Tayloriona
Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.
Lachlan Coulson
This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.
Mandeep Tyson
The acting in this movie is really good.
Michael Ledo
"Dark Was the Night" and "Monster Hunter" are the same film. The small quiet town of Maiden Woods (Pop. 243) appears to be annoyed by a "Bigfoot" type creature as the virgin woods to the north is being harvested. Sheriff Paul Shields (Kevin Durand) who has some personal problems getting over the death of his son , is aided by Luke Haas (the kid from "Witness" all grown up) as they try to solve the problem of the missing horse, pets, and strange footprints all over town. The drama and action build up slow until the end when we get to see the creature (unless you have the UK DVD "Monster Hunter" then it's on the plot spoiler cover).People acted fairly civil in this film. The drama was mostly internal conflicts, i.e. Sheriff Paul fighting his own demon within until he has to face the legend of the woods. The slowness of the movie had "TV production" written all over it. For those who prefer high drama, low action horror, with character development, this one has it.
Onebengalcat
I really enjoyed this movie. I wouldn't exactly call this a horror movie. Suspenseful thriller yes. The acting and storyline solid.
FJWWindsor
Dark Was The Night is a relatively engaging creature feature that benefits from appropriate pacing and adequate acting on the part of the participants. Kevin Durand delivers a fine performance as a quirky and moody character, elevating him above most generic characters in more mundane and mediocre horror flicks. I'd have to say none of the actors delivers a gut wrenchingly bad performance, though none will win an Academy Award.DWTN also proves you can make a relatively engaging horror flick without a lot of fancy CGI or FX. In addition to the calculated pacing (not too fast or too slow, IMHO), Jack Heller uses simple set creations, plot devices and staging to heighten the tension and mystery, never revealing too much too soon. Coupled with decent character development, a fairly good story line, and an above average script (for this kind of low budget creature feature), it makes the flick work for most of it's 90+ minutesAs many have observed, the movie falls victim to trite mechanisms toward the end, making it just short of anti-climactic in its predictability. The creature was somewhat interesting, but the sub- standard CGI made it less believable. Heller and the writer then proverbially club the viewer over the head with a disingenuous twist at the very end, no doubt set up to introduce a future sequel. (I will not reveal it here, as I don't want to introduce a TOTAL spoiler).Suffice it to say, DWTN is a relatively entertaining creature feature that should hold your attention throughout. Not a movie you'd need to see twice, but much better than a lot of the tripe I've been viewing lately.
The Couchpotatoes
This is the type of movie that you will see once and then forget about it within the week. Nothing special at all about it. It could have been much better if you didn't have to wait until the last two minutes of the movie to see the actual creature / monster. Not that it is a real bad movie or so, but it's just not good enough to watch a second time in the future. The whole movie you hope that you will see the monster and that hell will break loose. But none of this happens and you wonder why. The actors were okay without being sublime or so. If you have absolutely nothing else to watch then it's okay to watch Dark was the night, otherwise just skip it and watch something way better.
