Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2010)

Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark: Directed by Troy Nixey. With Bruce Gleeson, Eddie Ritchard, Garry McDonald, Bailee Madison. A young girl sent to live with her father and his new girlfriend believes that she has released creatures from a sealed ash pit in the basement of her new home.

“In Rhode Island, the interior designers Alex (Guy Pearce) and his girlfriend Kim (Katie Holmes) welcome Alexu0026#39;s nine year daughter Sally (Bailee Madison) that was sent by her mother to live with Alex. The couple brings Sally to the manor of the painter Emerson Blackwood (Garry McDonald), who had disappeared with his son many years ago, and Alex has invested all his money in the mansion expecting to be promoted in his business with the restoration of the house.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSally rejects Kim and feels lonely in the mansion and while walking on the real estate, she finds that the manor has a hidden basement. Alexu0026#39;s employee William Harris (Jack Thompson), who is a descendant of Blackwood, warns Sally to never go to the basement but the girl overhears voices in the ash pit calling her. However Sally brings a wrench and removes the bolts of the ash pit cover. Sooner Sally finds that evil creatures that fear the light have escaped from the underground through the ash pit and are threatening her. However, Alex and Kim believe that it is only her imagination.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eu0026quot;Donu0026#39;t Be Afraid of the Darku0026quot; is a remake of a 1973 film that I have never seen. The cinematography and the performance of the girl Bailee Madison are great. Unfortunately the lame screenplay has many plot holes and, for example, the disappearance of Kim and the weird events that the guests have witnessed have no consequence in the end of the story.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe DVD has interviews and behind stage footages and it is visible the interference of Guillermo del Toro in the direction. Unfortunately his participation is not enough to save this film. My vote is five.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eTitle (Brazil): u0026quot;Não Tenha Medo do Escurou0026quot; (u0026quot;Donu0026#39;t Be Afraid of the Darku0026quot;)”