A brilliant film that helped define a genre

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

There are better movies of two hours length. I loved the actress'performance.

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

Was drawn into seeing 'Darkness Rising', with as said for many films seen an intriguing if not exactly novel premise and as someone with a general appreciation for horror. That it was low-budget, which from frequent personal experience is rarely a good sign due to that there are so many poor ones out there, made me though apprehensive. 'Darkness Rising', simply put, turned out to be a terrible film and waste of potential with next to no redeeming values and so much done catastrophically wrong. One of the worst films seen in a while, which is saying a lot for somebody who on the most part has been encouraged by their film/television watching and has more often than that been quite generous. Decent idea, horrendous execution.Lets start with one positive. The scenery is atmospheric, if wasted by the schlocky way the film is shot and particularly edited.However, the story does feel over-stretched and some of it feels vague, under-explained in the last third where the film especially became duller, more predictable, more senseless and less scary. Too many characters are too sketchy and with nowhere near enough to make one want to endear to them. Their irritating and illogical decision making and behaviours frustrate. Making the film feel bland and forgettable with not enough heart put into it. The acting is pretty bad to put it lightly and the effects are ropy at best.Dialogue can be stilted and rambling, not to mention far too exposition-heavy, while the pace is uneven, dragging in a lot of the first half, which goes on forever and fails to get going, and never is it exciting after a truly irrelevant beginning. Found too many the supposedly shocking moments not surprising or scary and the supposedly creepy atmosphere dreary, due to the excessive obviousness and the lack of tension and suspense. Too many elements are introduced, and then dropped, barely explored or don't go anywhere, sometimes even all three.A lot of the film completely fails to make sense, both in underdeveloped plot elements and often nonsensical and confusing character motivations. There is a lot of choppiness and lack of coherence. The threat is poorly used and poses very little threat. The film completely peters out with an ending that felt like an afterthought.All in all, terrible. 1/10 Bethany Cox

The actors were clearly having fun, but it doesn't make up for cheap scares and lousy writing.

I have on spoiler to note in my review. I very rarely make comments or posting but this movie tipped the scales. I can not believe I watched this. I will never get that time back. But that is my fault as i should of cut it off. The movie made NOOOO sense, the acting was devil awful and the special effects ????. There are parts of the movie that don't make add up. The opening scenes tells you nothing as it is also the closing final clothing scene. The movie makes you want to make your own version of the movie just to attempt to do it better. I truly feel like the director just wanted to get a movie out for the sake of quantity instead of quality. Giving this movie even 1 star is generous. There should be a scale that goes into the negative because that is the only way I would give this movie a 10. This Movie has failed the viewers.

Here I am, looking to see if this is worth purchasing. I then get user reviews that refuse to give them any star rating. Then, I'm all up in arms thinking this is some troll about to unleash whatever will allow them to be noticed and get a response. Yep, once again... the trolls strike. So, if you want to stop from reading a review from them on a movie they at most read other reviews on. Having a blank star rating is a huge red flag.