Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
- Release Date: August 26, 2011
- Genre: Horror, Thriller
- Director: Troy Nixey
- Producer(s): Mark Johnson, Guillermo del Toro
- Writer(s): Guillermo del Toro, Matthew Robbins
- Studio: Alliance Films
- Length: 1h 39m | Classification: 13+
- Official Site: dontbeafraidofthedark-movie.com
Synopsis
Sally Hurst (Bailee Madison), a lonely, withdrawn child, has just arrived in Rhode Island to live with her father Alex (Guy Pearce) and his new girlfriend (Katie Holmes) at the 19th-century mansion they are restoring. While exploring the sprawling estate, the young girl discovers a hidden basement, undisturbed since the strange disappearance of the mansion's builder a century ago. When Sally unwittingly lets loose a race of ancient, dark-dwelling creatures who conspire to drag her down into the mysterious house's bottomless depths, she must convince Alex and Kim that it's not a fantasy—before the evil lurking in the dark consumes them all.