Canadian Premiere
Selection 2018
The Dark
Directed by Justin P. Lange
Hosted by director Justin P. Lange and executive producer Florian Kruegel
Credits
Director
Justin P. Lange
Writer
Justin P. Lange
Cast
Nadia Alexander, Karl Markovics, Toby Nichols
Producer
Danny Krausz, Florian Kruegel, Andrew McCann Smith, Laura Perrmutter, Kurt Stocker
Cinematographer
Klemens Hufnagl
Sound Designer
Hannes Plattmeier
Editor
Julia Drack
PRESENTED WITH
Canada, Austria
2018 95 mins OV English
Genre
Horror
Official selection
Tribeca Film Festival 2018, Fantaspoa 2018
“Poignant and original… atmospheric zombie horror done different”Jonathan Barkin, DREAD CENTRAL
“Disturbing, yet oddly touching”Adam Patterson,, FILM PULSE
"...a bold and imaginative effort ... introduces talent worth watching."Jennie Kermode, EYE FOR FILM
Once upon a dark, dark time, there was a girl, lonely, undead and bloodthirsty. Behind her a dark, dark past – a curse. Hidden in the dark, dark woods, she tirelessly haunts her childhood home. Mina (Nadia Alexander) is a damaged soul, and tears to pieces anyone who dares enter her hunting ground. When she meets Alex (Toby Nichols), a disfigured and blind boy, brought to her by mysterious circumstances, her animalistic cannibal instincts seem to strangely fade away. As this uncanny friendship grows, little by little, both of these lost children learn how to reach out to the hints of light left within.
“The less you see, the more you believe“. These words from thrill-master Jacques Tourneur must have not fallen too far from Justin P. Lange’s ears. Filming what cannot be seen, illuminating the darkness, seems to be one of the most paradoxical tasks for a filmmaker. A few have succeeded, as does Lange with his debut feature. Lovers of gore and fright will be glad. THE DARK is generous, with litres of blood and shocking scenes. Character-driven and atmospheric too, this twisted fairytale plays with a large palette of tones, and classic horror-film references such as PSYCHO and LET THE RIGHT ONE IN. THE DARK is a scary story that digs into fragile emotions, the ones of abandoned children, tortured ugly ducklings who, by the director’s own words, find the “empathy that opens a pathway back to innocence”. – Celia Pouzet
Showings
YOU WILL ALSO LIKE
Terrified
Demián Rugna
Haunted-house investigators are tested by an evil the likes of which they have never encountered. Th...
Argentina
87 mins
Tales from the Hood 2
Rusty Cundieff, Darin Scott
The creators of the 1995 original return to their outrageous, entertaining horror anthology with an ...
USA
110 mins
The Witch in the Window
Andy Mitton
The director of WE GO ON continues his imaginative streak of character-driven supernatural horror wo...
USA
80 mins