movieguyangelus

I love this movie! I first caught it at about 4 in the morning on Cinemax, back in the mid-90s and could not stop laughing at the bizarre tale of a con man on the run hiding out in a trailer park with the whitest of trash. While their he meets up with a porn star, a Hungarian movie star, and assorted other oddball characters that make this movie a lot of fun. Max Perrish and Adrienne Shelly both deserved to have better careers than they had after this came out. Both are great in their roles as Eli and the jail bait animal lover who falls in love with him. This might not be for everybody, but those who like an offbeat black comedy may find this well worth checking out. We need a DVD release! There are two versions floating around on VHS, an R rated and an Unrated...the difference coming, I believe, early on in the movie when Sabre first brings the drunken Eli home to her trailer and has her way with him. Despite this scene, the movie is low on the sleaze factor actually, with the only nudity coming from Parrish's butt...and it is kinda strange that they did two versions, but whichever you do manage to pick up (I bought the unrated for about $3) you will probably find it to be a few bucks wells spent.

Darkness is not the most original movie in the world, but deserves credit for being better than many of more recent supernatural thrillers that are out there. Viewers who watch alot of horror films will recognizes elements from The Sixth Sense, The Shining, The Others, The Amityville Horror, Ring, Lair of the White Worm and many other popular horror films, but this does not detract from the suspense or sheer creepiness that is present here. Some may be bored by the slow start, but I recommend they go and watch Van Helsing, Resident Evil or some other piece of Hollywood Summer Movie Garbage...those in the mood for a well thought out ghost story will find Darkness well worth a look.