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Rating: 9.5 stars

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All movies seen on 09/22/2014

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Darkness by Day (2014)

Directed by Martín De Salvo

Horror

Overview

It starts like this: a beach, a cliff, a pine tree forest, and a house made of stone. In the house, Virginia wakes up startled by a nightmare, and in the nightmare we can see her cousin Anabel with a deathly pale face and traces of blood around her lips.

Length 78 minutes

Actors

Pablo Caramelo | Marta Lubos | Romina Paula | Mora Recalde | Luciano Suardi

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Viewing Notes

I didn’t know if this year’s fest would produce a clear ‘top movie’ for me or not. In general the movies this year were more consistent in quality meaning that there wasn’t much that stood out as really terrible or really, really good.

I had no real expectations that Darkness By Day would be any different, and I’m sure for a lot of people it wasn’t. For me however, it hit the right notes in terms of palpable dread, excellent night cinematography, and just enough story without having to dip into exposition. Perhaps it helped that I’m familiar with the story of Carmilla, which this film obviously draws on. Whatever the case, this was my top film, rising above It Follows and When Animals Dream, both of which rounded out my top three.

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