Peur(s) du noir (2007)

Directors:

Blutch
Charles Burns

Writers:

Blutch (writer)
Charles Burns (writer)

Release Date:

13 February 2008 (Belgium)

Genre:

Animation | Drama | Horror | Mystery

Tagline:

Don't come alone! (UK)

Plot:

Several scary black-and-white animated segments in different styles appeal to our fear(s) of the dark.

Plot Keywords:

Fear | Nightmare | Dog | Demon | Directed By Several Directors

Cast

Gil Alma	...	(voice)
Aure Atika	...	Laura (voice)
François Creton	...	The teacher (voice)
Guillaume Depardieu	...	Eric (voice)
Sarah-Laure Estragnat	...	(voice)
Nicolas Feroumont	...	(voice)
Nicole Garcia	...	Narrator (voice)
Arthur H.	...	Narrator (voice)
Christian Hecq	...	The doctor / The samurai (voice)
Christian Hincker	...	(voice)
Lino Hincker	...	(voice)
Melaura Honnay	...	(voice)
Amélie Lerma	...	(voice)
Florence Maury	...	(voice)
Adriana Piasek-Wanski	...	(voice)
Louisa Pili	...	Sumako (voice)
Amaury Smets	...	(voice)
Brigitte Sy	...	(voice)
Laurent Van den Rest	...	(voice)
Charlotte Vermeil	...	(voice)
Andreas Vuillet	...	(voice)

Also Known As:

Fear(s) of the Dark (USA) (festival title)

Runtime:

85 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Colour:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Singapore:M18 | Australia:MA | USA:Unrated | Canada:14A (Manitoba/Ontario) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | France:U (with warning)

Company:

Prima Linea Productions

Shorts good, as a whole ... not so good!

Sometimes when I write comments, especially when I stray away from the overall or say average voting, I know people will automatically "not like" my comment or find it useful. Still as in this case, I'll explain my rating to those who care to read.

We have a few really good animated short movies here (each with a different visual style/theme). If I had watched them as standalone stories, I would have rated them much higher. Or at least without the intermission animated story, which didn't have anything to do with any of the stories (apart from the fact that it was animated and could be categorized as horror, if you want to). But even the intermission shorts (which isn't even surprising, you can see where it's headed, which is boring and annoying at the same time), are not even close to achieve the status an intermission voice has.

A female speaker speaks ... well french (duh), but again adds nothing much to the stories we are watching. Even more disturbing, it seems this voice-over is plain preposterous and pseudo philosophical. It drifts into conversations you might have with yourself in front of the mirror or when you are alone, but never want anyone else to hear say them (especially if you don't even have those "akward" conversations with yourself). This voice(-over) alone deserves a 1/10, but since the shorts are very good (and deserve the 7/10 rating the overall movie has), I settled for a 3/10