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Title: Dark Corners (2007) Starring: Thora Birch, Toby Stephens, Christien Anholt, Joanna Hole, and Lorraine Bruce Director: Ray Gower Rating: Unrated Runtime: 95 minutes Avg. Score: 4 Avg Score: Submit Comment Hits: 47

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• Posted on 2008-03-27
  Hell Awaits...
  
  I enjoy movies that I can't figure out immediately. I also like movies that are a bit odd, off-kilter so to speak. You know, films like MEMENTO, HEADSPACE, JACOB'S LADDER, CARNIVAL OF SOULS, etc. Well, DARK CORNERS fits right in with these other classics of bleakess and dread! Thora Birch (American Beauty, Ghost World, The Hole) plays the dual role of Susan- in the sunny, happy world of light, and Karen- in the darkworld of nightmare. I was perplexed by what connection there could possibly be between these two women. I was pleasantly stunned by the answers at the end! The last movie to make my jaw drop (in a good way) was HIGH TENSION. DARK CORNERS had that same twisty, grabber of a finalé for me. So, if you are a fan of the macabre, weird, or creepy, then this one will be a treat...
  Score: 5
• Posted on 2008-01-18
  Strong Women in Peril - Again
  
  Thanks to Thora this is much better than average. A weird dual world theme is explored in this clever but not great scare film. The script and direction are just okay. Nice look too. Not too graphic, more of a suspenseful mind game. A good example of the lead raising the whole production. Also see the obscure "Left in Darkness" for another good but not great film with a strong female part.
  Score: 4
• Posted on 2007-09-05
  Okay movie.
  
  I bought this movie because it was a horror movie starring Thora Birch. I expected it to be a total piece of crap. I was suprised. It was a decent movie. There are movies such as THE MESSENGERS and PULSE which I bought thinking they were going to be good and for me personally, I thought this movie which I had no expectations of, was better than the two aforementioned movies which I thought would be good when I bought them.
  Score: 4
• Posted on 2007-06-23
  Surreal fare that borrows from Argento and Lynch
  
  This film is a surreal cross of Dario Argento's "The Stendhal Syndrome" and David Lynch, with a plot akin to that of someone suffering from schizophrenia; even the scenes of Karen being accosted by strange people laughing and whispering seem to remind me of someone plagued by paranoid schizophrenia. Let me just say from the start that this film is not for everyone. It is definitely gruesome at times and quite depressing. I read somewhere that the film is about an evil man (the killer, it is presumed) who is being punished for his sins by living completely polar yet interconnected lives as his victims; however, he appears to see himself as the dark-haired Thora in the mirror. I can't say for sure whether this is even a correct interpretation -- interpret the movie as you wish, there are many different themes and interpretations that could be found. Like Argento's films, I liked this one because you can find different interpretations, meanings, and connections. This certainly is not a fun film at all though, and the subject matter isn't that worthy of recognition, if only for the fact that we perhaps all ignore our own "dark corners" at times; again, another favourite theme of Argento's, especially in films like "Tenebre" ("Unsane"). Another thing I liked was Karen's bleak and surreal world. The fashions and colour-schemes are strange; the people oppressive and almost demonic; on the other hand, the "sunny" side of the world is nightmarish in its own way that it cannot escape the darkness that eventually bleeds through.
  Score: 3
• Posted on 2007-06-18
  Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
  
  I had though DVD production companies stopped making widescreen for 3:4 only aspect ratio TVs since MGM got sued but I was wrong! Apparently Anchor Bay did not get the message! This movie is stated as 1:78:1 widescreen but it does not play that way on a real widescreen TV! The picture is squashed! Someday!
  Score: 3