Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2010) Poster

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Certification

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MPAA Rated R for violence and terror
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • A little girl is seen taking a bath only her shoulders are seen before she gets out and puts on a bathrobe.

Violence & Gore

  • Several characters are slashed and stabbed by creatures wielding sharp objects.
  • A creature is bashed into a gory corpse with a camera.
  • A man is seen getting impaled with screws and blades by more than 45 small creatures.
  • The main theme of the movie is that mutant creatures are haunting an old house and feed off of childrens teeth and it is implied via a painting that they have killed the homeowners son and possibly other children who have lived in the house.
  • A man attacks a woman to remove her teeth, and he grimaces to expose his bloody gums, having previously removed his own teeth. He forces a chisel into her mouth and brings down a hammer to remove her teeth, which is not shown. The man then offers the bloody teeth to the creatures who violently attack him instead.

Profanity

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • There is a scene that takes place at a party where several characters are drinking alcohol (wine mostly)

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The creatures are small - about the size of Gnomes - but their behavior is quite disturbing and will most likely upset young viewers.
  • The entire movie through and through is mostly jump scares, however the main theme of the mutants attacking children may upset many viewers.

Spoilers

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Violence & Gore

  • A character is dragged into a shoot by a rope. We briefly see their knees bend backwards.

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