Rotten
By the time The Dark Hours starts to get good, it's more than midway into the movie.
Linda Barnard, Toronto Star
The Dark Hours
2005 · 1h 20m · R
Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller
Directed by
Paul Fox
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The Dark Hours
Overview
Dr. Samantha Goodman is a beautiful, young psychiatrist. Burnt out, she drives to the family’s winter cottage to spend time with her husband and sister. A relaxing weekend is jarringly interrupted when a terrifying and unexpected guest arrives. What follows is an extraordinary night of terror and evil mind games where escape is not an option.
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Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
62%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The Dark Hours is a remarkably assured homage to psychological horror films from the sixties and seventies.
Stephen Cole, Globe and Mail
Rotten
Proves as cliche-ridden as its title.
Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter
Rotten
A family-in-peril psychodrama that teeters on the edge of being a quality indie exercise.
Derek Elley, Variety
Rotten
A cold and moody psychodrama poised frustratingly on the border between novel and banal.
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
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