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Don't Be Afraid of the Dark -- Film Review

4:31 PM PST 11/8/2010 by Duane Byrge

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia — Kids love the the Tooth Fairy for placing a goodly piece of coin under their pillows in exchange for their newly lost baby tooth. The Tooth Fairies in this dark horror fable, "Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark," are a greedier bunch –- they want those teeth before they fall out, and will do anything to get them.

These furious fairies will surely deliver a goodly piece of box-office coin for the distributor of this well-wrought film that has been shuttled and temporarily shelved in the wake of the Miramax sale. A well-crafted genre piece, Don't Be Afraid of the Dark won appreciative reception here at the Virginia Film Festival. The R-rated film should have a solid appeal to teens and young adults.

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