Andrew Bayly, Chaney Kley, Emily Browning

As a young boy, Kyle Walsh claims to have accidentally woken up out of his sleep, just in time to see the Tooth Fairy trying to kill him. From that point forward he is considered crazy by everyone in ...( read more  read more... )town--except his childhood sweetheart, Caitlin, and her little brother, Michael. Years later, Kyle must return home to confront his troubled past, and save Caitlin and Michael from an unrelenting evil that has plagued the town of Darkness Falls for over 150 years.

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PG-13, 1 hr. 25 min.

Directed by: Jonathan Liebesman

Release Date: January 24, 2003

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DVD Release Date: April 29, 2003

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  • July 17, 2009
    While the opening scene was promising and genuinely suspenseful, the rest of the movie wanders in a different direction to make it ultimately suck.

    I like the idea of not looking at the antagonist - sounds like the concept of a creepy myth. So why didn't they put more emphasis i...( read more)n that and leave all of the crap out? I really don't want to spend too much time writing this, as such a disappointing film doesn't really deserve the time of day....so why am I wasting my time writing this? It's even more pointless than the film itself.

    Oh well, I'll go now.
  • March 27, 2009
    The film starts with an interesting story of an old woman loved by children, but victimised when she is disfigured. It's a quick 4 minute narration, but it's more interesting than the rest of this film. They should have made the film a period piece. Instead it becomes a usual hor...( read more)ror. What's really annoying is that the first 10 minutes are brilliant. Genuine chills and jumps, not to mention those freaky moments where you want to look away. The main problem with Darkness Falls is a complete lack of characters, but plenty of people. People are introduced just to be slaughtered. The film is so short that they had to make the credits 11 minutes long just so they could show the film theatrically. Perhaps they should have spent some time developing the protagonists. Upon further searching, the design of the Tooth Fairy was changed, for the worst. The original design was creepy and unholy. Now it's just some pissed off old girl. Very missable indeed.
  • June 22, 2008
    The effects in this movie are well-done and I really like the child actor in it, but there's not much else to say about this. You know those horror movies where the horror would end if the main characters weren't such dumbasses? This is one of those. None of the characters are li...( read more)keable, but the movie is short, so you don't have to put up with them for long. There's nothing to HATE about this movie, but there was nothing special about it.
  • June 7, 2008
    This will screw up what kids think about the toothfairy for years....ha!
  • February 3, 2008
    Pending Review...

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  • October 27, 2009
    I'll be honest, i didn't have much hope for this film when i put it on tv but i thought i'd give it a chance. Why oh why did i do that? 1hr 25mins of my life totally wasted on this unengaging, terrible acted, boring film! Killer tooth fairy? Really???
  • October 26, 2009
    the scariest movie ever! :/
  • October 13, 2009
    The concept was kinda cool: a killer tooth fairy. But after the kinda promising opening, the story and any interest ceased to exist.
  • October 6, 2009
    scariest movie for me
  • September 17, 2009
    LOVE this movie its my fav scary movie!!!!!!!!! Makes u think twice about loosin ur teeth LOL.....

Critic Reviews


January 31, 2003
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

Do you really need me to tell you how scary this horror show isn't? full review

January 24, 2003
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer

Stephen King without the snap, David Lynch without the kink, teen horror without the teen hormones, Darkness Falls falls apart in a crescendo of creepy-crawly hoo-ha. full review

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  • steelerchik823
    August 20, 2007
    okay this movie scared like the piss outta me.. that girls face is sooooo flippin scary and its even creepier at the end when they rip her mask off i was sooo creeped i couldnt sleep... and i was yet happy cuz by that time i saw it i had already lost all my teeth and wasnt afraid but im still scared lol its sooo good but creepy
  • nbhatti3000
    August 7, 2007
    For the past 150 years, the legend of Matilda Dixon, “ The Tooth Fairy” has hung over the town of darkness falls like dark cloud. After being unjustly accused of a heinous crime, the kindly old woman was savagely slaughtered by a mad rabble one night. She kills a person who sees her, only she is scared of light. If you watch this movie you will not be able to sleep in darkness lol after that I am not responsible.
  • delicousdee45
    July 10, 2007
    For sum reason i love this movie but everytime the beginning always gets me. I hate the noise the fairy makes in the beginning lol. But also I think the Beginngin is cheap. i get pissed at the fairy cuz she cheats!! she makes noises in the boys dream so he wakes up and sees her i said i wouldve been like whoa slow down fairy whore. u woke my ass up this is god damn cheating u wann go? bring it on ill rip ur fucking face off u cheating slut faced fairy lmfao
  • pbol
    March 25, 2007
    dude wat a perverted old lady u know? SHE TAKES UR TEETH!wat a friggin retarded sick perverted twisted and strange thing to do1!and whoever made this movie should be shot at
    wait a sec im cocking my gun
  • FarOutBoyScout
    February 24, 2007
    i thought this would be awsom but it was seriously not all it was was a woman a man and a little boy running from an old lady who has nothing to do with her time so she nicks teeth very spooky
  • Yasimoula
    May 28, 2006
    RIP MATILDA DIXON

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