New on Blu-ray: DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK (1973) - Horror

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Product Description: An old house...a mysterious locked room...a terrifying secret. Elements that make a horror movie memorably chilling get a taut, spooky reworking in Don t Be Afraid of the Dark. Kim Darby (True Grit)and Jim Hutton (The Green Berets) star as Sally and Alex, young marrieds who inherit a crumbling mansion. Despite warnings to leave well enough alone in her new home, Sally unlocks the mysterious room, opens a bricked-up fireplace...and unleashes a horde of hideous whispering, murdering minidemons only she can see and hear. This is the original TV movie that inspired the 2010 theatrical movie starring Katie Holmes and Guy Pearce.

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New on DVD & Blu-Ray : DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK (2011)

Synopsis: While architect Alex Hurst (Guy Pearce) and his new girlfriend Kim (Katie Holmes) restore their Gothic mansion's period interiors, Alex's young daughter Sally (Bailee Madison) can investigate the macabre history and dark corners of the estate. Spurring Sally's investigation are the voices-rasping whispers who call out to her from the basement, who promise her understanding and friendship, who are so very hungry and would like to be set free. When Sally gives in to her curiosity, she opens a gateway into a hellish underworld from which an army of beady-eyed, sharp-clawed monsters emerge, small in size but endless in number. Confronted with the horror that now threatens to taker her life and destroy her family, Sally desperately tries to warn the whole house, but there's just one problem: no one believes her. .

In Theaters : DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK (2011)

Official Synopsis : While architect Alex Hurst (Guy Pearce) and his new girlfriend Kim (Katie Holmes) restore their Gothic mansion's period interiors, Alex's young daughter Sally (Bailee Madison) can investigate the macabre history and dark corners of the estate. Spurring Sally's investigation are the voices-rasping whispers who call out to her from the basement, who promise her understanding and friendship, who are so very hungry and would like to be set free. When Sally gives in to her curiosity, she opens a gateway into a hellish underworld from which an army of beady-eyed, sharp-clawed monsters emerge, small in size but endless in number. Confronted with the horror that now threatens to taker her life and destroy her family, Sally desperately tries to warn the whole house, but there's just one problem: no one believes her.

DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK (2011) - Red Band Trailer and Poster

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Official Synopsis: Blackwood Manor has new tenants. While architect Alex Hurst (Guy Pearce) and his new girlfriend Kim (Katie Holmes) restore their Gothic mansion’s period interiors, Alex’s young daughter Sally (Bailee Madison)–neglected by her real mother and brushed aside by the careerist father–can investigate the macabre history and dark corners of the estate. Spurring Sally’s investigation are the voices–rasping whispers who call out to her from the basement, who promise her understanding and friendship, who are so very hungry and would like to be set free. When Sally gives in to her curiosity, she opens a gateway into a hellish underworld from which an army of beady-eyed, sharp-clawed monsters emerge, small in size but endless in number: the homunculi. Confronted with the horror that now threatens to taker her life and destroy her family, Sally desperately tries to warn the whole house, but there’s just one problem: no one believes her. Will she make them understand in time, or will they become another chapter in the centuries-long horror story of Blackwood Manor?

Genre: Horror

Starring: Bailee Madison, Katie Holmes, Guy Pearce

Director: Troy Nixey

Screenplay: Guillermo del Toro ("Pan's Labyrinth", "Hellboy"), Matthew Robbins (*Bateries not Included", "The Sugarland Express"), based on a teleplay by Nigel McKeand

Rated R for violence and terror

Release Date: August 26, 2011 (US)

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DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK - Trailer

Guillermo del Toro returns to movies about things that go bump in the night, this time as producer and screenwriter. The haunted house horror, starring Katie Holmes and Guy Pearce, is directed by first-timer Troy Nixey and it looks really scary. So far, it seems to be some sort of creature feature. The trailer adds brief (and I mean micro-second brief) glimpses of some evil monkey things. The creepy voices are extremely effective, and the R rating for violence and terror guarantees that the horror will be gory too. Opens August 26, 2011, in the US, but Australia, Turkey and the UK will get to see it on August 12.

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DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK (2011) - TRAILER

A young girl sent to live with her father and his new girlfriend discovers creatures in her new home who want to claim her as one of their own. It looks to be an interesting enough horror movie, and the fact that Guillermo del Toro is involved in the creative process guarantees this project is not your average creature feature. Starring Guy Pearce and Katie Holmes. Written and produced by Guillermo del Toro. Directorial debut of Troy Nixey. Rated R for violence and terror.

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