Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2011)

This "horror" movie is one for the kids, ages 10+ imo. It's rated R but, c'mon, these kids watch crazier things (Netflix has a ages 16+ advisory notice). There are a handful of moments when your heart skips a beat from an unexpected scare, but with rat sized creatures (a quick Google Image search will show you what I mean) that are fully shown from early on in the movie, there is little to be scared over. There are an exact two scenes of any actual bloody violence and the first is left a bit more to the imagination.

I'm at the 11 minute countdown to being done and well,  I really stuck with this movie only because it's not completely terrible and I wanted to see the ending. The acting is ok, it's the script that hams things up. And really, the "monsters" are shown too often and are too visible for any sort of suspense. Then there's the child vs adult theme happening, and that's always annoying.

Kid: Daddy, there's monsters here.

Father: It's just your imagination.

You know, that type of thing & no one believes her until it's too late. Also there's a very obvious spin to the Tooth Fairy stories.

Ok, the ending is interesting, it leaves the possibility of a second movie option or just tries to lead the viewer into thinking about how these creatures might increase in numbers. Worth watching if you're into soft "horror" movies.

~Salinger