Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

Movie Title: Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

Country / Region: USA / Australia

Language: English

Genre: Horror / Thriller

Rating:
MPAA: Rated R for violence and terror.
Certification: USA: R (certificate # 46131) / Malaysia: 18

Filming Locations:
Central City Studios, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (studio)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Mount Macedon, Victoria, Australia

Production cost: $ 12,500,000 / estimated

Release Date:
November 6,2010, USA (Virginia Film Festival)
February 24,2011, Australia
March 4,2011, UK
March 11,2011, Iceland
April 7,2011, Germany

Plot:
A young girl, Sally (Bailee Madison), moves in with her father (Guy Pearce) and his girlfriend (Katie Holmes); her dad is renovating an old house he hopes to sell. Sally is very sad and feels lonely because she was abandoned by her mother. Although her father's girlfriend, Kim, tries to warm up to her, Sally ignores her. Later Sally finds a hidden basement with a sealed fireplace. Sally finds herself drawn to it as she can hear voices that beg her to open it so they can be her friends. Her dad stops her before she can get the door completely open, but small goblin-like creatures get the door open and start to torment Sally.
Sally gets blamed for most things like cutting up Kim's dress and destroying a teddy bear that Kim gave to her. Sally insists it was not her and the creatures are framing her for the acts but her dad doesn't believe her and is more concerned about finishing the house. Kim, however, does believe her and they start to grow closer. Kim does research on the house and discovered it was once owned by a man whose son went missing and the man disappeared too. She also learned that he believed in evil creatures that dated back to the Stone Age that were known to kidnap people (usually children) to replace their numbers by turning them into one of them. Kim is also shocked to see that many of his drawings matched what Sally has drawn. Realizing Sally is in danger, Kim tries to get Sally out of the house to a hotel, despite Alex's objections. Before they leave, the power goes out as it was cut by one of the little creatures.

Plot Keywords: Remake, Horror Movie Remake

Trivia:
Based on a 1973 television movie of the same name.
The film stars Katie Holmes, Guy Pearce, and Bailee Madison.It is being directed by first time director and del Toro protege Troy Nixey.
Filming began in July 2009 in Melbourne, Australia, at Docklands Studios Melbourne and went into post-production in September.Troy Nixey narrated the film at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con International.
This picture, which was developed with Miramax but in the wake of the division's closure will be released by Lionsgate, was rated R despite filmmaker ambitions to the contrary. "We originally thought we could shoot it as PG-13 without compromising the scares," Del Toro said. "And then the MPAA came back and gave us a badge of honor. They gave us an R for 'pervasive scariness.' We asked them if there's anything we could do, and they said, 'Why ruin a perfectly scary movie? '"Don't Be Afraid of the Dark was rated R by the MPAA for violence and terror.
Nixey initially set the release for the January 21, 2011.The trailer was attached to The Last Exorcism, Devil and Let Me In.
Due to the sale of Miramax by Disney, the release has been put on hold indefinitely until the sale can be finalized.

Directed by
Troy Nixey

Writing credits (WGA)
Guillermo del Toro (screenplay) &
Matthew Robbins (screenplay)
Nigel McKeand (1973 teleplay)

Cast (in alphabetical order)
Guy Pearce ... Alex Hirst
Katie Holmes ... Kim
Bailee Madison ... Sally Hirst
Alan Dale ... Jacoby
Julia Blake ... Mrs. Underhill
Jack Thompson ... Harris
Nicholas Bell ... The Doctor
Eliza Taylor (as Eliza Taylor-Cotter)
Dylan Young ... Homunculi
Emelia Burns
Garry McDonald ... Emerson Blackwood
Edwina Ritchard ... Miss Winter
James Mackay ... The Librarian
Lisa N Edwards ... Party Guest
Gabriela Iturrizaga ... Flight passenger
Ande Orbach ... Dinner Party Guest

Produced by
Melanie Chryss .... assistant producer
William Horberg .... executive producer
Mark Johnson .... producer
Stephen Jones .... executive producer
Nick Nunziata .... associate producer
Guillermo del Toro .... producer

Original Music by
Marco Beltrami
Buck Sanders

Cinematography by
Oliver Stapleton

Film Editing by
Jill Bilcock

Casting by
Venus Kanani
Christine King
Mary Vernieu

Production Design by
Roger Ford

Art Direction by
Lucinda Thomson

Set Decoration by
Kerrie Brown

Costume Design by
Wendy Chuck

Makeup Department
Mia Kate Russell .... makeup artist: additional unit
Zeljka Stanin .... key hair
Zeljka Stanin .... key makeup
Chiara Tripodi .... key make-up and hair designer

