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Afraid of the Dark

1992 · 91 min

A disorienting, uneasy plunge into a child's blurred perceptions, where dread builds quietly and reality keeps slipping.

Directed by: Mark Peploe
Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Starring: Ben Keyworth, James Fox, Fanny Ardant

Tagline: You can't escape what you can't see.
Overview: A little boy, obsessed with blindness and violence, slowly gets trapped in his own delusions.

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Directed by: Mark Peploe
Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Starring: Ben Keyworth, James Fox, Fanny Ardant

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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: madness
isolation
obsession
family
fate
Places: big city
school
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: unreliable narrator
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	6
Humour	1
Realism	6
Romance	1
Tension	6
Darkness	7
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	6

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