From The Dark (2014)

Reading a few reviews of this movie they were all generally positive, but not halfway through this movie I could already tell what sort of ride I was in for.

Yet, I remain ambivalent about the whole thing. From The Dark is a neat little Irish movie that packs almost zero surprises - a young couple out travelling the countryside who's car breaks down at night, they find an old farmhouse...

Well, you've guessed already right? Earlier in the movie we see the owner of said house digging up what appears to be a mummified hand on his land so we can guess that's something to do with it.

The couple, upon discovering what happened to Mr.Diggy-Man are then chased by the bastard love child of an Orc and Graf Orlock. His only weakness is that he can't stand the light. We then embark on a survival story as they try to escape and defeat the vampire-orc-zombie-thingy.

Aside from the complete lack of anything original in this flick, along with the urge to facepalm as our heroine ignores loads of obvious ways to escape the situation, it isn't actually totally bad - the characters are believable and there is a gritty realism that holds it all together.

5/10 Masks

Initial release: September 20, 2014
Director: Conor McMahon
Running time: 1h 30m