Sunday 8 December 2013

And Soon the Darkness (2010)

Something no-one else seems to have touched on among others reviews I read on Lovefilm is the fact that this film is actually a re-make of a 1970 British film with the same name. Having watched that film a few weeks ago, it was on the Horror Channel in the UK, I have to say that this film is a lot better than the original one, which was a real chore to get through.At least this one has a bit of genuine excitement and thrill to it, at least the girls in it seems to have just a little bit of sense about them (not much) - in the original they are so naive it is painful and watching it I was almost glad they ran into difficulties just to teach them a lesson... But times were very different back then, just coming out of the 60s, so it is obviously a film of it's time. The 2010 remake is miles better, but comparing it with similar films of it's kind today, it is only average - 3/5.

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