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27 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 50Film ThreatFilm ThreatIf you’re looking for a compelling horror flick, don’t waste your time with Darkness Falls.
- 40The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenAbout as scary as a ride on a minor roller coaster, it unrolls its amplified butcher-block shock effects within the first five minutes.
- 38Charlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanCharlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanIsn't satisfying or surprising. It doesn't even make sense from scene to scene.
- 33Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle Post-IntelligencerA joyless amalgam of horror movie cliches, none used more exhaustively than the false alarm.
- 25Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversDo you really need me to tell you how scary this horror show isn't?
- 25San Francisco ChronicleBob GrahamSan Francisco ChronicleBob GrahamDumb.
- 12Chicago TribuneJohn PetrakisChicago TribuneJohn PetrakisA lamebrained attempt at horror that is just a derivative pastiche of ideas lifted from other bad films.
- 10Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasDarkness Falls -- with a thud. But it does not go gently into the night, for director Jonathan Liebesman and his large crew cram as much style and energy as they can into a hokey and morbid supernatural thriller plot. It's a downer to see so much effort expended on such junk.
- 10L.A. WeeklyDaniel FienbergL.A. WeeklyDaniel FienbergBlack cats, ill-timed power outages and children in peril are just a few of the hoary scare tactics ineffectively rendered in the style of so many films buried in the dark recesses of January.
- 0Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonA truly awful and extremely loud scareflick.