We've got a two-for-one special on Darkness this week! Last time it was "Dark was the Night" and this time it's Out of the Dark! So, either things are looking up, or darkness is just coming out of the woodwork around here. Hmmm. Think I'll take option A.
Out of the Dark (2014) starts with a cryptic episode. A doctor is burning files in an expansive jungle villa when he hears something. Tossing some files into a dumb waiter to hide them, and closing the doors, the doctor arms himself with a scalpel and steps out onto the balcony. There's someone one on the balcony with him, but before we can see who or what is threatening the man, he falls off the balcony and dies. Fast-forward twenty years, and a family is arriving in Colombia to go to their new home, and look, it's the very place where the doctor died twenty years ago! This can't be good, can it?
Out of the Dark stars Stephen Rea, Scott Speedman and Julia Stiles in the lead roles, and is your basic horror story about creepy children. It's a pretty common theme in horror nowadays, probably beginning with the Exorcist back so many years ago. This particular story is decently well acted, though the special effects are minimal. There's a lot of the traditional jump scares, and they space them out so there's a general level of tension throughout the film. It adds to the overall atmosphere, but there's nothing exceptionally scary about this movie. I think the little girl managed to bring it all together, her english accent seemed so out of place at first, but I think it added a level of personality to the movie that it might have otherwise lacked.
Nothing particularly new or exciting in this one, though. Maybe worth a watch on Netflix if you have nothing better to do, but no sense in watching it twice. Fairly predictable, as well, so don't expect a major plot twist, but semi-enjoyable if the little girl's english accent doesn't throw you out of the immersion.
That's all for tonight, I hope to start catching up on my review pretty soon.
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