I would definitely give this episode a chance. Very impressed! I think rating it at 10 is maybe over the top, as I reserved 10s for the best of the best. But it doesn't deserve a 1. It's above average and well worth the watch. I've seen all the monthly episodes/movies on In the Dark and this has been my all time favorite.
The movie is centered around Father's Day and grief. A father takes his two daughters on a camping trip back to the spot him and his wife visited when he asked her to marry him. It's a desolate and barren area with nothing around for miles, but it's meaningful. The family is suffering from overwhelming grief after losing their mother to cancer. The teenage daughter is lashing out at everyone because she's hurting deep inside, while the younger daughter clings to her father scared of losing him now. The first night in their motor home very creepy black eyed children come. They want to be let in.. You might be wondering like I did, how this grieving family ties in with terrifying black eyed children, but it does and it works.
There was emotional depth to this movie that I hadn't seen much of with any of the other episodes. Its not a sappy drama either, in fact this is the ONLY episode in the series that made me jump on several occasions. As a regular horror movie buff I watch tons of horror movies every week so I'm pretty desensitized to them, so if a movie can make me jump even once then I'm thrilled!
Sit back, allow yourself to get absorbed and you'll find 1.5 hours well spent!
The movie is centered around Father's Day and grief. A father takes his two daughters on a camping trip back to the spot him and his wife visited when he asked her to marry him. It's a desolate and barren area with nothing around for miles, but it's meaningful. The family is suffering from overwhelming grief after losing their mother to cancer. The teenage daughter is lashing out at everyone because she's hurting deep inside, while the younger daughter clings to her father scared of losing him now. The first night in their motor home very creepy black eyed children come. They want to be let in.. You might be wondering like I did, how this grieving family ties in with terrifying black eyed children, but it does and it works.
There was emotional depth to this movie that I hadn't seen much of with any of the other episodes. Its not a sappy drama either, in fact this is the ONLY episode in the series that made me jump on several occasions. As a regular horror movie buff I watch tons of horror movies every week so I'm pretty desensitized to them, so if a movie can make me jump even once then I'm thrilled!
Sit back, allow yourself to get absorbed and you'll find 1.5 hours well spent!