Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

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Don't Be Afraid of the Dark is a 2010 American dark fantasy horror film written by Matthew Robbins and Guillermo del Toro, directed by comic book artist Troy Nixey and filmed at the Drusilla Mansion in Mount Macedon, Victoria and Melbourne, Australia.[3] The film stars Katie Holmes, Guy Pearce, and Bailee Madison, as a family moving into a 19th-century Rhode Island mansion, where the withdrawn daughter (Madison) begins to witness malevolent creatures that emerge from a sealed ash pit in the basement of the house. It is a remake of the 1973 ABC made-for-television horror film of the same name that starred Kim Darby.

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

Directed by Troy Nixey

Produced by Guillermo del Toro, Mark Johnson, Stephen Jones

Written by Guillermo del Toro, Matthew Robbins

Based on Don't Be Afraid of the Dark by Nigel McKeand

Starring Katie Holmes, Guy Pearce, Bailee Madison, Jack Thompson, Alan Dale, Garry McDonald, Julia Blake

Music by Marco Beltrami, Buck Sanders

Cinematography Oliver Stapleton

Production company Miramax, Necropia Gran Via

Distributed by FilmDistrict

Release dates November 6, 2010 (Virginia Film Festival), August 26, 2011 (United States)

Running time 99 minutes