The Dark Hours
6 /10 1 Votes
58% Rotten Tomatoes Director Paul Fox Initial DVD release February 7, 2006 Duration Language English | 6.1/10 IMDb 63% Metacritic Genre Horror, Thriller Budget 500,000 CAD Writer Wil Zmak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 2005 Cast Kate Greenhouse (Samantha Goodman), Aidan Devine (Harlan Pyne), Gordon Currie (David Goodman), Iris Graham (Melody), Dov Tiefenbach (Adrian), David Calderisi (Dr. Lew Lanigan)Similar movies Mad Max: Fury Road , Jurassic World , John Wick , Furious 7 , Taken 3 , Run All Night | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Dark Hours is a 2005 Canadian horror film directed by Paul Fox and written by Wil Zmak.
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Synopsis
A woman's mistakes come back to haunt her in a terrifying and very literal manner in this mind-bending thriller. Dr. Samantha Goodman (Kate Greenhouse) is a clinical psychiatrist who works with patients at an institution for the criminally insane. Things have not been rosy for Sam lately -- she's been violently attacked by one of her patients, her marriage to husband David (Gordon Currie) is in bad shape, and she has an inoperable brain tumor that's growing at an alarming rate.
Sam needs a weekend away from the city, but what David has set up isn't especially relaxing for her -- a short holiday at a remote cabin, where David will be editing his latest book with the help of Sam's younger, attractive sister Melody (Iris Graham). As Sam watches sparks begin to fly between her sister and her husband, Harlan Pyne (Aidan Devine) and his friend Adrian (Dov Tiefenbach) break into the cabin and announce their presence by shooting Sam's pet dog.
Harlan is a convicted sex offender and murderer who was placed under Sam's care in the institution and wasn't happy with the experimental treatment he received; having escaped, he and Adrian have tracked her down and decide to take revenge by forcing Sam, Melody, and David to participate in a series of strange and humiliating games.
The Dark Hours was the first feature-length film from director Paul Fox, who subsequently directed the Douglas Coupland scripted comedy, Everything's Gone Green, as well as a number of successful Canadian television series.
Reception
The Dark Hours garnered recognition and awards from numerous international festivals, including Montreal's Fantasia Film Festival, Scotland's Dead By Dawn Film Festival, Austin's Fantastic Fest and the Sitges-Catelonian International Film Festival in Spain.
Despite winning several international awards, The Dark Hours (like many Canadian films) received no U.S. distribution beyond a one-week run at the indie-friendly Pioneer cinema in NYC. In his book The Long Tail, Wired editor Chris Anderson states that the film suffered more than any other film released that year from the inefficiencies of theatrical distribution. A further review on his blog confirmed his judgement that the film did not lack for quality at all, only for marketing and distribution.
Awards and Festivals
Invited to the Chicago International Film Festival, Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival, Fantasia International Film Festival (Montreal), Macabro Film Festival (Mexico City), German Fantasy Film Festival, Malaga Film Festival (Spain), and the Cardiff Film Festival
References
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