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75The thriller makes up in moody weirdness what it lacks in horror-tale originality.
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40All of this of course would be forgivable if it all added up to a scary movie or made even a lick of sense, but Balaguero manages to disappoint on all possible fronts.
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30Though pic boasts decent perfs, potent atmospherics and eye-catching visuals, both psychology and plot are bargain-basement.
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25Apparently, none of the characters in Darkness have seen "The Shining."
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25Horror at Christmas might work, but tedium doesn't.
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25Darkness was clearly tossed together like salad in the editing room, since it's little more than the sum of its unshocking shock cuts.
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20The sketchy characterizations, laughable dialogue and less-than-stellar performances by the formidable cast, all of whom have done far better work in the past, provide further reasons why Darkness should never have seen the light of day.
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20Full of shuttery jump cuts set to music cues so loud your heart can't help but convulse, Darkness should have been left to molder in Miramax's vast vault of horror-movie stiffs.
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Rarely has a film's tagline been more fitting: "Some secrets should never come to light."
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The performances of the Anglo cast are closer to catatonia than Catalonia.
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20Some movies should never come to light, either, and Darkness, bearing a 2002 copyright, might well have been better left on the shelf.
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10It's just a murky, dark mess where no one wins. Especially those of us watching it. Simply put: Darkness fails. It's about as chilling as an unplugged refrigerator.
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10It's not even bad enough to be any fun.
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The real mystery is why such a mangled film was not junked altogether.
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Unoriginal, frequently incomprehensible and cheaply made.
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0Eurotrash for the new millennium.
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Positive: 2 out of 19
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Mixed: 2 out of 19
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Negative: 15 out of 19
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