The first real epic fail by Guillermo del Toro, who co-wrote and produced this remake of the early 1970s TV movie of the same name. Working in the film's favour is a great, moody visual style care of director Troy Nixey and a suitably creepy back story. There's also boat loads of potential for one shorts shitting moment after another, but few actually come to fruition. A big part of the problem is we known right off the bat who the antagonists are and, let's face, little rat creatures just aren't that scary. Why it takes the stupid humans almost 90 minutes to realize that crushing them works is beyond me. Good cast and crew, but the film rates a Bad. If it hadn't been so damn pretty it could have been an Ugly.

We here in The Basement love our horror. And one of the name's horror geeks have bowed at the alter of recent years is Guillermo del Toro. The man's got a good resume under his belt, be it as a director (Blade 2) or as a producer (The Orphanage). So when his name turned up on this trailer for the remake of the 1973 TV movie Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, I had to give it a look. The film promises to be creepy and, given the R rating, bloody. Throw in some pint-sized creatures and a big, spooky house and I'm there. Oh, and Katie Holmes is still cute. The film is due out in January. If the main trailer looks good, I could venture to a theatre to see this. What say you? Don't Be Afraid of the Dark in HD Trailer Park Movies | MySpace Video