Production Management
Dean Hood .... unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Mark Boskell .... first assistant director: second unit
Corrie Chen .... third assistant director
Todd Embling .... second assistant director
Bruce Hunt .... second unit director: splinter unit
Yuki Nagashima .... additional assistant director
Greg Spiller .... second second assistant director

Art Department
Milo Angel .... graphic artist: pre-production
Marko Anttonen .... set designer
Michael Bell .... assistant art director
Graeme Callander .... storyboard artist
Dan Caplan .... storyboard artist: Los Angeles
Ben Corless .... construction manager
Nicholas Dare .... set designer
Rohan Dawson .... 2IC painter
Craig Fison .... sculptor
Gary Grimes .... scenic foreman
Max Haymes .... construction coordinator (2009)
Nick Hepburn .... art swing gang
Elaine Kusmishko .... assistant art director
Elaine Kusmishko .... props master
Michael Madden .... set designer
Tim McGaw .... senior propmaker
Jordan Molloy .... art department runner
Sara Moroney .... art department accountant
Ralph Moser .... concept artist
Shanthi Nadaraja .... art department coordinator
Mélanie Poudroux .... sculptor
Ian Richter .... scenic artist
Andy Robinson .... hod scenic
Tim Russell .... stagehand sculpture
Steven Sallybanks .... decorative artist
Keith Thompson .... Blackwood drawings
Keith Thompson .... creature designer
Kirsty Vogel .... clearances coordinator
Nathan Wentworth .... set decorating runner
David Hirschfield .... set designer (uncredited)

Sound Department
Adam Connelly .... foley artist
Brendan Geaney .... foley editor
Chris Goodes .... sound editor
Robert Mackenzie .... sound designer
Robert Mackenzie .... sound re-recording mixer
Glenn Newnham .... supervising sound editor
Greg Steele .... adr mixer
Gretchen Thornburn .... sound recordist: second unit
Greg Zimmerman .... adr recordist

Special Effects by
Genevieve Bevan-John .... special effects technician
Roland Blancaflor .... special effects crew: Spectral Motion, Inc.
Brian Duff .... special effects assistant technician
Rob Heggie .... on set supervisor
Hiroshi Katagiri .... key artist: Spectral Motion inc
Timothy O'Brien .... special effects workshop coordinator
Tim O'Brien .... special effects workshop coordinator
Angelo Sahin .... special effects supervisor
Dave Seaborn .... special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Grant Adam .... lead technical director: Iloura
Dan Ashton .... film recording technician: Weta Digital
Aaron Auty .... lighting technical director: Iloura
Nick Booth .... film recording supervisor: Weta Digital
Paul Buckley .... lead animator: Iloura
Eddie Chew .... animator: Iloura
Andrew Clarke .... matte painter
Holger Dielenberg .... animator: Iloura
Domenic DiGiorgio .... charater td: Iloura
Julian Dimsey .... visual effects supervisor (Iloura)
Laura Dubsky .... digital compositor: Iloura
Chris Dwyer .... data manager: Iloura
Mike Elizalde .... creature design consultant
Dean Elliott .... animator: Iloura
Alan Fairlie .... digital compositor: Iloura
Amelia Ford .... visual effects editor
Daniel Fotheringham .... animator: Iloura
Jason Gilholme .... match mover: Iloura
Avi Goodman .... lead animator: Iloura
Mat Govoni .... data wrangler
Dominic Hellier .... digital compositor: Iloura
Sam Jensen .... lead modeller: Iloura
Andrew Keeble .... animator: Iloura
Tom Keneally .... roto artist: Iloura
Alan S. L. Lam .... roto artist: Iloura
Adrian Lim .... animator: Iloura
Ineke Majoor .... visual effects producer: Iloura
Shelley Matulick .... data wrangler
Glenn Melenhorst .... lead visual effects supervisor: Iloura
Keith Meure .... roto artist: Iloura
Jay C. Miller .... lighting technical director: Iloura
Matt Omond .... digital compositor: Iloura
Matt Omond .... on set visual effects supervisor: Iloura
Heath Pagram .... animator: Iloura
Matthew Pascuzzi .... digital compositor: Iloura
Bruce Phillips .... on set visual effects supervisor: iloura
James Robison .... technical director: Iloura
Simon Rosenthal .... digital executive producer: Iloura
Scott Shapiro .... visual effects producer
Josh Simmonds .... lead lighting technical director: Iloura
Frederick George Stuhrberg .... 3D scanning
Christopher Sutton .... 3d scanning: Inition
Evann Tjokrosetio .... match mover: Iloura
Nick Tripodi .... lead animator: Iloura
Jordan Walsh .... lighting technical director: Iloura
Pete Williams .... film recording manager: Weta Digital
Drew Wood-Davies .... lighting technical director: Iloura

