{"id":31264,"date":"2023-10-25T22:13:35","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T21:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/?p=2038004"},"modified":"2023-10-25T22:13:35","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T21:13:35","slug":"31-days-of-horror-dont-be-afraid-of-the-dark-1973","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/25\/31-days-of-horror-dont-be-afraid-of-the-dark-1973\/","title":{"rendered":"31 Days of Horror \u2013 \u2018Don\u2019t Be Afraid of the Dark\u2019 (1973)"},"content":{"rendered":"

TV-based horror evokes images from “Dark Shadows” and its cartoonishly bad effects.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The medium struggled to scare us for generations, with only a few notable exceptions. “The Night Stalker,” for example, had its moments. TV’s “It” miniseries featuring Tim Curry also outkicked the coverage, in genre terms.<\/p>\n

Add “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark” to that microscopically small list.<\/p>\n

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Kim Darby stars as Sally, a married woman who inherits an old home as the movie opens. The house’s basement-level fireplace has been aggressively sealed with bricks, per her late grandmother’s instructions.<\/p>\n

Sally tries to pry the bricks free without much luck. Instead, she unbolts a metal door near the closed-off opening where she can access the fireplace’s ashes.<\/p>\n

She inadvertently frees a group of nasty little demons who apparently have been trapped within the home for some time. The buggers quickly set their sights on attacking Sally, a game of cat and mouse with chilling consequences.<\/p>\n

Yes, that’s Uncle Charley (AKA William Demarest<\/a>) as the handyman who warns Sally about unsealing the fireplace.<\/p>\n

The special effects are as clunky as anything from the early 1970s, but the creatures’ faces prove haunting all the same. Their whispery voices – ‘Sally, we waaaaaant you” – suggest she’s in for the fight of her life.<\/p>\n

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Tonight in 1973 \u2014 DON\u2019T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK aired on ABC.<\/p>\n

Kim Darby\u00a0and\u00a0Jim Hutton\u00a0star as a couple who inherit a house haunted by fireplace-dwelling goblins.<\/p>\n

Pure nightmare fuel from director John Newland (ONE STEP BEYOND). pic.twitter.com\/TbVZZ7hzL8<\/a><\/p>\n

— Will McKinley (@willmckinley) October 11, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n