Darkness Falls

"An eye for an eye. Your life for a tooth."

Jan 24 2003 PG-13 1h 26m
Fantasy, Horror, Mystery

A vengeful spirit has taken the form of the Tooth Fairy to exact vengeance on the town that lynched her 150 years earlier. Her only opposition is the only child, now grown up, who has survived her before.

Plot

In the Nineteenth Century, in Darkness Falls, Matilda Dixon is a good woman, who exchanges with children their baby teeth per coins. One day, her face is burnt in a fire in her house, she becomes sensitive to light and uses a china mask to protect her face against light. When two children are not found in the town, Matilda is blamed by the population and burnt in a fire, as if she were a witch. She claims to be not guilty and curses the whole population of the town and their descendants, stating that when each child loses the last tooth, she would come to get it, and if the child looks at her, she would kill him or her. After her death, the two children are found, and the shamed citizens decide to bury this sad and unfair event and never mention it again. Twelve years ago, the boy Kyle accidentally saw the Tooth Fairy, and she killed his mother. All the persons in Darkness Falls but his girlfriend Caitlin accused the boy of murdering his mother and sent him to an institution, considered deranged. In the present days, Caitlin calls Kyle to help her young brother Michael, who has seen the Fairy Tooth and is afraid of the dark.

Written by

John Fasano, James Vanderbilt, Joe Harris

Directed by

Jonathan Liebesman

Production Countries

United States of America, Australia

Production Companies

Morningstar Films, Village Roadshow Pictures, Blue Star Productions, Distant Corners Entertainment Group Inc., Revolution Studios

Languages

English

Awards

1 win & 2 nominations total

Scores
# of Votes
35,276
Average Rating
5 out of 10
Metascore
23
Popularity
NA