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Christopher

01-21-2003, 07:03 PM

News about Emma's movie "Darkness Falls"

Release Date: January 24th, 2003 (wide)

MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for terror and horror images, and brief language)

Distributor: Columbia Pictures (Revolution Studios) (Sony)

Cast: Chaney Kley (Kyle), Emma Caulfield (Caitlin), Joshua Anderson (Young Kyle), Andrew Bayly (Officer Batten), Emily Browning (Young Caitlin), Lee Cormie (Michael), Peter Curtin (Dr. Travis), Daniel Daperis (Young Larry), Rebecca McCauley (Kyle's Mom), Kestie Morassi (Nurse Lauren), Steve Mouzakis (Dr. Peter Murphy), Alannah Oliver (Kimberly), Grant Piro (Larry), Angus Sampson (Ray), Christian Schaeffer (Young Ray), Peter Stanton (Captain Henry), Sullivan Stapleton (Matt)

Premise: This is the story of a young man (Clay) considered "crazy" by most of the people in his small town who helps the little brother of his only friend, his childhood girlfriend (Caulfield), when the boy is threatened by an evil that dates back centuries, an evil that is the original inspiration for the children's tale of the "tooth fairy."

Genre: Horror, Supernatural, Teen

Who is going to go watch it? I will, the previews make it look interesting and kind of scary.

DarleneIllyria

01-25-2003, 01:13 AM

I just found 2 articles at scifi.com relating to the movie.

Caulfield Falls For Darkness

Emma Caulfield, who makes her feature-film debut in the upcoming horror film Darkness Falls, told SCI FI Wire that she took the role solely for the chance to work with director Jonathan Liebesman. "I really wanted to work with Jonathan," Caulfield said in an interview while promoting the film. "I had seen a short film that he had done, and even though there wasn't any script or anything at the time, ... I said, 'Wow, I'd go get the guy coffee.' Because I really wanted to work with him. It was just amazing. Visually arresting."

Caulfield, who is best known for her role as Anya on UPN's Buffy the Vampire Slayer, added that after seeing the completed film, she is convinced that her instincts about the director were correct. "You can only get so far, but without someone at the helm who has a vision, you're really sort of treading unfriendly waters," she said. "And he's just really good, so that was at once a vindication and a little bit of a relief."

In the film, Caulfield plays the sister of a young boy who is being hunted by the malicious spirit of a woman once known as "The Tooth Fairy." Despite the horrific elements, Caulfield said she would classify the film as more of a psychological thriller. "I didn't see it as a horror film," she said. "I mean, old-school, maybe, horror. But not like a slasher horror film. It's definitely not a Friday the 13th or anything like that. You hear a lot. You think you see a lot, but you don't really see a lot, because it's so quickly cut and it's so dark." Darkness Falls opens Jan. 24.

http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-main.html?2003-01/24/13.00.film
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Darkness Creature Featured

Jason Mathews, who supervised the creature effects for the upcoming supernatural horror film Darkness Falls, told SCI FI Wire that he and his colleagues at Stan Winston Studios had complete creative control over the film's central monster. "When they first met with us, they had a movie that they needed a creature for," Mathews said in a presentation while promoting the film. "They wanted something really scary. They weren't sure. They were kind of vague about it. And they got Stan's input, because he has about a gazillion years of experience doing this."

Winston—who has designed mechanical and makeup effects for Aliens, The Terminator and Jurassic Park—was involved in the creation of the film's twisted version of the Tooth Fairy from the very beginning, Mathews said. "He's there all the way," he said. "He was there in design. He came up with the concept [that] it should be the Matilda Dixon character, and she's burnt. It should be something that you look at, and it's disgusting, but then you kind of feel sorry for her, and you just don't want to look, but you kind of have to."

The final creature was a mechanical puppet molded in silicone and operated by six crew members. Mathews and his team shot the puppet against a green-screen backdrop and digitally composited her into previously filmed scenes, called plates. "You see an actor walking or ... jumping down stairs, and one of them gets yanked away," Mathews said. "That's the plate. You just see her going away, but there's nothing grabbing [her]. So we have to position the puppet in the frame that looks right, like she's actually grabbing [the actor], and she has to change direction with the actor. And it is very difficult when you have six puppeteers around that thing to try to do that."

Mathews admitted that it was challenging working on the film after principal photography had already been completed. But he added that there were certain advantages, too. "I kind of have to say I enjoyed it," he said. "It's a little easier now. To see a movie and say, 'Wow, you know what'd be neat? This would have been cool to do this.' And we got to do that. We got to see the movie and add what we think would be cool." Darkness Falls opens Jan. 24

http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-main.html?2003-01/24/12.00.film