Darkness (film)

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Movie
German title Darkness
Original title Darkness
Country of production USA , Spain
original language English
Publishing year 2002
length 103 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Jaume Balagueró
script Jaume Balagueró,
Fernando de Felipe
production Julio Fernández ,
Brian Yuzna
music Carles Cases
camera Xavi Giménez
cut Luis de la Madrid
occupation

Darkness (alternative title on television: Darkness ) is an American - Spanish horror film from 2002 . Directed by Jaume Balagueró , who wrote the script together with Fernando de Felipe .

action

An American family moves into a house in Spain where six children were missing 40 years earlier in connection with religious rituals. Mark has suffered from mental disorders since moving, which is why he is receiving medical treatment. His son Paul is convinced that supernatural powers are active in his bedroom.

Mark's daughter Regina learns that the house was designed to enhance the supernatural effect of the constellation of heavenly bodies that occurs every 40 years. It takes another child to die for the rituals to be performed. Regina and her friend Carlos try to save her brother.

The family is in the house when the solar eclipse begins. Mark suffocates as Regina tries to clear his airway. She goes upstairs to her brother. Meanwhile, Regina's mother appears, the ghosts of her children, who ask them to turn off the flame of the stove - which gives the only light in the kitchen. At the same time, the ghost of their mother appears to the children on the first floor of the house, who wants them to turn off the lamp. You don't listen to it; the spirit turns into a sinister being that flees. However, the mother turns off the stove.

The children flee through a window and are picked up by Carlos. Shortly thereafter, Carlos drives his car in front of the house. He comes in and looks for Regina; the front door closes by itself behind him. Regina asks the supposed Carlos whether it has stopped . He denies it as the car approaches a dark tunnel.

Reviews

Frank checks wrote in the journal The Hollywood Reporter of 28 December 2004, the film " boast " with the " dignified occupation " and with the atmosphere to " hopeless stupidity " ( " utter inanity to hide"). It is a collection of barely connected scenes (" compendium of barely connected scenes "), which would ultimately slide into incoherence. The dialogues are ridiculous, the presentations are not outstanding.

The lexicon of international films wrote that the film was “ a largely successful variation of the haunted house motif, which, however, has lost its fascination due to a quasi-religious conspiracy theory ”. He was " overall an effective horror film that gets under your skin ".

Awards

Jaume Balagueró was nominated for a prize at the Sitges Festival Internacional de Cinema de Catalunya in 2002. In 2003 he was nominated for the International Fantasy Film Award of the Fantasporto Festival. The film was nominated for Goya Sound in 2003 .

backgrounds

The film was shot in the Spanish locations of Barcelona , Lleida and Sant Cugat del Vallès . Its production amounted to an estimated 10.6 million US dollars . It had its world premiere on October 3rd, 2002 at the Sitges Festival Internacional de Cinema de Catalunya ; later it was featured at numerous other film festivals. The film grossed approximately $ 34.4 million in cinemas worldwide, including approximately $ 22.2 million in US cinemas.

particularities

The film has obvious parallels to Stanley Kubrick's Shining , which should be interpreted as an homage , such as: B. the days of the week that are displayed, the VW Beetle, ghosts of a pair of twins, the father who has lost his mind and ultimately the bad house.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Frank Scheck: Filmkritik ( Memento from September 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) accessed September 7, 2007
  2. ↑ Darkness. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  3. ^ Filming locations for Darkness , accessed September 7, 2007.
  4. ↑ Box office / business for Darkness , accessed September 7, 2007.
  5. ↑ Darkness premiere dates , accessed September 7, 2007.