The Dark

THE DARK is a horror/thriller
that stars Maria Bello (A History of Violence, Secret
Window) and Sean Bean (Lord of the Rings, National Treasure).

James (Bean) and Adèle (Bello) have lost their
daughter Sarah in a tragic drowning accident along the
rocky shore of Wales.

While James is out frantically looking for Sarah, Adèle
spots a girl near the house that looks like Sarah, but
it is not her. The girl runs and hides in the abattoir
- the place where they slaughter sheep. She turns out
to be Ebrill, the daughter of a former resident of the
house a long time ago.

They do not find Sarah, and while James is struggling
to come to terms with the loss of their daughter, Adèle
is convinced she is alive somewhere, and they can save
her.

Adèle visits the library and finds out that Ebrill
is a girl who has been dead for 50+ years! She is the
daughter of "The Shepherd", a mad, selfish
minister, who convinced his entire congregation to jump
off the cliff nearby in a mass suicide to bring his
daughter, Ebrill, back from the dead.

Adèle digs deeper into this Welsh mythology,
in an effort to bridge the gap between the living and
the dead, to save her precious Sarah, and put the family
back together.

Part psychological thriller, and with some horror tactics
up its sleeve, The Dark is a different kind of film.
I was pleasantly surprised by it's ending, and even
though some moments you think you know what will happen,
you do not know what the outcome will truly be.

Sean Bean and Maria Bello are a solid acting duo, treading
some truly original territory in this story.