Darkness (2002 film)

Darkness
Promotional poster
Directed by	Jaume Balagueró
Written by	Jaume Balagueró Fernando de Felipe
Produced by	Julio Fernández Brian Yuzna
Starring	Anna Paquin Lena Olin Iain Glen Giancarlo Giannini Fele Martínez
Cinematography	Sylvia Steinbrecht
Music by	Carles Cases
Production companies	Fantastic Factory Dimension Films
Distributed by	Filmax (Spain) Miramax Films (United States)
Release dates	October 11, 2002 (2002-10-11) (Spain) December 25, 2004 (2004-12-25) (U.S.)
Running time	102 minutes 88 minutes (PG-13 US theatrical version)
Countries	Spain United States[1]
Language	English
Budget	$11 million[2]
Box office	$34.4 million

Darkness is a 2002 supernatural horror film directed by Jaume Balagueró and starring Anna Paquin, Lena Olin, Iain Glen, Giancarlo Giannini and Fele Martínez. The film was produced by Julio Fernández and Brian Yuzna.^[3] The film's plot 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.

The film premiered in Spain on October 3, 2002, and was released in theaters across the country eight days later on October 11. It was sold to Miramax Films for American distribution in 2003, but ended up being put on hiatus for over a year; it was eventually released in United States theaters in an edited, PG-13-rated cut on December 25, 2004. The film was widely panned by critics, but was a commercial success, earning $34.4 million worldwide on a budget of $10.6 million.