The Darkness (2016 American film)

The Darkness
The Darkness
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Greg McLean
Written by	Shayne Armstrong; S.P. Krause; Greg McLean;
Produced by	Jason Blum; Matthew Kaplan; Bianca Martino;
Starring	Kevin Bacon; Radha Mitchell; Jennifer Morrison; Lucy Fry; David Mazouz; Ming-Na Wen; Paul Reiser;
Cinematography	Toby Oliver
Edited by	Sean Lahiff; Timothy Alverson;
Music by	Johnny Klimek
Production; companies	Blumhouse Productions; Chapter One Films; EMU Creek Pictures;
Distributed by	BH Tilt; High Top Releasing;
Release date	May 13, 2016;
Running time	92 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$4 million
Box office	$10.9 million

The Darkness is a 2016 American supernatural horror film, directed by Greg McLean and co-written by McLean, Shayne Armstrong, and Shane Krause. The film stars Kevin Bacon, Radha Mitchell, David Mazouz, Lucy Fry, Matt Walsh, Jennifer Morrison, Ming-Na Wen and Parker Mack.

The film is about a family who visits the Grand Canyon and brings home a supernatural force that feeds off their fears and takes over their lives.^[4] Filming began in April 2014 in Los Angeles and ended in May the same year.

Blumhouse Tilt and High Top Releasing released the film on May 13, 2016 (Friday the 13th). It was largely panned by film critics, but grossed $10.9 million against a $4 million budget.^[5]

^ "THE DARKNESS (15)". British Board of Film Classification. May 6, 2016. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
^ McNary, Dave. "'Captain America' to Dominate With $77 Million Weekend as 'Money Monster' Aims for $15 Million". Variety. Retrieved May 14, 2016.
^ "The Darkness (2016)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 16, 2016.
^ "New Supernatural Film '6 Miranda Drive' Rounding Out Cast". Moviepilot. May 12, 2014. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
^ "The Darkness reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved May 15, 2016.

[1] "THE DARKNESS (15)". British Board of Film Classification. May 6, 2016. Retrieved May 6, 2016.

[budget-2] McNary, Dave. "'Captain America' to Dominate With $77 Million Weekend as 'Money Monster' Aims for $15 Million". Variety. Retrieved May 14, 2016.

[BOM-3] "The Darkness (2016)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 16, 2016.

[4] "New Supernatural Film '6 Miranda Drive' Rounding Out Cast". Moviepilot. May 12, 2014. Retrieved August 4, 2014.

[5] "The Darkness reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved May 15, 2016.

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