Stunts
Russell Frost .... additional stunt coordinator
Warwick Sadler .... stunt double (Guy Pearce)
Mark Wickham .... head stunt rigger

Camera and Electrical Department
Steven Bailey .... second assistant camera: "a" camera, second unit
Tov Belling .... first assistant camera
Travis Bigg .... set grip
Ben Bryan .... film loader
Ross Emery .... director of photography: second unit
Karl Engeler .... gaffer
Chris Hansford .... crane technician: Technocrane
Andrew Jerram .... additional first assistant camera
Aaron Jones .... video assist operator
Dora Krolikowska .... second assistant camera: "b" camera
Chaz Lyon .... first assistant camera: "a" camera, second unit
Lee Mariano .... second assistant camera: "a" camera
Peter McCaffrey .... camera operator: "a" camera
Peter McCaffrey .... steadicam operator
Calum McFarlane .... camera operator: second unit
David Nichols .... key grip
Brook Rushton .... digital stills assistant
Ricky Schamburg .... first assistant camera: "b" camera
Garie Wetherill .... digital video assist: second unit

Animation Department
James Humphries .... animator

Casting Department
Lindsay Graham .... casting associate
Kate Leonard .... extras casting
John McAlary .... casting associate
David Newman .... casting associate
Jordan Peterson .... casting intern

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Maria Pattison .... costume assistant

Editorial Department
Billy Browne .... first assistant editor
Rob Gordon .... senior on-line editor
Katie Hinsen .... digital intermediate editor
David Hollingsworth .... head of digital intermediate: Park Road Post / digital intermediate colorist
Erin McGookin .... digital intermediate producer

Music Department
Craig Beckett .... music editor
Craig Beckett .... score recordist
William Boston .... orchestrator
Daniel Brown .... score recordist
Rossano Galante .... orchestrator
John Kurlander .... music recording engineer
John Kurlander .... score mixer
James K. Lee .... music librarian
Ewan Mitchell .... music stage manager
Jason Ruder .... music editor
Tim Ryan .... music editor
Jessica Wells .... music preparation

Transportation Department
Clare Hollins .... driver: cast
James McCready .... driver
Thomas McSweeney .... driver
Teresa Ryan .... driver
Joel Sprake .... driver
Paul Wambach .... transportation coordinator

Other crew
Peter Arvanitis .... stand-in: Guy Pearce
Mark Campbell .... extras coordinator
Wendy Cohen .... product placement / clearances
Nicole Coulston .... accounts payable
Jessica Dart .... assistant location manager
Tara Dean .... production legal
Emily Eckert .... assistant to Mark Johnson
Serena Gattuso .... production coordinator
Nathan Hart .... runner
Lisa Inman .... script supervisor: splinter unit
Ben Lowe .... location manager
Gabriella Ludlow .... production legal
Hamish MacLeod .... unit assistant
Rachel McKellar-Harding .... rushes coordinator
Sally-Anne Moody .... double: Katie Holmes
Sally-Anne Moody .... stand-in: Katie Holmes
Peter Murphy .... stand-in: Gary McDonald
Kevin Plummer .... financial controller
Lisa Schmigalla .... assistant accountant
Anna Vincent .... unit publicist
Kristin Witcombe .... script supervisor
Linda A. Borgeson .... executive in charge of post production (uncredited)

Production Companies

    * Gran Via
    * Miramax Films
    * Tequila Gang

Distributors

    * Alliance Films (2011) (Canada) (theatrical)
    * Buena Vista International (Australia) (2010) (Australia) (theatrical)
    * Miramax Films (2011) (USA) (theatrical)
    * Maple Pictures (2011) (Canada) (DVD)
    * Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Special Effects

    * Iloura (visual effects)

Other Companies

    * Cameraquip Australia additional camera equipment provided by
    * Chapman / Leonard Studio Equipment camera dollies
    * Digital Media Services (DMS) digital marketing asset management
    * Digital Pictures dailies
    * Dolby Laboratories sound mix
    * Real People Victoria extras casting
    * Soundfirm sound post-production
    * Threadgold Plummer Hood payroll services
    * VisionsMCP doubles casting
    * VisionsMCP extras casting
    * VisionsMCP stand-ins