gavin6942 A vengeful spirit has taken the form of the Tooth Fairy to exact vengeance on the town that lynched her 150 years earlier. Her only opposition is the only child, now grown up, who has survived her before.Despite overwhelmingly bad reviews, "Darkness Falls" debuted at number one its opening weekend. Grossing $32,551,396 domestically and $47,488,536 worldwide, "Darkness Falls" was considered a commercial success at the U.S. box office, recouping its $11 million budget. Further proof that audiences do not care what the critics say.The film is neither bad nor good, but a film that just exists. The time of its release was just about when the mass production of low budget horror began. Today this would never go to theaters and may not even go direct to video. But by beating the glut, this one snuck through before it would have been necessary to have a bigger name attached.

Dalbert Pringle Strolling down "Memory Lane".........I remember back when I was a darling, little angel of 5 (the world's sweetest, according to my Mom) and one day I came crying to my Dad with one of my first baby-teeth clutched tightly in my baby-fist. It had been working itself loose in my mouth and I had been jiggling it around with my tiny fingers. Suddenly, to my baby-surprise, it came out, followed by a rich flow of blood.The gushing of the blood is what got me bawling. Good, old Dad quickly knew what to do. Without hesitation he picked me right up and plunked me down on his knee. He then took an inquisitive look at my tooth and without missing a beat proceeded to pacify me with a story about the "magic" and mysterious Tooth Fairy.Dad's telling of this quasi-ancient tale calmed me right down. I was fascinated, as only a child could be. The Tooth Fairy in my mind's eye became a sort of enchanted cross between Tinkerbell and The Blue Fairy (from Pinocchio). Yes, the Tooth Fairy was most decidedly female.After my initial introduction to the Tooth Fairy, via Dad, I couldn't wait to trade the rest of my pearly, little choppers in for some more cold, hard cash. How I wished that I had had a lot more teeth to swap with The Tooth Fairy, it could've turned into a regular, little gold-mine for me if I did.The end of the "Memory Lane" stroll.The movie Darkness Falls goes nowhere near any stroll down Memory Lane. In fact, Darkness Falls is exactly like running for your life, in heart-pounding fear, down a broken, old path in the pitch darkness while thorns and nettles continually tear at your flesh and scratch at your eyes.Darkness Falls instantly turns any fond memories of childhood naivety into a screaming, hideous nightmare of brutal retribution. Darkness Falls deliberately strips away the Tooth Fairy's sweet charm and mystery to expose its charred, disfigured face beneath. The Tooth Fairy's own ugliness is only surpassed by an onslaught of hateful, score-keeping vengeance.I guess whoever was behind the Darkness Falls' screenplay must have been totally traumatized as a child by the Tooth Fairy, or something. I can't imagine what would've come out of this person's typewriter had he/she been menaced by the Easter Bunny, or even Santa Claus.So, be it a childhood fantasy about the Tooth Fairy, or not, Darkness Falls is an absolutely rotten movie from start to finish.

gerry barnaby Film Reviewer This is a brilliant film, this is one of those film that really show why some people were scare of the dark as a young kid & why some time the fear of the dark goes to adulthood this is one example of a film that shows that.Inspired by the real dark fairy tale of the tooth fairy from brother grim story's & an age old story of waltzing Matilda known as the tooth fairy who's husband died at sea which gave us the famous song waltzing Matilda a famous Australian song.This story take you in to the heart of the darkness & your inner fears to truly terrify you to the bone.On the DVD is has a true history back ground story of waltzing Matilda which is a pretty sad story but a frightening back ground story for her, but this film is one of the best horror film's I've seen in a while. this is one film I recommend that you wont be disappointed with a lot of people will probably say it was a bad film not worth watching but I recommend you watch it for your self's because the story & back ground really sets the tone for this film's concept & the dark horror theme that really show why you should be scared of the dark.

deatman9 I don't know why they have to keep pumping these kind of horror films out. The kind that use nothing but jump scares to try to scare the viewer. I never get scared by jump scenes so I was very unimpressed. The acting was bad, the story line silly and ridiculous. And like I said of course it was not scary in the slightest.This movie is about a town that is apparently haunted by a ghost known as the tooth fairy. When you lose a tooth the tooth fairy comes into your room for it. Unlike the childs tale though this ghost takes your tooth but if you wake up during the process and look at her she kills you. This movie follows a young man who was a victim of the tooth fairy when he was young but survived by turning on the lights.As you can see by my description I don't really like this movie. I only recommend this movie to little kids because if your an adult this movie will just annoy you most likely