Darkness Falls Page #3

Synopsis: In the Nineteenth Century, in Darkness Falls, Matilda Dixon is a good woman, who exchanges with children their baby teeth per coins. One day, her face is burnt in a fire in her house, she becomes sensitive to light and uses a china mask to protect her face against light. When two children are not found in the town, Matilda is blamed by the population and burnt in a fire, as if she were a witch. She claims to be not guilty and curses the whole population of the town and their descendants, stating that when each child loses the last tooth, she would come to get it, and if the child looks at her, she would kill him or her. After her death, the two children are found, and the shamed citizens decide to bury this sad and unfair event and never mention it again. Twelve years ago, the boy Kyle accidentally saw the Tooth Fairy, and she killed his mother. All the persons in Darkness Falls but his girlfriend Caitlin accused the boy of murdering his mother and sent him to an institution, considere
Director(s): Jonathan Liebesman
Production: Sony Pictures Releasing
  1 win & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.0
Metacritic:
23
Rotten Tomatoes:
9%
PG-13
Year:
2003
86 min
£32,032,215
Website
441 Views


-I need you to sign these.

-What are they?

Standard consent and release

of liability forms. He'll be fine.

Where are you taking me?

This isn't the way.

I'm not taking you to the hospital.

Lay low for the Judge.

-I Just want to help Michael.

-Michael's gonna be fine.

They're putting him in a sensory dep

tank. Gonna shut the lights out.

-They're putting him in the dark?

-Gonna fix him...

...stop him from becoming

the next Kyle Walsh.

It's gonna be okay. I'm gonna be

watching you from the other room.

If you put me in the dark,

she'll get me.

It'll all be over soon, okay?

Turn this car around now.

Take me to Michael.

What if l don't?

Larry, don't look at her!

-Help! Help! Kyle!

-Larry!

Help! Help me!

Oh, God! Help!

Come on, Larry. I know it's in here.

-Saint Francis Hospital.

-I need Caitlin Greene.

One moment, please.

-Miss Greene is unavailable.

-This is Kyle Walsh.

-I need to talk to her now.

-Sorry. Miss Greene is not available.

Don't let her put Michael in the dark.

I'm almost there.

Hello, police?

Now, Michael, l'm going to need you

to hold still. Okay?

There might be Just a little sting.

-What's he doing?

-Hold him.

-There might be a burning sensation.

-Hold him down.

It's all in.

It's all right. It's almost over.

Dim the lights.

Stop!

Take him out of there!

Please, Just do it.

Okay. The three of us are leaving.

-Michael, it'll be okay.

-I got a car waiting.

Kyle!

Stop resisting, Walsh.

Stop resisting.

Don't put him in the dark.

-Come on.

-Michael was right.

You have to believe me.

-Let's see your lawyer get you out.

-That'll be tough...

...since my lawyer's in pieces

on Ponus Avenue.

Is that a confession?

Okay, l'll give this a shot.

I saw something when l was 1 0. You

heard the stories as a kid. We all did.

I saw her kill my mother. And once

you've seen her, she doesn't stop.

I've stayed in the light since.

It's the only way to be safe.

Michael has seen her too,

and she's coming for us.

I thought you'd say something

like that.

How many unsolved murders

have you had?

Not Just this year,

but in the last 1 00?

How many of them involved children?

You're crazy, Walsh.

Crazy isn't what it used to be.

Yeah, Dad? We got him.

-What the hell's going on?

-No, no.

We're all gonna die.

Roy, you cover the docks, all right?

Get going.

-What the hell is going on tonight?

-I don't know, Dad.

-Matt, take care of this.

-Yeah, all right.

-Batten, see what that was.

-No, you go see.

-I outrank you.

-Lead by example and see what it was.

-Take a flashlight.

-Walsh, shut up.

Andy, give me your flashlight.

Stay in the light.

Sh*t.

Damn it!

Come on.

-What's going on here?

-Come on!

-Jimmy, stay with me!

-I'm staying with you!

-Matt!

-Matt?

-Go tell Batten l shot his dog.

-You shot Rocky?

No, Phil. I shot at him.

It was quick.

Is she gonna get me?

Yes.

Man. What the--?

-Stay in the light.

-Shut up.

-Get in the light. Batten.

-Shut up!

-Get your flashlights!

-Over here.

-Walsh.

-Don't shoot.

She's in the building.

You have to believe me.

Marnie, offices. Roy, check Andy.

Phil and Mark, squad room.

You come with me.

Oh, my God.

-Andy.

-Interrogation room.

-Get the flashlights.

-He's pretty bad.

Please, get me a flashlight!

Stay in the light!

Don't shoot the lights!

She can't hurt you in the light!

