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Afraid
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Don't Be Afraid of the Dark is a 2010 fantasy horror thriller film, directed by Troy Nixey, starring Katie Holmes, Guy Pearce and Bailee Madison.
- 95 people have posted about this film on Bluesky, TMDB reviews, Lemmy, Mastodon
- posts span Jul 21, 2013 to Nov 3, 2026
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On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 61% based on reviews from 178 critics, with an average rating of 5.9/10. The website's critical consensus states, "While it's pleasantly atmospheric and initially quite scary, Don't Be Afraid of the Dark ultimately fails to deliver the skin-crawling chills of the original". On Metacritic, it has a weighted average score 56 out of 100 based on reviews from 35 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews. Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "C−" on an A+ to F scale. Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film 3½ stars out of 4, calling it "a very good haunted house film" and adding that it "milks our…
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60 of 132 · most liked firstSince the remake was first released #OTD back in 2011, I looked at DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK as well as the original 1973 horror TV-movie it's based on.
neutral · AI labelView post →Happy Iconoscope Announcement day! I'm really excited about this release of Don't Be Afraid of the Dark. My OG commentary from Warner Archives is included, as well as a new essay where I write about director John Newland and his sensitive portrayal of women vinegarsyndrome.com/collections/...
neutral · AI labelView post →Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (1973) 📺🎥 Directed by John Newland
neutral · AI labelView post →^Was that Pickman's Model, from Del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities? That had a lot of original spooky paintings. The other one that it reminds me of is Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (also GDT-related).
neutral · AI labelView post →#MusicChallenge #KillerTunes 10/9 Vampire Gang - Near Dark Robert Cray - Don't Be Afraid of the Dark www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ra2Q...
neutral · AI labelView post →Tonight! @svengoolieofficial.bsky.social & his Me-TV Halloween BOOnanza finale starting with his encore of "The Wizard of Oz" (1939) @ 7 PM ET/6 PM CT; followed by his premiere of "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark" (1973) @ 10 PM ET/9 PM CT! See you all then, fellow #Svengoolie Super SvenPals!
neutral · AI labelView post →#MusicChallenge #MindMelodies Day 20 - Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark by Robert Cray youtu.be/Ra2Qndv_xeE?...
neutral · AI labelView post →#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #14 A song that feels like advice The Sonics Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark youtu.be/vGIHqQfMfvE?...
neutral · AI labelView post →The 1970s were the pinnacle for great, low-budget, TV horror movies. The movie "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark" from 1973 scared the living crap out of me as a kid.
positive · AI labelView post →#5albums50s60s3 #NowSpinning #NP #vinyl #vinylrecords THE SONICS BOOM When you walk through the dark hold your head up high & .. #YNWA Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark youtu.be/vGIHqQfMfvE?...
neutral · AI labelView post →Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (1973) John Newland (director) Made for TV horror from the director of The Legend of Hillbilly John. Saw it on tv in the '70s. I would've been nearly 6 when it aired, but I watched a lot of horror at that age. 📽 #FridayNightHorror #HorrorMovies #Horrorsky #Horror
positive · AI labelView post →#MusicChallenge #Howl-A-Ween #MusicSky 17 fear Robert Cray - Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ra2Q...
neutral · AI labelView post →#70sHorrorBinge Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (1973) 3/5 🌟 Another good made-for TV horror movie from the 70s. The film equivalent of a YA horror novel. Evil creatures bricked up in an old house are unwittingly released & need another soul to munch. Much better & darker ending than I was expecting.
neutral · AI labelView post →Now watching DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK (1973), a made for TV horror movie in which a neglected wife moves into a mansion with her workaholic husband and soon discovers the place to be inhabited by goblins who want her to live with them forever Starring Kim Darby Directed by John Newland
neutral · AI labelView post →Twitch Schedule 5/03 [TIMES ET]: *HALFWAY TO HALLOWEEN* 3:00pm - Movie Jo Night: The Devil's Hand 4:00pm - Movie Jo Night: Snoop Sisters 5:33pm - Matt, Emmy & Chris: Hider in the House 7:27pm - The Mads Are Back: The Manster 8:33pm- Movie Jo Night: Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
neutral · AI labelView post →#spookytunes Day 16 FEAR Robert Cray : Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark youtu.be/5tCG5Aw_4i4?...
neutral · AI labelView post →(¹965) Garage rock from Tacoma, Washington. This is the B side to "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark" released on Ettiquette, a local record label started by The Wailers, also from Tacoma, who performed saxophone-driven R&B and Chuck Berry style rock and roll. #MusicSky youtu.be/v9Ys1nTdEjE?...
