Darkness Reigns

...but I'm rating it accordingly to what it actually is. It's not a nine compared to The Deer Hunter, obviously, but I reckon it's a fair and appropiate note when comparing this decidedly modest film to other cheap-ish B-Z efforts in the horror genre. Just the meta elements and the obvious self-awareness that permeates the whole thing dignifies it enough, in my eyes, to warrant a high rate from me, if only to try and compensate for all the unfair 1s and 2s it's going to get from people who will judge it from its admittedly lackluster cover art without bothering to actually watch the actual film.

Some unexpectedly good and credible performances from certain cast members too, by the way. That caught me and my wife by surprise. I guess we were expecting something so dreadful -we've had a bit too many of those lately, including a couple of high-profile but very overrated productions- that getting instead something actually watchable from a moderately low-standards point of view was kind of a nice and welcome surprise.

Special kudos to Casper Van Dien for getting the joke and agreeing to play along, by the way. We got a couple of good laughs at his expense, but in a good way. That's what B-moviemaking should be about after all, in my humble opinion, and that's what we got here, so, that's were that nine came from in the end. Keep 'em coming.

This was utter drivel of the highest calibre.

Puerile acting , no script , awful sound effects and about as scary as the Magic Roundabout.

I only gave it an extra star for the decent special effects makeup but thats all it has going for it.

Poor old Casper must be desperate for cash to star in this trash but he gave it a bash and it was wasssssh as we say in Scotland. Whenever you see old Casper in a movie you know its going to be a Syfy or Asylum level of movie drivel but this was worse - lets just say he has fallen a long way from the excellent Starship Troopers to this load of old poopers.

What is it with horror movies that they all have to end with grungy. heavy metal, brain damage music as well - that just compounded my sore head after watching this travesty!

What were the other reviewers watching?

This film is an excellent example of what can be accomplished within the genre when you combine quality, talent, and creative restraint. When compared against it's current peers, it truly raises the bar.

Worth watching for Linara Washington's fantastic performance alone.

One thing i DESPISE in a "paranormal documentary" movie is when the paranormal happens,and the characters,who have been looking for the paranormal,refuse to believe the paranormal. ALL the cast and crew horrifically does,yet these idiots are shocked every five seconds by demon activity. It's like they stopped believing/forgot what the hell happened as soon as they turned around. Every instance was a new instance of them being shocked that the paranormal was paranormaling-- they were constantly being surprised that the haunted house was haunted. I wanted them all to die for their sheer stupidity alone.

Casper van dein showed us here what a great actor he is .loved the storyline also