Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
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Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

Year:
Duration:
99 min
Genres:
Fantasy | Horror | Thriller
IMDB rate:
5.6
Director:
Troy Nixey
Awards:
1 win & 2 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 2011-08-26
Filming Locations: Central City Studios, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Earnings
Budget: $25,000,000
Opening Weekend: $8,525,728 (USA) (28 August 2011)
Gross: $24,042,490 (USA) (13 November 2011)
Cast
Actor
Character
Katie Holmes
Katie Holmes
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Guy Pearce
Alex
Bailee Madison
Sally
Jack Thompson
Harris
Garry McDonald
Emerson Blackwood
Alan Dale
Charles Jacoby
Julia Blake
Mrs. Underhill
Bruce Gleeson
Buggy Driver
Eddie Ritchard
Housekeeper (as Edwina Ritchard)
Carolyn Shakespeare-Allen
Airport Cart Driver
David Tocci
Workman
Lance Drisdale
Policeman
Nicholas Bell
Psychiatrist
Libby Gott
Nurse
James Mackay
Librarian
Emelia Burns
Caterer
Trudy Hellier
Evelyn Jacoby
Terry Kenwrick
Bill
Grant Piro
Creature (voice)
Todd MacDonald
Creature (voice)
Angus Smallwood
Creature (voice)
Dylan Young
Creature (voice)
Abbe Holmes
Joanne (voice)
Richard Davine
Tourist (uncredited)
Lisa N Edwards
Cocktail Party Guest (uncredited)
Kim Ross
Extra (uncredited)
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Trivia
In the original Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (1973), Sally was Alex's wife, not daughter, while in this version a woman named Kim is his wife. In the original Sally, Alex's wife, was played by an actress named Kim - Kim Darby.
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The runes carved into the stone over the furnace that the creatures live down spells out "Be Afraid" in Elder Futhark.
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Guillermo del Toro:  passenger on the plane behind Sally.
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Goofs
The movie often offers close-ups of the BMW's "Rhode Island" license plate, but the numbers are red, like Massachusetts license plates. For over 15 years Rhode Island licenses plates have had blue lettering with a blue background featuring a wave graphic.
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During the ending scenes when the family is fighting the "faeries" its supposedly night time during a thunderstorm, in the middle of the woods but there is clearly light shining through the stain glass window, along with other windows in the house.
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While supposedly alone, the worker is slashed, beaten and stabbed to the point of near death. Yet nobody once questions how this "accident" could have happened or how he managed to end up with scissors sticking out of his neck.
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Quotes
Sally: They don't like bright lights, you know, those things.
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Faq
Q
Where was the location of the house used for filming?
A
The house itself was found on location about one hour north of the city of Melbourne. Ford and his design team transformed the existing building from a 1930s mock Tudor residence, to a Victorian mansion built in the late 1800s.
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Photos from cast
Katie Holmes Guillermo del Toro
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