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  • 2018
  • Dark Sky Films
  • 1 h 35 m
  • 2018
  • Dark Sky Films
  • 1 h 35 m

Summary An undead teenage girl befriends a blind boy that she meets in a forest she haunts and hunts in. Both have been victims of unimaginable abuse, and each finds solace in the other. There may be a chance of light at the end of their tunnel, but it will come with a body count.

Directed By: Justin P. Lange, Klemens Hufnagl

Written By: Justin P. Lange

  • 2018
  • Dark Sky Films
  • 1 h 35 m
  • 2018
  • Dark Sky Films
  • 1 h 35 m

The Dark

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Summary An undead teenage girl befriends a blind boy that she meets in a forest she haunts and hunts in. Both have been victims of unimaginable abuse, and each finds solace in the other. There may be a chance of light at the end of their tunnel, but it will come with a body count.

Directed By: Justin P. Lange, Klemens Hufnagl

Written By: Justin P. Lange

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70
Oct 25, 2018
The Dark clicks (which is often), it’s a moving and poetic tale about how neglect and abuse can turn people into freaky beasts, and how love can bring them back.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
70
Oct 25, 2018
When a movie does so much right – it’s unique and visually arresting and, at times, legitimately moving and surprisingly scary – it’s hard not to wish for something more complete, something that fully and entirely connects.
By Nick Rocco Scalia FULL REVIEW
50
Oct 25, 2018
Mina and Alex seem less like teenagers and more like case studies with traumas rather than personalities. The horror genre can be a pipeline into the dark corners of the psyche, but the impact of The Dark is more clinical than cathartic.
By Teo Bugbee FULL REVIEW
40
Oct 25, 2018
In trying to succeed as something both metaphorical and very literal-minded, the movie ends up being neither one nor the other — not psychologically deep enough to succeed as pure drama, and too earnest to offer the usual rewards of a genre film.
By Dennis Harvey FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Dor Film Produktionsgesellschaft, First Love Films, Austrian Film Institute, Government of Canada, MEDIA Programme of the European Union, Northern Ontario Heritage Fund, Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF)
Release Date Oct 26, 2018
Duration 1 h 35 m
Genres
Tagline Your worst fear is your only hope.
Website http://www.austrianfilms.com/film/the_dark
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Awards

Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
• 3 Nominations
Fantaspoa International Fantastic Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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