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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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3/5

Scott Weinberg

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

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jun., 25 2006 12:30 PM

DVDTalk.com

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4/5

Christopher Null

worth tracking down

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Apr., 09 2006 02:35 PM

Filmcritic.com

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4/5

Mike Bracken

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Mar., 18 2006 03:44 AM

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3.5/5

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Dec., 06 2005 07:48 PM

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2.5/4

Linda Barnard

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

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Nov., 11 2005 04:59 PM

Toronto Star

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3.5/4

Stephen Cole

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

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Nov., 11 2005 04:45 PM

Globe and Mail

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Frank Scheck

Proves as cliche-ridden as its title.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Oct., 25 2005 05:18 PM

Hollywood Reporter

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1/4

Erik Childress

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: | comment Comment | Oct., 24 2005 03:10 PM

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Derek Elley

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

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Oct., 13 2005 01:53 PM

Variety

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2/5

Jeannette Catsoulis

A cold and moody psychodrama poised frustratingly on the border between novel and banal.

comment Comment | Oct., 13 2005 01:47 PM

New York Times

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Peter L'Official

[A] taut '70s throwback thriller.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Oct., 11 2005 04:39 PM

Village Voice

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3.5/5

Jeremy Mathews

A rewarding experience.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Sep., 24 2005 03:45 AM

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