Darkness Falls

Darkness Falls (2003)

Timing: 1:26 (86 min)

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Release date

2003-01-24

Country

Australia, United States

Production

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

Genre

Thriller, Horror

Budget

$11 000 000

Revenue

$47 488 536

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Director

Jonathan Liebesman

Actors

Chaney Kley, Emma Caulfield, Lee Cormie, Sullivan Stapleton, Emily Browning, Angus Sampson, Grant Piro, Steve Mouzakis, Peter Curtin, Kestie Morassi
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Scenario

Producer

William Sherak, Jason Shuman, John Fasano, John Hegeman, Derek Dauchy, Lou Arkoff

Operator

Dan Laustsen

Composer

Brian Tyler

Artist

Tony Williams

Audition

Maura Fay, Lynne Ruthven

Editing

Steve Mirkovich, Timothy Alverson
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• The end credits run for 11 minutes. They were extended because otherwise the film was considered too short for theatrical release.
• The sensory deprivation chamber is, in fact, a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner.
• One of the script versions stipulated that the creature would only appear at the very end of the film. The studio executives didn't like this, and Stan Winston (1946-2008) was hired to create a different Tooth Fairy. The resulting creature had nothing in common with the first version proposed by Steve Wang, however, McFarlane Toys released a figurine of the creature created by Wang.
• The creator of the first version of "Tooth Fairy," Steve Wang, claims he came up with an "Angel of Death," but this image had to be abandoned due to changes in the plot. Initially, the "Tooth Fairy" makeup was applied to actor Doug Jones.
• Matilda Dixon's wails in the film are recorded heavy sighs and groans of a sleeping elderly woman. In the moments where Matilda screams, the recording was sped up, while where she breathes heavily and makes other sounds, the recording was slowed down.
• The creator of the first version of "Tooth Fairy", Steve Wang, claims he came up with "Angel of Death", but this image had to be abandoned due to changes in the plot. Initially, the "Tooth Fairy" makeup was applied to actor Doug Jones.