She's making you shoot the lights.

Let's go! Let's go!

Don't look at her!

-Don't look at her!

-Key 34!

Stay in the light!

Give me the flashlights.

Dad!

Dad!

Dad!

She's gonna go for Michael.

Take this.

-It's okay, Michael. It's okay.

-Caitlin, come on. It's safe.

Get out from under the bed.

Come on, this is ridiculous.

-No, you get under here.

-Come on, Michael.

There's nothing to worry about.

Caitlin, no!

Okay, let's stay under the bed.

What the hell is that?

Run!

Hello?

Go! Run!

-Caitlin. Caitlin.

-Okay.

-Get behind me, Michael.

-Caitlin.

I knew you'd come back.

How do we stop it?

It's all right. Come on.

-The hospital's losing power.

-Great.

We need to get out of here now.

What the hell is that?

Go! Go! Go! Go!

Go! Go! Go!

Get out now!

Help me!

The bag.

-What?

-The bag of flashlights.

-Anybody grab it?

-No.

Damn. We need to get to the lobby.

How long do we have

the emergency lights?

-A couple of minutes.

-That's all we need to get out.

What is wrong with you people?

What's he doing here?

-I'm calling the police.

-They're dead.

-All of them?

-Pretty much.

-Where are the stairs?

-What is going on?

When this hospital goes dark,

we're all dead.

-Through to the old wing.

-I should evacuate patients.

It's not after them. It's after us.

We saw it. They didn't.

What about us?

If we stay in the light,

we stay alive.

This Just keeps getting better

and better.

-Come on.

-Go. Go. Go.

All right, stay in the light,

keep tight to the wall, single file.

Stay in the light!

-Jesus Christ.

-Is she okay?

Alex!

Keep going, Michael.

Just stay in the light.

No!

Run!

Wait, wait. Caitlin?

Kyle.

-We have to Jump it.

-Are you crazy?

-Yeah, a bit.

-Is there any way she can get us?

We're gonna Jump all at once.

We'll give her multiple targets.

Okay?

-Kyle.

-Go on three.

One. Two. Three!

Kyle!

Alex.

-We got one more to go. You ready?

-No, l'm not.

-Kyle, hurry up.

-We go on three.

One. Two.

-Okay.

-Three!

Kyle!

-She missed me.

-You okay?

-Run!

-I'm getting the hell out of here!

-Caitlin! No!

-Get up!

No!

Kyle.

Kyle!

-Kyle.

-Help.

Look out!

It's Matt!

-Everyone in the car.

-Hurry!

-Go! Go!

-Hurry up. Get in the car.

Go!

What the hell was that thing?

-Did you get them?

-Yeah.

-What are you talking about?

-Gas cans.

We're going to the lighthouse. It's got

a gasoline-powered backup system.

It's not far.

Why don't we keep driving?

We're safe in the car.

Jesus Christ!

Goddamn it!

-She's taking out the sirens!

-Keep going!

-Everybody put your heads down!

-Michael!

No!

It's gone. It's gone. It's gone.

It's gone.

Got any lights back here?

There's two kerosene lanterns

in the back.

This must be it.

-I hope this works.

-It has to.

Kyle, there's the tank.

Come on.

Get all the gas in there.

There's enough there to last us

a week. Let's go.

Let's go. Come on.

All right.

Come on.

Let's go, Michael.

Get up there, Michael.

If that thing hates bright light,

she's not gonna come here.

Damn it. Come on.

-What happened?

-I don't know.

Must be a fuel line blockage.

It's not getting to the generator.

-That's encouraging.

-Lanterns aren't gonna last that long.

-We're gonna have to go fix it.

-What do you mean "we"?

-You and me.

-No.

It's the only way to do it.

We'll be right back, okay?

-I promise.

-Kyle.

If anything happens to me,

Just keep that thing off them.

All right, same goes for me.

This thing's gonna kill us, isn't it?

Probably.

All this over a f***ing tooth.

-Do you smell that?

-Yeah, gas everywhere.

Don't drop that lantern, will you?

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John Fasano

John Michael Fasano (August 24, 1961 – July 19, 2014) was an American screenwriter, film producer and director.In the length of his career, Fasano directed six films, produced twenty more, and wrote screenplays for at least eighteen others. Fasano spent much of his career working as a script doctor, working on numerous well-known blockbuster films including Tombstone, Die Hard with a Vengeance, and Judge Dredd. With novelist Roni Keller, he also wrote the book Evie and the Golem, published in 2011. A weapons expert, Fasano was a frequent writing contributor to such authoritative magazines as Combat Tactics, and American Handgunner. Fasano was also a prolific Halloween mask designer. more…

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