An omnibus of black-and-white animation with a couple exceptionally clever episodes tied together by an unnecessary recurring monologue.
Fear(s) of the Dark(Peur(s) du noir)
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France · 2008
1h 25m
Director Richard McGuire
Starring Gil Alma, Aure Atika, François Créton, Guillaume Depardieu
Genre Animation, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance
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Six animators come together to create segments exploring our fear(s) of the dark-- a shy teenage boy preyed upon by an attractive girl his age, people going missing in ominous locations, a nobleman's struggle against savage hounds, and a young girl's nightmares in a psychiatric hospital.
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What are critics saying?
The New York Times by Jeannette Catsoulis
Shot in luminous whites, pulsing blacks and gorgeous grays, the stories explore sexual insecurity, rural superstition and sociopolitical anxieties with an inventiveness that's seldom scary but never less than mesmerizing.
Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert
Some of the stories are pretty good, especially Charles Burns' tale involving a nasty and vaguely humanoid insect that burrows under the skin.
The A.V. Club by Tasha Robinson
These stories are frightening, but they contain few shocks or flinches; they're deeper and more psychological, more about adult anxiety than pure terror.
There isn't a dud in the 10 shorts, although some are more dud-ish than others.
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