The Dark (2018 film)

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The Dark
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Directed byJustin P. Lange
Written byJustin P. Lange
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Release date
  • August 31, 2018 (2018-08-31)(United States)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryAustria
LanguageEnglish

The Dark is a 2018 Austrian horror film written and directed by Justin P. Lange and starring Nadia Alexander, Toby Nichols, and Karl Markovics. The plot features an undead teenage girl befriending an abused, blind boy and regaining humanity in the process. The film debuted at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival [1] and was released in the US on October 26, 2018.

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Variety described The Dark as "well-crafted and well-acted", but that "in trying to succeed as something both metaphorical and very literal-minded, the movie ends up being neither one nor the other — not psychologically deep enough to succeed as pure drama, and too earnest to offer the usual rewards of a genre film." [2]

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References

  1. John Wedemeyer (April 23, 2018). "Tribeca Film Festival Review – 'The Dark'" . Retrieved April 25, 2018.
  2. "'The Dark' Review: A Different Type of Monster - Variety". Variety. Retrieved 22 August 2020.