Director:
Jack HellerGuión:
Tyler HiselCámara:
Ryan SamulMúsica:
Darren MorzeReparto:
Kevin Durand, Bianca Kajlich, Lukas Haas, Nick Damici, Heath Freeman, Sabina Gadecki, Steve Agee, Seth HendricksSinopsis(1)
Aislada y amenazadora, una misteriosa fuerza está escondida en los bosques de las afueras de la pequeña ciudad de Maiden Woods. (Movistar+)
Reseñas (4)
The headphones + darkness conjured up a really solid atmospheric experience. Decent visuals, a decent Kevin Durand, a stifling atmosphere and setting. What surprised me was that this is not a werewolf movie, but a monster horror movie with a nice looking creature at the end (it is only shown in glimpses throughout the film). Although the film has a slower to depressing pace, which I usually can't stand, I surprisingly didn't get bored this time. The finale in the church will rip the adrenaline out of you. 65%.
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Dos conocidos actores secundarios refuerzan la impresión de esta películas de terror de clase B por unos pocos dólares. La psicologización del protagonista traumatizado tiene su valor y la actuación de Kevin Durand es creíble. El ambiente de una pequeña ciudad estadounidense otoñal también es bueno, sus habitantes sencillos son una víctima potencial fácil para el monstruo. Y el tono triste y sombrío, sintonizado con música oscura y filtros de cámara fríos, le da una identidad impresionante. Pero no espere ideas de historias revolucionarias o un monstruo atractivo, que solo aparece por un momento y su concepto artístico y diseño digital es una gran decepción. Tres estrellas, y por los pelos.
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Heller doesn’t lack talent, he proved that already in his début Enter Nowhere. In his second film he delivers a solid monster horror story with a creature that terrorises a small town, first killing the pets and then inhabitants. It’s slow, sombre and with bleached colours. Heller is competent at building an atmosphere, but it’s a shame that when the monster is fully revealed in the end I was quite disappointed; it was better when all you could see were the claws or its silhouette. But the main problem I have (and the reason I’m sticking to a safe three-star rating) is that, given the premise and the straightforward script, Dark Was the Night is almost absurdly serious. Plot-wise it’s just and ordinary monster B-movie, and the script doesn’t even try to be original or creative in any way, but the characters at times act and speak as if they were in a Dostoevsky play.
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Dark Was the Night isn't a bad film at all; rather, it's unremarkable, with its biggest issue being that it simply lacks originality. But it's made well, in such a way that you'll enjoy it. Plus, there's a monster that basically doesn't appear the whole time, you only see hints of it, or only what it left behind. In that respect, it's a good craftsmanship that's worth checking out.
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