we are forced to watch her expire—was itself "violence" against women, primarily the woman writing this review. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends.
It makes him look a little bit like the opening number of "Gold Diggers of 1933" when all the dancers stand behind Ginger Rogers and swoop their arms out, turning her into an octopus-like creature.
The camera work is an absolute mess with some of it being so lazy that it contains extended sequences of the camera being left in just one place, making it feel like someone accidentally left it there during a shot rehearsal, and far too many out of focus shots to the point it started to look like no one on set knew how to focus a camera.
Darkness Falls (2020) Rated NR 84 minutes Cast. The opening scene of "Darkness Falls," directed by Julien Seri, with screenplay by Giles Daoust, shows a woman being slowly killed by two men who have invaded her home. I watch a lot of bad movies, I love a so bad it's good film and every once in a while a film like this comes along that is just so terrible that it has countless rewatch value.
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The detective's mother (Lin Shaye) thinks her son has gone off the deep end, and threatens to take full custody of Jeff's son, until she does a random 180, conferring her blessings on him with a "Go forth and follow your gut instincts, my son" speech. Looking for something to watch? When their SUV mysteriously becomes lost, temperatures fall and the group dynamic unravels as a virtual and then literal witch hunt begins.
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View production, box office, & company info, Video Exclusive: Richard Harmon Reveals Why He Had Fun Playing A ‘Psycho Killer’ In ‘Darkness Falls’. He is so grief-struck that not only does he go off the rails trying to solve her homicide (which no one believes is a homicide), he also makes the radical choice to grow a beard.
Was this review helpful to you? Gary Cole and Richard Harmon play the movie's big bad guys and their performances are almost just as bad as Ashmore's performance. Obsessed with his investigation, he finds out that his wife was the victim of a team of father-and-son serial killers and sets out to stop them. Shaye gives one of the better performances but it's moments like a terrible dub of her shouting "Yeah! The story that lead to the first conviction for murder of an FBI agent. Search for "Darkness Falls" on Amazon.com, Title:
Music title data, credits, and images provided by, Movie title data, credits, and poster art provided by. These are the films from 2020 (and early 2021) that have the best chance... Get a list of the best movie and TV titles recently added (and coming... We rank the 25 best-reviewed horror films of the 2010s. His plans for a quiet life are disrupted when ... See full summary ».
My best example of the latter is a scene in which he pins loads of photos up to a wall in his old apartment, starts writing on them and starts screaming "I hate you" at them. A lot of the time, it comes across as though no one actually paid any attention to this film before saying it was okay to be released. Vahina Giocante.
I had no idea what was happening at this point, and realized only later that he was trying to "become" the killer in order to catch the killer.
There's nothing wrong with clichés, in and of themselves. Obsessed with his investigation, he finds out that his wife was the victim of a team of father-and-son serial killers and sets out to stop them.
Clichés are already shorthand, so when you shorthand the shorthand, assuming audiences will just take the leap into whatever "reality" you are trying to create, you end up with a cop-thriller like "Darkness Falls": a bizarre series of cliché after cliché, with no real work done to fill in the blanks with complexity, nuance, or even basic human reality.
Clichés are already shorthand, so when you shorthand the shorthand, assuming audiences will just take the leap into whatever "reality" you are trying to create, you end up with a cop-thriller like Darkness Falls: a bizarre series of cliché after cliché, with no real work done to fill in the blanks with complexity, nuance, or even basic human reality. Poor Lin Shaye gets dragged into this disaster too as Jeff's mother. Ashmore quite frequently goes from providing a half hearted performance and looking like he doesn't want to be there to providing a performance so over the top to the point that it looked like his character was about to explode at any given second.
Neither are intimidating and that's hardly surprising considering their motives are dumb and a lot of the scenes of them "suiciding women" (yes, an actual term used in the movie) are just the same scenes being shown over and over again. Right from the get go, the script is so badly written to the point that no one actually talks like real human beings in this movie.
