Aure Atika, Guillaume Depardieu, Nicole Garcia
Spiders' legs brushing against naked skin…Unexplainable noises heard at night in a dark bedroom…A big empty house where you feel a presence…A hypodermic needle getting closer and closer…A dead thing t...( read more
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Flixster Reviews (237)
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March 12, 2009I'm the first to admit that I'm both a sucker for short animation and for short horror anthologies. This strange black and white French film combines the best of both worlds. The stories varied in quality, my favorite being the last one about the man taking refuge in a darkened h...( read more)
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January 10, 2009"Fear(s) of the Dark" is an anthology by six of the world's top leading animators. There are a series of shorts, separated by a reoccurring nightmare of a man and his hounds. The late Guillaume Depardieu provides some voice over work.
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September 18, 2009Definitely an interesting animation style and a pretty cool atmosphere is created, but it will leave you in the dark (no pun intended) about what the whole point was.
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November 26, 2009Interesting, ambiguous, but very uneven experiment. Fairly enough, Persepolis was the film that caught the attention of the masses. This little flick, on the other hand, had effective intercuts, some moments of intelligence throughout the script, and interesting sequences. If you...( read more)
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November 15, 2009Here is a unique ombnibus horror film that is scarier and better-made in theory than in execution.
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October 29, 2009Interestingly, it has one of the most beautiful (and horrible) animated shorts that I have ever seen, just stocked up with some rather more unflattering ones.
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September 13, 2009Great one! I only didn't like the 'japanese' story, since it's kind of unfinished. The first and the last ones are excellent. I truly enjoyed.
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Critic Reviews
November 14, 2008
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
October 30, 2008
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Despite the title and the ads, this is not really a horror movie but more of a demonstration of the skills of the animators. The segments are like calling cards. Younger horror movie fans will not muc... full review
October 23, 2008
Pete Hammond, Boxoffice Magazine
A hit-and-miss pastiche set apart by its black-and-white palette and the unique visions of its 10 "cutting-edge" graphic artists. full review
October 19, 2008
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine
A collection of superbly wrought black-and-white animated vignettes. full review
October 3, 2008
Nigel Andrews, The Financial Times
The style is monochrome and minimalist: dots and dashes, sudden shadows and scary silhouettes, like a morse code of the unconscious. full review
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