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Am i the only one who thinks........Average?

There is just so much movie here. For some it may be too much. But in the same secretly sarcastic way most telemarketers say the phrase, the title of this one is particularly apt.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.

The film suffers from way too many plot flaws and repetitive dialogue. I mean honestly, how many times must they say "stay in the light"?? The film has some great visuals, though. Apart from the forced scares thanks to cats and music, the film offers very few thrills and chills. There are better films of the same genre out there.

I only watched this because the mere concept made me laugh, and because I felt like watching a horror movie that wouldn't leave me all depressed like the good ones usually do. I got exactly what I wanted that day, so maybe this review isn't completely objective; and truth to be told, what this movie does best is delivering simple jump-scares of the kind we know. But I still thought the idea of an evil tooth fairy was well executed, and like the top reviewers state, it really isn't THAT bad. I gotta warn you, though, this movie is extremely 90s. It's right down from the styling to the sound effects to the coked up shifting camera angles, and lets not forget the Beverly Hills-style acting. I especially loved it when our troubled hero, Kyle, lines up his medicine for various mental illnesses on the table, and swallows them to a loudly blasting grunge-soundtrack, while the camera goes crazy. The only way this could've been less subtle, is if a TV screen had shown a Kurt Cobain-lookalike shoot himself in the background. The camera also later pans to show that Kyle has dedicated an entire wall to drawings of the mask the tooth fairy was wearing when he first saw it - in case you were still in doubt that our protagonist is haunted and has got them feels, maaaan. The amateurish feeling is quite sad, because this movie has some genuinely scary things to offer - it's sound effects from the fairy is quite good, some mix between that girl from The Grudge and a particularly ravenous witch. It also mostly knows what it has to offer,(action, mysterious creature and scares) and I thought it had great timing when it came to scares. It also didn't waste it's time in it's 80 minute runtime*coughtwohourmodernmoviescough*.The movie only goes truly flaccid and unintentionally hilarious, when it breaks from it's ghost- story mold at the middle, and becomes more like an Alien-style creature feature. The witch still screams and flies around, but you aren't scared of her anymore, because of the addition of what I think were actual assault rifles. There's a reason scary dead women usually chooses to haunt naive young people in old mansions, and not some action hero like Kyle, who stands ready to protect "his girl" with bullets, red necks and access to stuff like light houses. The final nail in the coffin was the inclusion of a kid, because we know they won't die, so you'd wish he wasn't included at all. That's not to say that this movie isn't entertaining. It IS. But be prepared for the gradual shift from ghost story to action flick. Even the hard rock ending song doesn't match the foreboring music at the beginning of this movie.

The plot of this movie immediately caught my attention. Sadly the execution of Darkness Falls had some major flaws that ruined most of the film for me. While the opening scene and first encounter with the dark entity was interesting and unnerving. Further scenes failed to be scary at all. Also I found the monster's looks dull and ridiculous.Acting was meh, atmosphere was meh, everything was meh.

Okay, I admit this may not be a great movie, but I don't think it is the worst either. However, I do think I'm only saying that because I loved it as a kid. Honestly, it was always the choice of scary film for me and my friends at sleepovers etc. It was scary, the tooth-fairy character is my idea of a worst nightmare, and believe me she gave me plenty in the years that followed. I haven't seen it in a few years and while it may not haunt me anymore I suspect it would give me an intermediate shiver if I watched it again today.Usually I bash films like this. There are probably better horror films out there that I've given worse reviews too, but this one holds sentimental value for me and I genuinely believe that it's not THAT bad. The acting isn't wonderful and the story plays out a bit predictably... I still quite like the premise though and the legend behind Matilda the tooth-fairy.If you scare easily, I wouldn't recommend you watch this alone. The movie might not be top, but it is full of jumps and the villain is horrifying. Enjoy (with the lights on).