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  Review by edwardpercullen ★★½ 1

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  Review by B E R T ★★★★

  One of my favourite horrors. They made some great horror films of this era I reckon, most of which have been forgotten about, and this is one of them. Effectively creepy and spooky, great creature effects and I like that the story takes on a psychological approach.

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  Review by nathaxnne [hiatus] ★★★ 18

  They succeeds at sustaining a consistently gloomy not-night/not-day tone of irreality throughout its running time. It does not show too much and what it does show is in keeping with its waking nightmare feeling. Sometimes when you turn on a light and it somehow doesn't dispel the darkness but only serves to heighten and define what territory darkness holds and how feeble the light's range by comparison?

  Ethan Embry as a tortured painter dude who makes paintings in a horror movie that I actually like for once gives this a post-Freakylinks vibe despite its total lack of internet research scenes or crazed email missives which any movie like this after 2002 would be almost obligated to have unless a period…

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  Review by Jess ★★½ 1

  I liked how early 2000's it was. And how much she looked like she should be singing "kiss me" by sixpence none the richer.

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  Review by mali ★½

  this is NOT an accurate depiction of nonbinary people

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  Review by Rob Hill ★ 3

  No real scares. No real coherence. Utter waste of time.

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  Review by Dan Abel ★★ 1

  "They come for me when its dark..."

  Laura is a psychology student who grew up with a boy named Billy, a friend who experienced night terrors in which he claimed there were creatures out to get him. Creatures sensed by children and electrical sources but mostly unnoticeable to adults. After tragedy strikes, Laura is suddenly faced with what Billy feared all along.

  This film is also labeled Wes Craven Presents: They but I don't see him mentioned as a producer here on Letterboxd, and I wouldn't be shocked if his estate had something to do with it. I'm just a bit of a sucker for early 2000s PG rated horror so I was shocked to discover a film I'd never…

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  Review by Julian ★

  So fucked up how 20 years ago even the worst movies you’d ever seen looked great. We are moving backwards.

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  Review by James 2

  I'm not entirely sure why I love this movie so much. It's like comfort food for me. Every so often I just crave a rewatch.

  Part of it is definitely my lifelong crush on Ethan Embry. Part of it is just how early-2000's this movie really is. Part of it is how much I identify with the shadow people in this movie in that I thrive in the darkness as well. Part of it is definitely the nostalgia of having seen it for the first time in the middle of the night on TV back when movies still actually scared me.

  Sure, it leaves a lot to be desired but I choose not to look at this movie through that…

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  Review by Ian Kemper ★★½ 4

  The pronouns attack in the dark!!

  It seems that most people don't like this movie but I found it to be a perfectly decent watch. Just enough creepy vibes, a good looking lead, chain smoking Ethan Embry, and that sweet nostalgia feeling from characters that I was the same age as when this came out.

  The emo energy in this is palpable; relationship issues, loss of identity, friends suicide, mental health, copious cigarettes, and art in the palette of black. I damn near threw on The Rising Tide by Sunny Day Real Estate after watching this so I too could get my angst on.

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  Review by eli ⚰️ ★★★

  decently creepy yet one of those where shit would be a whole lot creepier if the creature design was flat out better, because these scenes aren’t bad. 
  writing was eh but wes craven seems to be linked to this so not entirely sure. 
  + decent body horror.
  jon and marc, honorable mentions.

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  Review by 📂: @zolie! ⟢ ½

  so boring, I felt like it took forever to finish