[ImmortalSlasher]

Don't be Afraid of the Dark -

This is almost a perfect horror movie, especially for young kids. The house setting is beautiful, filled with gardens, lakes, and hidden areas both inside and outside. All of the rooms in the house have an old mysterious feel. I like the double staircase with the secret room in between. And the cinematography is nice too. There is a good library scene later in the movie as well with an old manuscripts area. Because of the setting I thought this was England or some European country and not America. I say the movie is almost perfect because it needs a few fixes. Stuff that somehow made it into the movie that I'm sure many see as flaws. And they are mostly character problems like the house worker and caretaker. They are basically the crazy Ralph types but not played as crazy. So when something goes wrong it should be taken more seriously. But it's not. Little things like that happen and you wonder why as it makes the characters look stupid. It's not like the ghost in the house with stupid characters sort of stuff either that lesser movies do. But the people are getting hurt and bad stuff is happening and characters seem to put it off. Also, I didn't like the twist ending that much. It's dark and I don't think it really needed to happen as it didn't fit with the character's development. At least I thought it didn't. I still want to see the original. But I thought this was pretty good.