neutral · AI labelView post →Latest on @svengoolieofficial.bsky.social cial & his upcoming big premiere of " #DontBeAfraidOfTheDark" (1973) as part of his Halloween BOOnanza finale* /Sat., Halloween/Oct. 31 on MeTV at 10 PM ET/9PM CT! Enjoy, fellow #Svengoolie Super SvenPals! silverscreenreflex.wordpress.com/2026/10/31/s...
neutral · AI labelView post →Now watching DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK (2010).
neutral · AI labelView post →#NowWatching "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (1973)".
neutral · AI labelView post →Robert Cray - Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark
neutral · AI labelView post →"..And the 'Property Brother' no one ever 'talks' about!" -Bill "Nostalgiaferatoo" Leff's "house buying" tips to #Svengoolie during Sven's big premiere of "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark" (1973)!
neutral · AI labelView post →Emily is watching DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK (2010). We call this "a baller move," and implore you: be more like Emily.
neutral · AI labelView post →New month, new writing round-up. For August, my writing included: A retrospective on both the original '70s horror TV-movie DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK and its del Toro-penned remake from 2011. 🧵
neutral · AI labelView post →DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK (1973) was a made-for-tv movie that scared me very badly as a kid, and god bless @vinsyn.bsky.social for bringing it back into my life! Hardly anybody saw it & I thought it was gone forever
positive · AI labelView post →youtu.be/Ra2Qndv_xeE?... ROBERT CRAY 'Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark'
neutral · AI labelView post →"I see we have 'varying opinions' on her 'coffee'!" #Svengoolie to Jim Hutton during his commercial bumper return for "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark" (1973)! Don't tell Margaret Hamilton/Cora!
neutral · AI labelView post →#CatchThePhrase #MusicChallenge | 423 The Sonics Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark youtu.be/vGIHqQfMfvE?...
neutral · AI labelView post →#NowWatching 🎬 Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark (1973) No. 16 #HorrorMovies #FilmSky
neutral · AI labelView post →Vinegar Syndrome forms 4K Blu-ray distributor, Iconoscope, which currently has 40 Warner Bros. licensed titles, including the made-for-TV chiller Don't Be Afraid of the Dark. ***Warner Bros. Physical Media*** While we stand on the cusp of the transition of Warner Bros.' management as the Hollywood legacy studio will soon be under the control of Netflix, there may be a mad dash of sorts to get all their past physical media titles. Luckily, for years, Warner Bros. has also regularly licensed its…
neutral · AI labelView post →Some more The Cabin in the Woods Goosebumps (series) Marianne (series) Midnight Mass (series) Nope (all his stuff) Nosferatu (all his stuff) Midsommar Don't Be Afraid of the Dark Men Things Heard & Seen Scary Movie (hehe) There are so many more I can't remember now
neutral · AI labelView post →#breakingkindsongs #musicchallenge Song that starts with Don't Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark - Robert Cray youtu.be/Ra2Qndv_xeE?...
neutral · AI labelView post →#LoveSven! Happy #Svengoolie Sat. & #Halloween, Peggy & all fellow wonderful friends/Super SvenPals! Wonderful to be with all of you tonight for Sven's big premiere/"Don't Be Afraid of the Dark" (1973)! Halloween & Sven Cheers!
neutral · AI labelView post →Later this year, they'll be playing ANOTHER famous one, "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark" #Svengoolie
neutral · AI labelView post →Can you believe this? This "interior" setting design came from the same production company that brought us "Ma & Pa Walton.." and "J.R. Ewing!" For #Svengoolie & his big premiere of "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark" (1973)!
neutral · AI labelView post →Hey Svengoolie Fans! Tonight, #Svengoolie wraps up the Halloween BOO-nanza special programming with a festive double-feature broadcast . • 7:00 PM ET / 6:00 PM CT: Svengoolie Presents 'The Wizard of Oz' (1939) . • 10:00 PM ET / 9:00 PM CT: Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (1973) youtu.be/i2zdYIF5DAY
neutral · AI labelView post →DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK (the original 1973 made-for-TV film, not the big-budget remake) wrecked my tiny brain; I lived in constant fear that our old country farmhouse also contained whispering nighttime gremlins that would drag me away after I fell asleep. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ho4S...
positive · AI labelView post →Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (original made-for-TV movie, NOT to be confused with the TV series Are You Afraid of the Dark) deserves a place in the pantheon of iconic horror movies despite its relative obscurity.
positive · AI labelView post →Share a movie that legitimately scared you the first time you watched it. Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (1973) Why my Mom let me watch it, I'll never know. But I was terrified of those freaking demons.
