30 Day Movie Challenge
Day 12 - Favorite Remake
‘Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark’ to me was an improvement over the original television movie. A lot of what worked for me – the dark fairy tale aspect with the tooth fairies, the child protagonist, the mansion, etc – were all implemented by Guillermo de Toro (who didn’t direct but only wrote the script.) I think the story works better that way as an almost gothic horror/fantasy hybrid. I watched the original version later and found it less effective.












