Guillermo del Toro co-wrote and produces Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, a remake of the 1973 telefilm which he believes is the scariest TV production ever made. Troy Nixey directs and Katie Holmes and Guy Pearce star as the couple who move into a real fixer-upper filled with strange creatures.
The cast also includes Bailee Madison as Sally, Alan Dale as Charles Jacoby, Jack Thompson as Harris, and Garry McDonald as Blackwood. Julia Blake plays Mrs Underhill, Trudy Hellier is Evelyn Jacoby, and Terry Kenwrick plays Bill.
The R-rated horror thriller arrives in theaters on August 26, 2011.
Official Synopsis: Sally Hurst (Madison), a lonely, withdrawn child, has just arrived in Rhode Island to live with her father Alex Pearce) and his new girlfriend Kim (Holmes) at the 19th-century mansion they are restoring. While exploring the sprawling estate, the young girl discovers a hidden basement, undisturbed since the strange disappearance of the mansion’s builder a century ago.
When Sally unwittingly lets loose a race of ancient, dark-dwelling creatures who conspire to drag her down into the mysterious house’s bottomless depths, she must convince Alex and Kim that it’s not a fantasy—before the evil lurking in the dark consumes them all.
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