Darkness

Darkness (2002)

Some secrets should never come to light.

A teenage girl moves into a remote country home with her family, only to discover that the gloomy old house has a horrifying past that threatens to destroy them.

Date of release
2002-10-11
TMDB
5.7 / 10 (445)
Runtime
1h 43m
Genres
Horror
Director
Jaume Balagueró

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Spain
  • Awards: 2 · Nominations: 0. Including: Barcelona Film Awards; Ignotus Award for Best Audiovisual Production

Darkness is a 2002 supernatural horror film directed by Jaume Balagueró, and starring Anna Paquin, Lena Olin, Iain Glen, Giancarlo Giannini, and Fele Martínez. It follows an American family who move into a house in the Spanish countryside, where six children disappeared during an occult ritual forty years before; the teenage daughter and young son of the family are subjected to increasing disturbances in the house.

Production

In October 2000, it was announced Filmax had sold U.S. distribution rights of Balagueró's 1999 film The Nameless and the then-unmade Darkness to Miramax Films, with Miramax's Dimension Films division slated to co-produce the latter and provide forty percent of the budget. At that time, it was noted that the film was scheduled to shoot in Barcelona in early 2001.

Casting for Darkness took place in both Barcelona and New York City. The casting of Lena Olin and Iain Glen was announced in April 2001, in addition to Anna Paquin. Prior to Paquin's casting, Natalie Portman was considered for the lead role.

Principal photography of Darkness began on 26 April 2001 in and around Barcelona, on a budget of $10.6–$11 million. Filming was scheduled to end in late June 2001.

Director Jaume Balagueró cited The Amityville Horror (1979) and The Shining (1980) as key influences on Darkness.

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