Dark Was the Night

Két jól ismert mellékszereplő feldobja egy B-kategóriás, olcsó horrorfilm látványát. A traumatizált főszereplő pszichologizálása értékelhető, Kevin Durand alakításában pedig hihető is. Az őszi amerikai kisváros hangulata is jó, egyszerű lakói könnyű potenciális áldozatai a szörnynek. A szomorú, komor hangvétel, amelyhez a sötét zene és a hideg kameraszűrők párosulnak, meggyőző identitást ad a filmnek. Csak ne számítson korszakalkotó cselekményötletekre vagy mutatós szörnyre. Ez csak egy ideig jelenik meg, de a művészeti koncepciója és a digitális kivitelezése egy nagy csalódás. Nehezen három csillag. (2016.04.27)

Heller doesn’t lack talent, he proved that already in his début Enter Nowhere. In his second film he delivers a solid monster horror story with a creature that terrorises a small town, first killing the pets and then inhabitants. It’s slow, sombre and with bleached colours. Heller is competent at building an atmosphere, but it’s a shame that when the monster is fully revealed in the end I was quite disappointed; it was better when all you could see were the claws or its silhouette. But the main problem I have (and the reason I’m sticking to a safe three-star rating) is that, given the premise and the straightforward script, Dark Was the Night is almost absurdly serious. Plot-wise it’s just and ordinary monster B-movie, and the script doesn’t even try to be original or creative in any way, but the characters at times act and speak as if they were in a Dostoevsky play. (2015.07.25)

"Dark Was the Night" is not a bad movie at all, it's rather unassuming and its biggest problem is that it simply isn't original. However, it is well shot, it is shot in a way that will entertain you. Additionally, there is a monster that essentially doesn't appear throughout the whole film, you only see hints of it or what it leaves behind. In this regard, it is a good craft that is worth checking out. (2016.05.12)