The decision to film it that way was probably meant to be an "unblinking" look at violence against women, but the sheer length of the shot—not to mention the fact that the film hadn't done any work to establish her as a human being before we are forced to watch her expire—was itself "violence" against women, primarily the woman writing this review. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends.
It makes him look a little bit like the opening number of "Gold Diggers of 1933" when all the dancers stand behind Ginger Rogers and swoop their arms out, turning her into an octopus-like creature.
The camera work is an absolute mess with some of it being so lazy that it contains extended sequences of the camera being left in just one place, making it feel like someone accidentally left it there during a shot rehearsal, and far too many out of focus shots to the point it started to look like no one on set knew how to focus a camera.
Darkness Falls (2020) Rated NR 84 minutes Cast. The opening scene of "Darkness Falls," directed by Julien Seri, with screenplay by Giles Daoust, shows a woman being slowly killed by two men who have invaded her home. I watch a lot of bad movies, I love a so bad it's good film and every once in a while a film like this comes along that is just so terrible that it has countless rewatch value.
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The detective's mother (Lin Shaye) thinks her son has gone off the deep end, and threatens to take full custody of Jeff's son, until she does a random 180, conferring her blessings on him with a "Go forth and follow your gut instincts, my son" speech. Looking for something to watch? When their SUV mysteriously becomes lost, temperatures fall and the group dynamic unravels as a virtual and then literal witch hunt begins.
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View production, box office, & company info, Video Exclusive: Richard Harmon Reveals Why He Had Fun Playing A ‘Psycho Killer’ In ‘Darkness Falls’. He is so grief-struck that not only does he go off the rails trying to solve her homicide (which no one believes is a homicide), he also makes the radical choice to grow a beard.
Was this review helpful to you? Gary Cole and Richard Harmon play the movie's big bad guys and their performances are almost just as bad as Ashmore's performance. Obsessed with his investigation, he finds out that his wife was the victim of a team of father-and-son serial killers and sets out to stop them. Shaye gives one of the better performances but it's moments like a terrible dub of her shouting "Yeah! The story that lead to the first conviction for murder of an FBI agent. Search for "Darkness Falls" on Amazon.com, Title:
Music title data, credits, and images provided by, Movie title data, credits, and poster art provided by. These are the films from 2020 (and early 2021) that have the best chance... Get a list of the best movie and TV titles recently added (and coming... We rank the 25 best-reviewed horror films of the 2010s. His plans for a quiet life are disrupted when ... See full summary ».
My best example of the latter is a scene in which he pins loads of photos up to a wall in his old apartment, starts writing on them and starts screaming "I hate you" at them. A lot of the time, it comes across as though no one actually paid any attention to this film before saying it was okay to be released. Vahina Giocante.
I had no idea what was happening at this point, and realized only later that he was trying to "become" the killer in order to catch the killer.
There's nothing wrong with clichés, in and of themselves. Obsessed with his investigation, he finds out that his wife was the victim of a team of father-and-son serial killers and sets out to stop them.
Clichés are already shorthand, so when you shorthand the shorthand, assuming audiences will just take the leap into whatever "reality" you are trying to create, you end up with a cop-thriller like "Darkness Falls": a bizarre series of cliché after cliché, with no real work done to fill in the blanks with complexity, nuance, or even basic human reality.
Clichés are already shorthand, so when you shorthand the shorthand, assuming audiences will just take the leap into whatever "reality" you are trying to create, you end up with a cop-thriller like Darkness Falls: a bizarre series of cliché after cliché, with no real work done to fill in the blanks with complexity, nuance, or even basic human reality. Poor Lin Shaye gets dragged into this disaster too as Jeff's mother. Ashmore quite frequently goes from providing a half hearted performance and looking like he doesn't want to be there to providing a performance so over the top to the point that it looked like his character was about to explode at any given second.
