![]() You really have to hand it to the Hollywood mentality. Rack up another one for the motion-picture ratings board - and the movie studio, which originally had an R-rated film but toned down the gore to get the softer rating. But if the children peek at her, she kills them - in a violent, disgusting manner.Īnd here's the kicker: The film is rated PG-13! Somehow, she becomes the Tooth Fairy (how she got the job isn't explained), so she takes teeth from under children's pillows and leaves them money (though whether the amount goes up with inflation over the years is never addressed). So the following is based on information gleaned from our film critic Jeff Vice, who couldn't stop laughing as he related it to me.Ī woman is killed by the residents of Darkness Falls, and 150 years later decides to seek vengeance on her killers' kith and kin by doing in the town's children. "Darkness Falls." The Tooth Fairy as killer.įirst, let me confess that I have not seen "Darkness Falls." Even for the purpose of writing this column, I just couldn't make myself waste an evening on this one. as whatever integrity I have left flies out the window.Įven better - with all the Mormon movies being made nowadays, perhaps a 24th of July slasher film is due: "Pioneer Day Psycho." Is it too late to get these made? I see big bucks in my future. OK, that last one doesn't really qualify, since April 15 isn't really a holiday. "Turkey Day Night Terrors" (Thanksgiving) "The Firecracker Killings" (Fourth of July) When they ran out of holidays, filmmakers began to stretch the definition with "Prom Night," "Final Exam," "Graduation Day" and even "Slumber Party Massacre."įor some reason, a few holidays were left out. Over the next few years came "Friday the 13th," "Mother's Day," "Happy Birthday to Me," "My Bloody Valentine," "New Year's Evil," "April Fool's Day" and, of course, the Christmas-themed killer-Santa flick that was filmed locally and became a huge national hit, "Silent Night, Deadly Night." That's the year "Halloween" was released, and it spawned a spate of "holiday-slasher" horror movies. extension of a horror-movie trend that dates back to 1978. In case you missed it - and this is not a joke - in "Darkness Falls," the killer is the Tooth Fairy. You read that right - a horror movie about the Tooth Fairy. Hollywood always ranks high in the "What Were They Thinking?" sweepstakes, but that horror movie that opened last week about the Tooth Fairy has to be high on the all-time list.
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