Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark

 
Written by Matthew Robbins and Guillermo del Toro and starring by Guy Pearce, Katie Holmes, and Bailee Madison. This movie was kind a hit last 2011 because of the frightening situation and plots. The movie starts when a little girl named Sally Hurst (Bailee Madison) moves to a mansion in Rhode Island with her dad, Alex (Guy Pearce), and her almost-become-stepmother, Kim (Katie Holmes), after her parents divorced. Long time ago, that mansion was Emerson Blackwood's. But since he suddenly disappeared the mansion became empty ever since. The family doesn't know there's a dark secret on the mansion. The creepy events start since they broke the woods that sealed the basement. And Sally opened the sealed ash pit without even realize that she is going to release monsters.

Actually I feel sad for Sally, her parent has just divorced, and after that she consumed several medicines from the therapist, but her dad doesn't believe her when she tries to explain about the monsters, thinks she's hallucinating, and calls the therapist to help her. And her mom doesn't care about her. While Kim, the one who doesn't related by blood with her, believes her, entertains her, shows her her favorite place in the mansion, and protects her, she even sacrifices herself for Sally until she dies. Unlike Alex, Kim is sincere to Sally and choose to believe Sally when no one does eventhough Sally hates her and misunderstood her in the beginning.

What I love most from this movie is the scenery and the situation, not to mention that Katie Holmes, Guy Pearce, and Bailee play their roles very well. I do really love the pond's scene, when Kim shows Sally her favorite place in the mansion. The scenery there is stunning for me. A big mansion, a neat garden, a beautiful fish pond, everything. The sound also perfect for the creepy scenes. Well, eventhough this film is not as frightening and surprising like Insidious, I still love this film more. Sally is so cute. And this movie has several heart-rendering scenes that attract me more. Well in my opinion, this film isn't just a usual horror film. It also teaches us that Related By Blood Doesn't Make Us Become A Family, Choose Your Family Over Your Career, and Believe In Your Family.

Here's the trailer