Darkness Falls fingerprintHigh energy, strong craft, emotionally cool.
Tense and violent
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Emotionally reserved
Some dark humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Everyday modern life, crime, and mystery
Solid, not remarkable
Functional look and sound
Tense and violent
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Darkness Falls is tense, violent, and thrilling. The story builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Some dark humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect some dark humor.
Everyday modern life, crime, and mystery
Its world is built around everyday modern life, crime, and mystery.
Solid, not remarkable
The craft is serviceable rather than remarkable.
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Darkness Falls is included with a subscription to Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Prime Video with Ads in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Fandango at Home Free, Pluto TV, and Plex. You can also rent or buy it from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, and YouTube. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Reviews are weak, with a GoodWatch score of 21/100 (IMDb 4.7 and Rotten Tomatoes 13%). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
Content advisories: violence, suicide themes, and disturbing imagery.
1 h 24 min
Darkness Falls runs 1 h 24 min.
Not quite. Audiences rate Darkness Falls higher (33) than critics (13). It's more of a crowd-pleaser than a critics' pick.
It was made in English. Produced in Belgium, France, United States.
+4GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for Darkness Falls in 18 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 37 storytelling tropes for Darkness Falls, including Eye Scream, Death by Pragmatism, This Is for Emphasis, Bitch!.
4.7
