moonspinner55 Unnerving TV-movie features Kim Darby and Jim Hutton as an upwardly mobile young couple who move into an old manor previously owned by Darby's now-deceased grandmother. The veteran handyman tells curious Kim not to open the bricked-off fireplace in the hidden room downstairs, but she unbolts the ash bin anyway and unwittingly unleashes a society of evil little goblins intent on adding her soul to their circle. Well-done thriller from director John Newland and writer Nigel McKeand might have benefited even more from a slightly larger budget and more time on the clock to expand on McKeand's scenario. As it is, "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark" is so compact that it feels rushed, although the finale being cut short may actually work in the movie's favor: there isn't an opportunity to ask questions, only to ponder the possibilities--and the sounds we're left with linger in the mind. Loosely remade as a theatrical feature in 2010.

jacobjohntaylor1 This movie is nothing to be scared. Some Goblins live under an old house and kill any one who lives there. This movie had good concept. It has a awful story line. It has an awful ending. It is not scary at all. The remake from 2010 is better and this is a pretty bad movie. Good actor wasted there talent being in this awful movie. Do not wast your money. And do not wast your time. If you want see a real scary movie. See any of the Exorcist movies. Our see the Amityville horror. Do not bother with this crap. I do not know why critics like this awful movie. It is one of the worst horror movies ever made. There are better movie out there. Life is to short for this movie. Do not lesson to the critics. Say way from this movie.

Joxerlives Interesting film but let down by some very leaden and unimaginative production values and direction. It would have been better had they left the creatures more in the darkness, once you actually see them then they lose all credibility. Also they seem to be not that formidable, they retreat from light so why doesn't Kim Darby just dump a can of petrol down the chimney and fry them? Why doesn't she just buy herself a shotgun and blow them away? And in the immortal words of Eddie Murphy why the blazes doesn't she just get out of the house?Kim Darby is extremely good just as she was in True Grit but she's by far the best thing in it, the other actors are very weak. It's interesting to see it all in retrospect in terms of the feminist revolution, this is the very beginning of woman's lib (which is even referred to in passing)and the patronising attitude everyone exhibits towards housewife Sally is quite startling.The ending is probably the reason why everyone remembers this film, for a TV movie of the week to have an ending where the heroine actually 'joins' the bad guys must have been quite daring at the time. So what happens next? Does Sally's husband and her friends try to rescue her? Or do they just brick up the chimney and make sure no one ever opens it again? Has she actually become one of the creatures or is she their queen and do they feed off her soul (one of the creatures says they want Sally's 'spirit'). What about the photos she took as she was being dragged towards the chimney?Interesting but really doesn't live up to its' reputation.

atinder I seen the remake before only one time. I did not like at all, i found very meh and very boring and I didn't like the final out come at all.This wasn't not great but was a lot better then remake, It did have some cool scenes in this movie, the attack scenes could have been a lot better.I loved the way those things looked in this movie a lot more creepy there the ones in the remake.I really shocked how the movie ended as I didn't think that would have ended at all, Nice for change wen't movies don't end to predicable.The acting was really good in this movie6 out of 10