Darkness Falls (2003)

Director:

Jonathan Liebesman

Writers (WGA):

Joe Harris (story)
John Fasano (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

24 January 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Every Legend Has Its Dark Side.

Plot:

A vengeful spirit has taken the form of the Tooth Fairy to exact vengeance on the town that lynched her 150 years earlier. Her only opposition is the only child, now grown up, who has survived her before.

Plot Keywords:

Tooth | Tooth Fairy | Darkness | Light | Darkness Falls

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

Chaney Kley	...	Kyle Walsh
Emma Caulfield	...	Caitlin Greene
Lee Cormie	...	Michael Greene
Grant Piro	...	Larry Fleishman
Sullivan Stapleton	...	Officer Matt Henry
Steve Mouzakis	...	Dr. Peter Murphy
Peter Curtin	...	Dr. Travis
Kestie Morassi	...	Nurse Lauren
Jenny Lovell	...	Nurse Alexandra
John Stanton	...	Captain Thomas Henry
Angus Sampson	...	Raymond 'Ray' Winchester (as Angus Murray Lincoln Sampson)
Charlotte Rees	...	Marie Winchester
Joshua Anderson	...	Young Kyle Walsh
Emily Browning	...	Young Caitlin Greene
Rebecca McCauley	...	Margaret Walsh (Kyle's Mom)

Also Known As:

Don't Peek (USA) (working title)
The Ghost of Matilda Dixon (USA) (working title)
The Tooth Fairy: The Ghost of Matilda Dixon (USA) (working title)
Tooth Fairy (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for terror and horror images, and brief language.

Runtime:

86 min

Country:

USA | Australia

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Malaysia:18SG | Portugal:M/16 | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Brazil:14 | Canada:14A | France:-12 | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:IIB | Ireland:15PG (original rating) | Ireland:15 (video rating) | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:M | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | South Korea:12 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Australia

Company:

Revolution Studios

Trivia:

The "Sensory Deprevation Tank" is actually an MRI machine.

Goofs:

Plot holes: It is established early that The Tooth Fairy is afraid of and very sensitive to light. Not just bright light. Any light. Therefore, no one should be able to see her because you need light to see anything. Otherwise, it would be recoiling from the pain of being in a light source.

Quotes:

Kyle: We stay in the light, we stay alive.

Movie Connections:

References "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" (1987/I)

Soundtrack:

Look Out Below

Don't Peek

Horror movies have opened the door to unimagined horror, pure fear, and the power of survival over death, and legends told like the Tooth Fairy could give life to darkness. And fear grips innocence, tearing life apart, but the hero fights to survive. And through his conflict are we pulled in, held hostage to the trials that he must overcome, and the story grips us tighter as murder rises high into the night. And the true face of evil is unmasked, but will it remain unrelenting even up to its last breath? And unlike some Horror movies, will a happy ending find its way to the end before the credits roll? Darkness Falls is a true masterpiece of Horror, strengthening our fear of the dark.