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Darkness Falls (1999)

Darkness Falls poster
Directed by
Gerry Lively
Genre
independent film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 32m
Rating
4.2 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A couple retreat to a remote island house to recover from a traumatic event. Their isolation is broken by a stranger whose arrival stirs up old obsessions and hidden dangers.

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What happens

Darkness Falls is a 1999 British drama film by John Howlett, very loosely adapted from N. J. Crisp's psychological thriller Dangerous Obsession and directed by Gerry Lively. The film was shot in late 1997 on the Isle of Man. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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