The Dark Half fingerprintHigh energy, light on feelings.
Tense and scary
Fast from start to finish.
Emotionally reserved
Some dark humor
Not a comedy at heart.
The mind, crime, and mystery
Solid, not remarkable
Functional look and sound
Tense and scary
Fast from start to finish.
The Dark Half is tense, scary, and violent.
Emotionally reserved
It keeps its emotions at a distance.
Some dark humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect some dark humor.
The mind, crime, and mystery
Its world is built around the mind, crime, and mystery.
Solid, not remarkable
The craft is serviceable rather than remarkable.
Functional look and sound
The look and sound stay functional.
Based on the GoodWatch fingerprint: our scores for 70+ attributes of every movie. Select a row to see all of them.
There are very good reasons to be afraid of the dark.
You are here: The Dark HalfTap a poster to move
You are herePreview
vscompared with The Dark Half
The Dark Half1993
Point at a poster to compare itHold a poster to compare it
A chip fills to its level. Tap a full one for titles without that trait, a low one for titles with it.
Open a page:The Trip (2021)Black Christmas (1974)The Howling (1981)Willard (2003)Q (1982)He Never Died (2015)Cult of Chucky (2017)The Wolf of Snow Hollow (2020)V/H/S/2 (2013)A Christmas Horror Story (2015)Stream (2024)Good Boy (2026)Kill List (2011)Next Door (2005)Tourist Trap (1979)Dead & Buried (1981)The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988)Deep Red (1975)Monkey Shines (1988)Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed (2004)Splinter (2008)Cube (1998)Heartless (2010)Hellhole (2022)Manhunter (1986)The Mortuary Collection (2020)Suicide Club (2001)Bhediya (2022)Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971)Gozu (2003)Cure (1997)Death Note: The Last Name (2006)Rabid (1977)Cuckoo (2024)The Devil's Candy (2016)The Gravedancers (2006)With a Friend Like Harry... (2000)Tales from the Hood (1995)Happy Death Day (2017)Body Bags (1993)Triangle (2009)Incantation (2022)Memoir of a Murderer (2017)Anything for Jackson (2020)Trilogy of Terror (1975)Saw (2003)Magic (1978)Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010)Angel Heart (1987)Dead End (2003)The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014)What Keeps You Alive (2018)The Girl Who Got Away (2021)Come to Daddy (2019)Shivers (1975)Mad Detective (2007)Evil (2019)The Cat o' Nine Tails (1971)Psycho II (1983)V (2020)Bloody Hell (2020)Cropsey (2010)The Eye (2002)Tightrope (1984)
Quick answers from GoodWatch data.
The Dark Half is included with a subscription to Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Philo, and MGM+ in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Kanopy, Hoopla, and YouTube Free. You can also rent or buy it from Apple TV, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, and YouTube. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Opinions are mixed, with a GoodWatch score of 55/100 (IMDb 6, Rotten Tomatoes 55%, and Metacritic 53). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated R in the United States. Content advisories: violence, strong language, and disturbing imagery.
2 h 2 min
The Dark Half runs 2 h 2 min.
No. It's adapted from a novel.
Yes. Critics average 54 and audiences 55 out of 100, so both groups see The Dark Half much the same way.
No. It cost about $15 million to make and earned $11 million worldwide, 71% of its budget.
It was made in English. Produced in United States.
+105GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for The Dark Half in 119 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 25 storytelling tropes for The Dark Half, including Animal Motif, Reasonable Authority Figure, Cruel and Unusual Death.
6.0
