The Dark

The Dark

One of the living for one of the dead.

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Release Date

9/28/2005

Runtime

87 mins

Overview

In an attempt to pull her family together, Adèlle travels with her young daughter Sarah to Wales to visit her father. The morning after they arrive, Sarah mysteriously vanishes in the ocean. Not long after, a little girl bearing a striking resemblance to their missing daughter reveals that she has retuned from the dead — and that Sarah has been taken to the Welsh underworld.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

$6,593,579

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A haunting supernatural tragedy about the impossible grief of losing a child, anchored by a terrifying premise drawn from Welsh mythology. This is a film that sits heavily with you, part family drama, part folk horror, that prioritizes emotional devastation over jump scares.

Mood

Dread-soakedMournfulUnsettlingBleak

Themes

GriefFamilyMortality

Tone

Bleak

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

NaturalisticDesaturated

Structure

Linear

Heads up

Child endangermentSuicide and self-harm

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