Dark Places [Blu-ray] [2023]

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It’s a mixed bag of a presentation, which doesn’t quite hold up to close scrutiny, but still gets the job done and likely remains faithful to the source material. Have you even watched a bad movie that relies on an over-used score simply because the direction, story and acting aren't capable of conveying a tone or tension on their own? As new memories and old suspects flood back into her life, Libby begins to question her own testimony and sets out to discover the truth of her tragic past. Although Fincher’s more successful elder sibling now overshadows the piece, Dark Places was actually shot around the same time as Gone Girl by French director Gilles Paquet-Brenner.

Although full of actors who are very capable of delivering brilliant performances, even they are disappointing thanks to their cookie-cutter characters.If you loved 'Gone Girl' as much as I did and hoped that 'Dark Places' would follow in its footsteps, be prepared for disappointment. It’s a fine film, unfairly maligned and dismissed for god knows what reason, especially considering the abysmal fare that gets released every week by labels like Vinegar Syndrome. Despite a strong performance from Theron, who suitably embraces the role, the game cast – involving Christina Hendricks, Chloe Grace Moretz, Nicolas Hoult and Tye Sheridan – largely fail to escape their underdeveloped characters or limited screen time.

Legendary British stars Christopher Lee (Dracula Prince of Darkness, The Wicker Man, The Man with the Golden Gun), Joan Collins (Tales from the Crypt, The Stud, Dynasty) and Herbert Lom (The Phantom of the Opera, Mark of the Devil, Revenge of the Pink Panther) get together in a grisly tale of hidden loot in a haunted house. Charlize Theron leads the way as Libby Day, a now adult woman who lost her mother and two sisters in a brutal slaying when she was just a young girl.This looks like an essential release, with the additional commentary track and the 60-minute documentary and the Don Sharp trailers. We use cookies to give you the best possible experience on our site, provide personalised content and advertising, analyse our traffic, and ensure you see more of what you love. Lionsgate Home Entertainment has officially announced that it will release on Blu-ray director Gilles Paquet-Brenner's film Dark Places (2015), starring Chloë Grace Moretz, Charlize Theron, Christina Hendricks, Nicholas Hoult, and Drea de Matteo. Her brother (the grown-up version of which is played by Stoll) has passed the time in prison and will never experience freedom. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

accompaniment, with clear promotion of the dialogue throughout the piece (apart from, funnily enough, the opening whisper), prioritised across the front and centre channels, whilst effects – which are well-utilised to craft a natural background atmosphere – are sharply disseminated across the surrounds. On 27th February 2023, Nucleus Films will release the shocking 1970s horror film Dark Places on Blu-ray. Presented in the UK on a Region-B locked Blu-ray that boasts a likely faithful rendition of the movie with a 1080p/AVC-encoded High Definition transfer framed in the film’s original theatrical aspect ratio of 2.

A new Rigby stand alone piece on the film, an older Rigby piece on Lee, and a fun Don Sharp trailers feel are all nice additions to an "okay" one-off produced by Darryl Hannah's uncle. As expected, Fincher's direction, the performances by Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike, and the gorgeous cinematography were fantastic – but none of that would have been possible without the source material. British label Nucleus Films is preparing a Blu-ray release of Don Sharp's Dark Places (1973), starring Christopher Lee, Joan Collins, Herbert Lom, Jane Birkin, and Robert Hardy. The only thing more disappointing is the movie's absurd reveal that hinges entirely on the movie's far-too-frequently-used crutches: convenience and coincidence.