negative · AI labelView post →"Did you 'swallow' your 'Bubble Gum' again?" #Svengoolie to Kim Darby, for the commercial return bumper for "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark" (1973)!
neutral · AI labelView post →Also Tonight on #Svengoolie #houseofsvengoolie #boonanza #MeTV: Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (1973) | PS: Looking for work (and a home). jephmann.com/movies/film....
neutral · AI labelView post →A generation was traumatized OTD in 1973 when, just in time for Halloween, ABC premiered the classic made-for-TV movie DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK with Kim Darby, Jim Hutton, and those...things. Directed by ONE STEP BEYOND's John Newland. Nightmare fuel.
neutral · AI labelView post →After watching the 1973 TV movie, I decided to finally give the 2010 theatrical remake of DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK a watch.
neutral · AI labelView post →I missed it while it was happening, but the photo flash thing was also used at the end of Don't Be Afraid of the Dark! I guess it's a 70s TV movie kind of thing! #TVMParty
neutral · AI labelView post →watched 3 SHOCKINGLY good old horror B-movies: -The Mummy's Shroud, 1967 3rd of the 4 Hammer Mummy movies -Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, 1973 TV movie involving little monsters in a house -Curse of the Undead, 1959 slightly lurid vampire gunslinger all of these are like...REALLY strong?
positive · AI labelView post →Hey! "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark" (73) is available on Youtube (with Japanese (?) subtitles but English soundtrack). Just sayin', for future reference. That movie taught me to never dangle my limbs over the edge of the bed. ;)
neutral · AI labelView post →Now watching on Svengoolie, Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (1973 film). So far it’s really good.
positive · AI labelView post →"That's Right! It still smells 'fresh' after.. 'eight showers'!" #Svengoolie & his commercial bumper return for "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark" (1973)!
neutral · AI labelView post →#LoveSven! Excellent! Happy #Svengoolie Sat. & #Halloween, Tiki & all fellow wonderful friends/Super SvenPals! Wonderful to be with all of you tonight for Sven & "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark" (1973)! Sven & Halloween Cheers!
neutral · AI labelView post →#Svengoolie #Don'tBeAfraidoftheDark Remember, don't be afraid of the dark, unless you live in Appalachia. Then be afraid. Be very afraid.
neutral · AI labelView post →Movie 70- Don't Be Afraid of the Dark #100HorrorMoviesin92Days #HorrorSky #FilmSky boxd.it/1uE2
neutral · AI labelView post →Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark (either the 70s tv version or, more likely, the Guillermo del Toro produced remake)
neutral · AI labelView post →#NowWatching Don't Be Afraid of the Dark 🛌🏻 More Guy Pearce Horror & Sci-Fi Rankings & Reviews #filmsky #horrorfamily 🎬🖤
neutral · AI labelView post →The Problematic Fave: The Conjuring Baby's First Jump Scare: House on Haunted Hill (1959) Daniel Radcliffe is Good Actually: The Woman in Black Underrated Gem: Lights Out Bitey Faeries: Don't Be Afraid of the Dark A Funny One: The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia
neutral · AI labelView post →ONE STEP BEYOND (sponsored by Alcoa) debuted on ABC OTD in 1959, and for three seasons host John Newland (who also directed most eps) presented tales of the unnatural purported to have basis in fact. He would later helm episodes of THRILLER, NIGHT GALLERY and the movie DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK.
neutral · AI labelView post →"It'll be like.. having a 'party' in a 'subway'." -Kim Darby to Jim Hutton, "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark" (1973) for #Svengoolie & his big broadcast premiere.
neutral · AI labelView post →It is a Halloween BOO-nanza tonight on MeTV at 7PM DETROIT time as @svengoolieofficial.bsky.social shows 1973's Don't Be Afraid of the Dark + 1939's The Wizard of Oz #Svengoolie #MovieGeek
neutral · AI labelView post →When I was little my cousin Doug babysat me on Sat morning when my parents were working, and he loved watching horror movies. So I would watch them between my fingers with my hands over my eyes. One was Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, with little green glowing guys who whispered "Sssssaaaalllllyyyy"
neutral · AI labelView post →Things I was frightened of as a child: - Earwigs (blame mom, night gallery, and Star Trek II) - Nuclear war (it was the 80s + the day after) - the vampire from Buck Rogers - the little men in the vents (Don't Be Afraid of the Dark on afternoon TV) - Leeches (built into brainstem)
neutral · AI labelView post →Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (original made-for-TV movie) is such an underrated gem
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