Neither are intimidating and that's hardly surprising considering their motives are dumb and a lot of the scenes of them "suiciding women" (yes, an actual term used in the movie) are just the same scenes being shown over and over again. Right from the get go, the script is so badly written to the point that no one actually talks like real human beings in this movie.
The decision to film it that way was probably meant to be an "unblinking" look at violence against women, but the sheer length of the shot—not to mention the fact that the film hadn't done any work to establish her as a human being before we are forced to watch her expire—was itself "violence" against women, primarily the woman writing this review. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends.
It makes him look a little bit like the opening number of "Gold Diggers of 1933" when all the dancers stand behind Ginger Rogers and swoop their arms out, turning her into an octopus-like creature.
The camera work is an absolute mess with some of it being so lazy that it contains extended sequences of the camera being left in just one place, making it feel like someone accidentally left it there during a shot rehearsal, and far too many out of focus shots to the point it started to look like no one on set knew how to focus a camera.
Darkness Falls (2020) Rated NR 84 minutes Cast. The opening scene of "Darkness Falls," directed by Julien Seri, with screenplay by Giles Daoust, shows a woman being slowly killed by two men who have invaded her home. I watch a lot of bad movies, I love a so bad it's good film and every once in a while a film like this comes along that is just so terrible that it has countless rewatch value.
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The detective's mother (Lin Shaye) thinks her son has gone off the deep end, and threatens to take full custody of Jeff's son, until she does a random 180, conferring her blessings on him with a "Go forth and follow your gut instincts, my son" speech. Looking for something to watch? When their SUV mysteriously becomes lost, temperatures fall and the group dynamic unravels as a virtual and then literal witch hunt begins.
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View production, box office, & company info, Video Exclusive: Richard Harmon Reveals Why He Had Fun Playing A ‘Psycho Killer’ In ‘Darkness Falls’. He is so grief-struck that not only does he go off the rails trying to solve her homicide (which no one believes is a homicide), he also makes the radical choice to grow a beard.
Was this review helpful to you? Gary Cole and Richard Harmon play the movie's big bad guys and their performances are almost just as bad as Ashmore's performance. Obsessed with his investigation, he finds out that his wife was the victim of a team of father-and-son serial killers and sets out to stop them. Shaye gives one of the better performances but it's moments like a terrible dub of her shouting "Yeah! The story that lead to the first conviction for murder of an FBI agent. Search for "Darkness Falls" on Amazon.com, Title:
Music title data, credits, and images provided by, Movie title data, credits, and poster art provided by. These are the films from 2020 (and early 2021) that have the best chance... Get a list of the best movie and TV titles recently added (and coming... We rank the 25 best-reviewed horror films of the 2010s. His plans for a quiet life are disrupted when ... See full summary ».
My best example of the latter is a scene in which he pins loads of photos up to a wall in his old apartment, starts writing on them and starts screaming "I hate you" at them. A lot of the time, it comes across as though no one actually paid any attention to this film before saying it was okay to be released. Vahina Giocante.
I had no idea what was happening at this point, and realized only later that he was trying to "become" the killer in order to catch the killer.
There's nothing wrong with clichés, in and of themselves. Obsessed with his investigation, he finds out that his wife was the victim of a team of father-and-son serial killers and sets out to stop them.
Clichés are already shorthand, so when you shorthand the shorthand, assuming audiences will just take the leap into whatever "reality" you are trying to create, you end up with a cop-thriller like "Darkness Falls": a bizarre series of cliché after cliché, with no real work done to fill in the blanks with complexity, nuance, or even basic human reality.
Clichés are already shorthand, so when you shorthand the shorthand, assuming audiences will just take the leap into whatever "reality" you are trying to create, you end up with a cop-thriller like Darkness Falls: a bizarre series of cliché after cliché, with no real work done to fill in the blanks with complexity, nuance, or even basic human reality. Poor Lin Shaye gets dragged into this disaster too as Jeff's mother. Ashmore quite frequently goes from providing a half hearted performance and looking like he doesn't want to be there to providing a performance so over the top to the point that it looked like his character was about to explode at any given second.
