The defence The Arthouse Gremlin
“Its refusal to behave is the point.”
The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.
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Dark Light
Horror · Science Fiction · Thriller · 2019
A woman returns to her family home and discovers it to be inhabited by monsters.
Movie details
Dark Light
“Fear The Light”
2019 Horror · Science Fiction · Thriller 1h 30m
Critical arithmetic
The consensus, allegedly.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
IMDb
4.5 / 10
3.2K votes
TMDB
6.3 / 10
Community rating
External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.
A woman returns to her family home and discovers it to be inhabited by monsters.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Dark Light?
For the defence
The Arthouse Gremlin
“The stranger, the better.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Prestige Tourist
“You like your greatness pre-approved.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Padraig Reynolds
Written by
Padraig Reynolds
Jessica Madsen
Annie Knox
Ben Sullivan
Hunt
Opal Littleton
Emily Knox
Levan Lashkhi
Guard
G
Giorgi Bekoshvili
Van Helper
G
Giorgi Apkhazava
Van Driver
D
Denis Khlibov
Cop in Van
Court is in session
Put Dark Light on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Prestige Tourist
“Oddness is not depth.”
A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.