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69 out of 100

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8.3 out of 10

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  • Starring: Aure Atika, Guillaume Depardieu, Nicole Garcia
  • Summary: Fear(s) of the Dark is a wildly inventive and visually dazzling collection of fearful tales by six of the world's most renowned comic and graphic artists - Blutch, Charles Burns, Marie Caillou, Pierre Di Sciullo, Lorenzo Mattotti, and Richard McGuire. From a besotted student whose girlfriend is weirdly ardent in her affections, to a Japanese schoolgirl menaced by a long-dead samurai, and a pack of hounds on a bloodthirsty rampage, Fear(s) has a story strand to trouble every sleep - not to mention a stunning range of animation styles. Shot in shimmering black and white, the six intertwined tales create an unprecedented epic where phobias and nightmares come to life and reveal Fear at its most naked and intense. (IFC Films)… Expand

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  1. Positive: 13 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 16
  3. Negative: 0 out of 16
  1. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: J.R. Jones
    90
    Sinister and beautiful, this mostly black-and-white animation from France culls the talents of six artists and designers.
  2. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Steven Rea
    88
    Fear(s) of the Dark, a French production, interweaves the shorts, linking the segments together thematically, and narratively.
  3. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Reyhan Harmanci
    50
    The result is more lyrical than frightening - and there are some misses mixed in with the hits - but it's well worth checking out.

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