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Darkness (1993)

Darkness poster
Directed by
Leif Jonker
Genre
horror film, vampire film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 47m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 13 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of vampire hunters fights a horde of undead creatures. The film is known for its many exploding head effects.

gorylow-budgetgrungycampydarkchaoticfast-paced

What happens

Darkness, also known as Darkness: The Vampire Version and Leif Jonker's Darkness, is a 1993 American independent horror film written, produced, edited and directed by Leif Jonker and starring Gary Miller, Randall Aviks and Mike Gisick. The film was heavily circulated on the underground horror circuit and is famous for having a large number of exploding heads in it, more than any previous film of the genre. The special effects were created by Leif Jonker and Miller, who plays a vampire hunter. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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