Guillermo del Toro-produced film plays like a dry run to "Pan's Labyrinth," writes Kirk Honeycutt.

Starring: Katie Holmes, Guy Pearce, Bailee Madison, Alan Dale

REVIEW | "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark" Remakes the Original, Minus Most of the Frights

Time Out New York Project: Issue #826, August 25-September 7, 2011

Movie review: 'Don't Be Afraid of the Dark'

Troy Nixey's horror remake about a family who moves into a haunted house doesn't embrace its own darkness, shining light on the creepy-crawlies instead of le...

“Children’s teeth! Children’s teeth!” Unseen, spooky critters hiding deep in a fireplace in a walled-off room whisper these words like steam pipes. A...

Scary movies can get away with breaking promises to their audience. They can resurrect exhausted clichés (creepy old houses packed with things bumping in th...

With the great Guillermo del Toro as producer and co-writer, this haunted-house thriller at least makes a claim on artistry. But Pan’s Labyrinth it isn’t...

SOME things are better left as they are. That's a line from the original Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, a made-for-television horror film from 1973, in which K...