Neither are intimidating and that's hardly surprising considering their motives are dumb and a lot of the scenes of them "suiciding women" (yes, an actual term used in the movie) are just the same scenes being shown over and over again. Right from the get go, the script is so badly written to the point that no one actually talks like real human beings in this movie.
The decision to film it that way was probably meant to be an "unblinking" look at violence against women, but the sheer length of the shot—not to mention the fact that the film hadn't done any work to establish her as a human being before we are forced to watch her expire—was itself "violence" against women, primarily the woman writing this review. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends.
It makes him look a little bit like the opening number of "Gold Diggers of 1933" when all the dancers stand behind Ginger Rogers and swoop their arms out, turning her into an octopus-like creature.
The camera work is an absolute mess with some of it being so lazy that it contains extended sequences of the camera being left in just one place, making it feel like someone accidentally left it there during a shot rehearsal, and far too many out of focus shots to the point it started to look like no one on set knew how to focus a camera.
Darkness Falls (2020) Rated NR 84 minutes Cast. The opening scene of "Darkness Falls," directed by Julien Seri, with screenplay by Giles Daoust, shows a woman being slowly killed by two men who have invaded her home. I watch a lot of bad movies, I love a so bad it's good film and every once in a while a film like this comes along that is just so terrible that it has countless rewatch value.
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The detective's mother (Lin Shaye) thinks her son has gone off the deep end, and threatens to take full custody of Jeff's son, until she does a random 180, conferring her blessings on him with a "Go forth and follow your gut instincts, my son" speech. Looking for something to watch? When their SUV mysteriously becomes lost, temperatures fall and the group dynamic unravels as a virtual and then literal witch hunt begins.
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View production, box office, & company info, Video Exclusive: Richard Harmon Reveals Why He Had Fun Playing A ‘Psycho Killer’ In ‘Darkness Falls’. He is so grief-struck that not only does he go off the rails trying to solve her homicide (which no one believes is a homicide), he also makes the radical choice to grow a beard.
Was this review helpful to you? Gary Cole and Richard Harmon play the movie's big bad guys and their performances are almost just as bad as Ashmore's performance. Obsessed with his investigation, he finds out that his wife was the victim of a team of father-and-son serial killers and sets out to stop them. Shaye gives one of the better performances but it's moments like a terrible dub of her shouting "Yeah! The story that lead to the first conviction for murder of an FBI agent. Search for "Darkness Falls" on Amazon.com, Title:
Music title data, credits, and images provided by, Movie title data, credits, and poster art provided by. These are the films from 2020 (and early 2021) that have the best chance... Get a list of the best movie and TV titles recently added (and coming... We rank the 25 best-reviewed horror films of the 2010s. His plans for a quiet life are disrupted when ... See full summary ».
My best example of the latter is a scene in which he pins loads of photos up to a wall in his old apartment, starts writing on them and starts screaming "I hate you" at them. A lot of the time, it comes across as though no one actually paid any attention to this film before saying it was okay to be released. Vahina Giocante.
I had no idea what was happening at this point, and realized only later that he was trying to "become" the killer in order to catch the killer.
This is also thanks to the horrendous line delivery by each actor in this film. After Maggie's cousin (Vanessa Dubasso) is drugged at a party, the gang rides out for revenge.
His memories of her involve golden sunset light, and the two of them staring lovingly at one another, smiling. Darkness Falls (2020) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
29 of 45 people found this review helpful. Jun 12, 2020 Clichés are already shorthand, so when you shorthand the shorthand, assuming audiences will just take the leap into whatever "reality" you are trying to create, you end up with a cop-thriller like Darkness Falls: a bizarre series of cliché after cliché, with no real work done to fill in the blanks with complexity, nuance, or even basic human reality.
