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==Summary==
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A young girl sent to live with her father and his new girlfriend believes that she has released creatures from a sealed ash pit in the basement of her new home. 
* ''Don't Be Afraid of the Dark'' (1973 made-for-TV)
* ''Don't Be Afraid of the Dark'' (2010 remake)


==Details==

* Release Date:  2010
* Country/Language:  US/Australia/Mexico, English
* Genres/Technical:  Horror, Fantasy, Thriller
* Runtime:  1 hr 39 min (1 hr 14 min for the 1973 version)
* Starring:  Katie Holmes, Guy Pearce, Bailee Madison (1973 version stars Kim Darby, Jim Hutton, Barbara Anderson)
* Director:  Troy Nixey (2002), John Newland (1973)
* Writer:  Nigel McKeand (1973 teleplay), [[Guillermo del Toro]] and Matthew Robbins (screenplay)
* Producer/Production Co:  Miramax, FilmDistrict, Necropia
* View Trailer: ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMm8WpTTzHY link]), ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yC-7t5VLLN4 1973])
* TVTropes Page: ([http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/DontBeAfraidOfTheDark link])
* IMDB Page: ([http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069992/ link]), ([http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1270761/ link])

==Ratings==
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* Rated:  R (Violence)

===Tentacle Ratings===
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* SS___ (Two Tentacles: Barely Lovecraftian; could be a very loose adaptation)

Strange little creatures try to lure a little girl into a sort of sinister Dreamland....

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===Reviews===
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* Andy Kaiser at Andy's Film Blog ([http://filmreviewsnsuch.blogspot.com.au/2011/08/dont-be-afraid-of-dark.html link]) - "However, the film does not go for as many scares as you would think and the ones it does go for are not handled particularly well."
* Richard Scheib atg the Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Film Review (2/5 Stars) ([http://moria.co.nz/horror/dont-be-afraid-of-the-dark-remake-2011.htm link]) - "On the other hand, what ''Don't Be Afraid of the Dark'' resembles is a well oiled and polished scare show, one that produces a good deal of creepiness and atmosphere, that wheels out all the expected moves perfectly capably, but in the end never pushes the material past a point where it rattles an audience in their seat..."

==Synopsis==
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A remake of the 1973 made-for-TV movie.  Lonely and introverted, young Sally has just arrived at the 19th-century mansion that her father and his girlfriend are restoring. While exploring the sprawling estate, Sally discovers a hidden, long-undisturbed basement. Unwittingly, she unleashes a race of malevolent, dark-dwelling creatures who intend to drag her and her family down into the mansion's bottomless depths. 
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==Notes==

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===Associated Mythos Elements===
* race:  [[Faerie]]s or [[Zoog]]s


===Keeper Notes===
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