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Dark Hours (2005)

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Reviews Counted: 12

Fresh: 7

Rotten:5

Average Rating: 5.8/10

Genre: Horror/Suspense

US Box Office: $0

Synopsis: A psychiatrist finds her vacation time rudely interrupted by one of her patients in this creepy horror flick. Escaping from an asylum, the former sex offender is convinced that the doctor has... A psychiatrist finds her vacation time rudely interrupted by one of her patients in this creepy horror flick. Escaping from an asylum, the former sex offender is convinced that the doctor has experimented on him with less than honorable intentions, and goes searching for blood. [More]

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Speeds through its scant 80-minute running time with no muss, no fuss, and a surprisingly watchable demeanor.

Full Review Source: DVDTalk.com | comment Comment
06/25/06
Scott Weinberg
DVDTalk.com

worth tracking down

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
04/09/06
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com

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Full Review Source: Mike Bracken's Horror Films | comment Comment
03/18/06
Mike Bracken
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Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/06/05
Film Threat

By the time The Dark Hours starts to get good, it's more than midway into the movie.

Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment Comment
11/11/05
Linda Barnard
Toronto Star

The Dark Hours is a remarkably assured homage to psychological horror films from the sixties and seventies.

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
11/11/05
Stephen Cole
Globe and Mail

Proves as cliche-ridden as its title.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Reporter | comment Comment
10/25/05
Frank Scheck
Hollywood Reporter

Paul Fox takes the cake and falls flat into it with one of the limpest stalker terrors to ever frustrate an audience.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
10/24/05
Erik Childress
eFilmCritic.com

A family-in-peril psychodrama that teeters on the edge of being a quality indie exercise.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
10/13/05
Derek Elley
Variety
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A cold and moody psychodrama poised frustratingly on the border between novel and banal.

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10/13/05
Jeannette Catsoulis
New York Times
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[A] taut '70s throwback thriller.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
10/11/05
Peter L'Official
Village Voice

A rewarding experience.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
09/24/05
Jeremy Mathews
Film Threat
 
 
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