There's nothing wrong with clichés, in and of themselves. Obsessed with his investigation, he finds out that his wife was the victim of a team of father-and-son serial killers and sets out to stop them.
Clichés are already shorthand, so when you shorthand the shorthand, assuming audiences will just take the leap into whatever "reality" you are trying to create, you end up with a cop-thriller like "Darkness Falls": a bizarre series of cliché after cliché, with no real work done to fill in the blanks with complexity, nuance, or even basic human reality.
Clichés are already shorthand, so when you shorthand the shorthand, assuming audiences will just take the leap into whatever "reality" you are trying to create, you end up with a cop-thriller like Darkness Falls: a bizarre series of cliché after cliché, with no real work done to fill in the blanks with complexity, nuance, or even basic human reality. Poor Lin Shaye gets dragged into this disaster too as Jeff's mother. Ashmore quite frequently goes from providing a half hearted performance and looking like he doesn't want to be there to providing a performance so over the top to the point that it looked like his character was about to explode at any given second.
Neither are intimidating and that's hardly surprising considering their motives are dumb and a lot of the scenes of them "suiciding women" (yes, an actual term used in the movie) are just the same scenes being shown over and over again. Right from the get go, the script is so badly written to the point that no one actually talks like real human beings in this movie.
The decision to film it that way was probably meant to be an "unblinking" look at violence against women, but the sheer length of the shot—not to mention the fact that the film hadn't done any work to establish her as a human being before we are forced to watch her expire—was itself "violence" against women, primarily the woman writing this review. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends.
It makes him look a little bit like the opening number of "Gold Diggers of 1933" when all the dancers stand behind Ginger Rogers and swoop their arms out, turning her into an octopus-like creature.
The camera work is an absolute mess with some of it being so lazy that it contains extended sequences of the camera being left in just one place, making it feel like someone accidentally left it there during a shot rehearsal, and far too many out of focus shots to the point it started to look like no one on set knew how to focus a camera.
Darkness Falls (2020) Rated NR 84 minutes Cast. The opening scene of "Darkness Falls," directed by Julien Seri, with screenplay by Giles Daoust, shows a woman being slowly killed by two men who have invaded her home. I watch a lot of bad movies, I love a so bad it's good film and every once in a while a film like this comes along that is just so terrible that it has countless rewatch value.
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The detective's mother (Lin Shaye) thinks her son has gone off the deep end, and threatens to take full custody of Jeff's son, until she does a random 180, conferring her blessings on him with a "Go forth and follow your gut instincts, my son" speech. Looking for something to watch? When their SUV mysteriously becomes lost, temperatures fall and the group dynamic unravels as a virtual and then literal witch hunt begins.
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View production, box office, & company info, Video Exclusive: Richard Harmon Reveals Why He Had Fun Playing A ‘Psycho Killer’ In ‘Darkness Falls’. He is so grief-struck that not only does he go off the rails trying to solve her homicide (which no one believes is a homicide), he also makes the radical choice to grow a beard.
Was this review helpful to you? Gary Cole and Richard Harmon play the movie's big bad guys and their performances are almost just as bad as Ashmore's performance. Obsessed with his investigation, he finds out that his wife was the victim of a team of father-and-son serial killers and sets out to stop them. Shaye gives one of the better performances but it's moments like a terrible dub of her shouting "Yeah! The story that lead to the first conviction for murder of an FBI agent. Search for "Darkness Falls" on Amazon.com, Title:
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My best example of the latter is a scene in which he pins loads of photos up to a wall in his old apartment, starts writing on them and starts screaming "I hate you" at them. A lot of the time, it comes across as though no one actually paid any attention to this film before saying it was okay to be released. Vahina Giocante.
I had no idea what was happening at this point, and realized only later that he was trying to "become" the killer in order to catch the killer.
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