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Dark Circles

  • 2013
  • R
  • 1h 27m
IMDb RATING
5.0/10
4.5K
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Dark Circles (2013)
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Alex and Penny are sick of the hectic city life and decide a move out to the country to raise their newborn child. But they don't expect the horrors threatening their relationship and family... Read allAlex and Penny are sick of the hectic city life and decide a move out to the country to raise their newborn child. But they don't expect the horrors threatening their relationship and family.Alex and Penny are sick of the hectic city life and decide a move out to the country to raise their newborn child. But they don't expect the horrors threatening their relationship and family.

  • Director
    • Paul Soter
  • Writer
    • Paul Soter
  • Stars
    • Brett Beoubay
    • Jamie Bernstein
    • Ashley Braud
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.0/10
    4.5K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Paul Soter
    • Writer
      • Paul Soter
    • Stars
      • Brett Beoubay
      • Jamie Bernstein
      • Ashley Braud
    • 28User reviews
    • 19Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Brett Beoubay
    Brett Beoubay
    • EMT
    Jamie Bernstein
    Jamie Bernstein
    • Self - Musician
    Ashley Braud
    • Reporter
    • (voice)
    Philippe Brenninkmeyer
    Philippe Brenninkmeyer
    • Michael
    Rebecca Collins
    • Bar patron
    Jenn Foreman
    Jenn Foreman
    • Nancy
    • (as Jennifer Foreman)
    Andrea Frankle
    Andrea Frankle
    • Johanna
    Anthony Michael Frederick
    Anthony Michael Frederick
    • Mover
    Derrick Freeman
    Derrick Freeman
    • Frontman
    Pell James
    Pell James
    • Penny
    Arabella Landrum
    • Tanner
    Ever Eloise Landrum
    • Tanner
    Grace LaRocca
    • Bar Patron
    Michael Patrick Rogers
    Michael Patrick Rogers
    • Construction Worker
    • (as Michael Rogers)
    Johnathon Schaech
    Johnathon Schaech
    • Alex
    Andrew Serpas
    • Construction Worker
    Suzanne Severio
    • Nurse
    Glen Warner
    • Bar Patron
    • Director
      • Paul Soter
    • Writer
      • Paul Soter
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    User reviews28

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    5marksilver-17847

    NOT GREAT, BUT NOT BAD. JUST GOOD !

    Fun little movie with several really creepy scenes. Good acting, and effective camera work to increase tension and scares. Shame about the ending, could have been so much better.
    3JiddyJiddy

    The ending was insulting!!

    I originally gave this a 7 out of ten, but after thinking about it all day, I felt angry enough to change my vote to a 3 and leave an annoyed review.

    I really enjoyed almost all of the movie. Loved up couple have a baby, decide to move away to the country for some quiet time. The husband is a musician so he wants some time to write and the wife wants to do up the house and raise her kid away from the busy city. Unfortunately baby wont sleep, which means parents don't sleep, resulting in sleep deprivation. The couple start arguing, they forget what they're doing, everything is not good. Plus there is some really creepy stuff going on the house, which just adds to their increasing madness.

    I liked the slow decline into madness as the couple suffer more and more sleepless nights. I liked how this was further exacerbated by what was going on in their house. However, the conclusion and explanation, i.e. the ending, was utterly ridiculous and infuriating. It totally ruined the film for me and it didn't make any sense. The whole movie was rendered mute by the stupid ending and I feel cheated.

    To summarise: Good film overall, creepy, engaging but sadly destroyed by idiotic ending.
    6petarmatic

    A very solid horror movie.

    I was very pleasantly surprised by this film. I did not expect much, but did receive quite a lot. I gave it 6 out of 10, I could of given it 7 out of 10 as well, it is somewhere between those two grades.

    Plot is very interesting, it connects with a problem which many young couples face and that is upbringing of a baby. Since I was stay at home dad, I know how hard it is to raise small baby. It constantly cries and it does not let sleep parents. Parents are usually exhausted ans sleep deprived. It sometimes creates a real horror in the homes of some families. Unfortenatelly it sometimes ends with a tragedy.

    I like cinematography, camera moves are interesting and unusual.

    Acting is very good, I especially like the character of the babysitter and the actress performing that role.

    All in all if you like horror films, this is a film for you. Definatelly!
    5lion_month

    An intermediate movie

    I read some reviews here after watching the movie. I have watched a lot of horror movies since I am a big fan of the genre. To me, this movie was not scary except last minutes but it might be very interesting for someone else and the reason is that the acceptance of a horror movie is concerned with audiences in different way. Some people enjoy horror movies based on ghosts and haunting houses, some others may prefer slasher ones and some ones like all sub-genres of horror movies. This movie is about a newly purchased house by a couple with their new born baby who move there and have insomnia. Very soon some strange things happen and a chilling lady is seen by them. In my opinion, the film was directed not bad but the written story was not enough good. Paul Soter wrote the story and directed the film as well. I previously saw his other written and directed movie,"Watching the Detective (2007)" and I think that one was a better work as a comedy-romantic movie but this movie lacks very effective shocking elements. First of all that ghost- form lady was not terrible and creepy. Second, killing of the ghost- form lady was funny if you think she was just a homeless woman looking for a baby or revenge not a ghost! Third, 3 persons (Nancy, Micheal, and the creepy lady) were killed in that house at the end and the couple (Alex and Penny) were sitting in an ambulance after the arrival of rescue forces but who the hell didn't suspect to them as murderer(s)?! Apart of these problems, the movie had relatively good filming and acting. My rating to this film was 5 out of 10. Watching this movie is up to you I don't recommend you to see or not to see it but of course not worth for second time!
    4alain-kapel5

    Boring and highly unoriginal

    First of all, I have to say I didn't expect much from Dark Circles. The poster looked OK, but you learn to be cautious with new horror films because under the cover often lies another boring and pretentious film with cheap scaring techniques and a predictable, derivative plot, and that's exactly the case here.

    Johnathon Schaech and Pell James were good enough in their roles, even sympathetic, and the film had some nice ideas and scenes, like the one when Johnathon's character is dreaming. Unfortunately, the rest of the movie was just plain bad. As I mentioned, you have a totally unoriginal story which tries to be a lot of things at once, and it never succeeds at being even remotely interesting. Then you have the same old jump scares which anyone can easily predict. The villain isn't scary at all, and looks like a woman with a bit of ugly make-up on (oh wait, that's what it actually is). Atmosphere was solid until the villain started showing up in brief glimpses, and that's when most of you will realize you will be wasting your time with this movie.

    I'd say skip it, life is just too short.

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      The movie the babysitter is watching is another Afterdark Horrorfest movie, Perkins' 14.
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      Written and Performed by Josh Homme

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    • Release date
      • May 21, 2013 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Vòng Lặp Đen Tối
    • Filming locations
      • Louisiana, USA
    • Production companies
      • After Dark Films
      • SunJive Studios
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 27m(87 min)
    • Color
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39:1

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