The Dark
2005 · Movie · R · 87 min · ★ 5.7 · 45% critics
A mother travels with her young daughter to the Welsh coast hoping to mend family ties. After the child vanishes at sea, unsettling clues and local folklore pull the family into a grim mystery, where a lookalike girl appears and the search points toward something beyond the ordinary world.
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Details
- Years
- 2005
- Release date
- 2005-09-28
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 87 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 45/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.7/10 (294 votes)
About
If you enjoy slow-burn supernatural mysteries with grief, folklore, and a bleak mood, this may work for you, especially if you liked Silent Hill; Not for you if you want clear answers, frequent scares, or a tight, simple plot.
Pros: eerie coastal setting; intriguing myth angle; some strong performances | Cons: low on scares; confusing, messy story; uneven character work
Themes
- sea
- wales
- child abuse
- shepherd
- adolescence
- paradise
- suicide
- sheep
- parent child relationship
- loss of loved one
- single
- macabre
- +2 more
Cast & crew
Maria Bello
as Adèlle
Sean Bean
as James
- AS
Abigail Stone
as Ebrill
Richard Elfyn
as Rowan
Maurice Roëves
as Dafydd
Sophie Stuckey
as Sarah
- CH
Casper Harvey
as Young Dafydd
- EJ
Eluned Jones
as Doctor
- GP
Gwenyth Petty
as Librarian
- RG
Robin Griffith
as Police Inspector
Directed by John Fawcett