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Guillermo del Toro's DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK (he wrote the screenplay) is a reworking of a telefilm that terrified him as a tiny. Ten-year-old rebel Sally lives with her remote father Alex (Guy Pearce) and his new wife Kim (Katie Holmes) in Falling Mill, a dilapidated Gothic mansion. Unbeknownst to the young family, the house they are lovingly renovating harbours something more sinister than dry rot in its shadows, and when Alex re-opens a hidden basement room, its occupants make their furious feelings clear. This creepy New England fairytale feels like a sketchbook for PAN'S LABYRINTH but is very much its own film, and persistent lapses into horror cliché are redeemed by nuanced performances from Katie Holmes and the outstanding young actress Bailee Madison.

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Print source: Studio Canal UK