I love a good monster movie and when its well-executed with
a good cast that makes the film even better which is what you get in the film
Dark Was the Night (2014). Kevin Durand
(of TV’s The Strain and Lost) stars as Sheriff Paul Shields whose small town of
Maiden Woods is suddenly assaulted by strange and unusual cattle and animal
deaths that start to pop up. When people
start to disappear, Shields and his deputy Donny Saunders (Lukas Haas) starts
to investigate but soon start to believe that an old Native American legend
about what lives in the woods may be the culprit.
Their investigation
leads to a logging company that has been taking up residence North of their
town but may be the cause of pushing an ancient predator closer to civilization
in search of food. Shields soon comes to
the realization that the creature assaulting his town may now have acquired a
taste for human flesh and he and Saunders must find a way to save the people of
Maiden Woods before everyone is left of the creature’s menu.
The film itself may take a little time to get to the real
action as it presents all its characters with deep psychological trauma that
makes for interesting characters and character interactions but it is
definitely worth the wait as when the monster kills, it really kills. If there is any really problem it might be
that the CGI for after when the monster is finally revealed may not live up to
audience expectation (sometimes less is really more). This being said, the film is actually quite
good and will satisfy most horror fans due to the strong writing from Tyler
Hisel and direction from Jack Heller.
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