Ryan Billings (Jesse James) is a twelve years old boy having trauma with dark, after a prank of his friends. His protective parents Sandy (Linda Purl) and Eric Billings (Charles Powell) do not let him alone in the night, and their house has many emergency lights. Sandy and Eric have an important party at night and they are reluctant to go, but in the end, Ryan stays at home with his seventeen years old brother Dale (Kevin Zegers), who listens to his fears of the dark things along four hours along a storm followed by a blackout. Suddenly weird things happen in the Billing's home.
"Fear of the Dark" is really a scary low budget movie! The story sets place in a house most of the time, and explores the psychological factor of the common fear of the dark that children (and some teenagers) have, using limited special effects. The excellent screenplay and direction are supported by the great performances of the young cast with the promising actor Jesse James, of "The Butterfly Effect", and Kevin Zegers. This underrated gem must be discovered by fans of simple but intelligent screenplays. I saw this film for the first time on 20 Aug 2004 on VHS, and today (27 Jan 2007) I have just watched on DVD. My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): 'Medo do Escuro' ('Fear of the Dark')
"Fear of the Dark" is really a scary low budget movie! The story sets place in a house most of the time, and explores the psychological factor of the common fear of the dark that children (and some teenagers) have, using limited special effects. The excellent screenplay and direction are supported by the great performances of the young cast with the promising actor Jesse James, of "The Butterfly Effect", and Kevin Zegers. This underrated gem must be discovered by fans of simple but intelligent screenplays. I saw this film for the first time on 20 Aug 2004 on VHS, and today (27 Jan 2007) I have just watched on DVD. My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): 'Medo do Escuro' ('Fear of the Dark')