THE DARK is a horror/thriller, that stars Maria Bello (A History of Violence, Secret Window) and Sean Bean (Lord of the Rings, National Treasure). James (Bean) and Adèle (Bello) have lost their daughter Sarah in a tragic drowning accident along the rocky shore of Wales. While James is out frantically looking for Sarah, Adèle spots a girl near the house that looks like Sarah, but it is not her. The girl runs and hides in the abattoir - the place where they slaughter sheep. She turns out to be Ebrill, the daughter of a former resident of the house, a long time ago. They do not find Sarah, and while James is struggling to come to terms with the loss of their daughter, Adèle is convinced she is alive somewhere, and they can save her. Adèle visits the library and finds out that Ebrill is a girl who has been dead for 50+ years! She is the daughter of "The Shepherd", a mad, selfish minister, who convinced his entire congregation to jump off the cliff nearby in a mass suicide to bring his daughter, Ebrill, back from the dead. Adèle digs deeper into this Welsh mythology, in an effort to bridge the gap between the living and the dead, to save her precious Sarah, and put the family back together. Part psychological thriller, and with some horror tactics up it's sleeve, The Dark is different. I was pleasantly surprised by it's ending, and even though some moments you think you know what will happen, you do not know what the outcome will be. Sean Bean and Maria Bello are a solid acting duo, treading some truly original territory in this story.
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