Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, 2010 - ★★★½

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Review #14 of My Horrible Collection: Shocktober list.

I heard quite a few good things about this movie. Produced by Guilliermo del Torro, this movie certainly feels like one of his.

Except for a few scenes this feels a lot like a childrens horror movie, similar to Poltergeist. With the main character being a little girl and her problems with moving into a new house, with her estranged father and his girlfriend it felt very "childish".

But soon it gets dark, and I mean "a child should not watch this" kind of dark with little scary monsters stabbing an old man with knives. Now thinking about it in the 80s this could still go through as a childrens film.

I liked the reveal of the creatures, first only hearing their voices, soon getting to see their shadows and shapes before we finally get to see what they look like.

I enjoyed this movie quite a bit, the acting was well done, it managed to be fairly scary without resorting to cheap jump scares and with a pretty short running time it didn't feel slow at all.

I'm rating this movie 3.5 out of 5 stars and a like. Go watch it.