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It is a comedy but it's dark, and that commercially was a problem
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In Search of Darkness

It is a comedy but it's dark, and that commerciallywas a problem

It is a comedy but it's dark, and that commercially
was a problem

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It is a comedy but it's dark, and that commercially was a problem.
Duration
6 seconds
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25
Timestamp in Movie
03:56:03
Uploaded
Jun 05, 2025
Genres
documentary, horror
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Movie Summary

An exploration of '80s horror movies through the perspective of the actors, directors, producers and SFX craftspeople who made them, and their impact on contemporary cinema.
It was marketed like a light Tom Hanks comedy at the time when Tom Hanks was just doing - In Search of Darkness 00:10
It was marketed like a light Tom Hanks comedy at the time wh...
And it has a really dark kind of mean streak to it, that I think was embraced by Joe Dante. - In Search of Darkness 00:07
And it has a really dark kind of mean streak to it, that I t...
The Burbs is nominally a horror film in that it's about creepy neighbors. - In Search of Darkness 00:05
The Burbs is nominally a horror film in that it's about...
And when I was a kid, we had people in the neighborhood who people thought were creepy - In Search of Darkness 00:10
And when I was a kid, we had people in the neighborhood who ...
It's a movie about the way these people behave when they're basically bored in their suburban - In Search of Darkness 00:10
It's a movie about the way these people behave when the...
In the original script it wasn't explained what the Klopeks were up to. - In Search of Darkness 00:05
In the original script it wasn't explained what the Klo...
The audience had to imagine it and so all of these clues of the strange noises at night - In Search of Darkness 00:09
The audience had to imagine it and so all of these clues of ...
But then when Torn Hanks was cast the studio said you can't do the ending we've got now, - In Search of Darkness 00:08
But then when Torn Hanks was cast the studio said you can�...
One of which is on the laserdisc and then one of which got destroyed where they open - In Search of Darkness 00:08
One of which is on the laserdisc and then one of which got d...
976 - EVIL was Robert Englund's directorial debut and a lot of people don't know that. - In Search of Darkness 00:06
976 - EVIL was Robert Englund's directorial debut and a...
Especially because it's such a corny idea for a film but back then 976 - In Search of Darkness 00:10
Especially because it's such a corny idea for a film bu...
You would call 976 - EVIL and you had a line in to the devil. - In Search of Darkness 00:06
You would call 976 - EVIL and you had a line in to the devil...
You had this one kid who's this social outcast and he's kind of nerdy. - In Search of Darkness 00:05
You had this one kid who's this social outcast and he&#...
He is giving the devil what he wants and he is turning into a demon. - In Search of Darkness 00:04
He is giving the devil what he wants and he is turning into ...
It's actually kind of a sad really like neat movie and not as well-known as it should be - In Search of Darkness 00:13
It's actually kind of a sad really like neat movie and ...
My favorite part of that, he's at his house and he has since killed his caretaker. - In Search of Darkness 00:06
My favorite part of that, he's at his house and he has ...
His friend and his teacher are coming to the house to try to either stop him or save him. - In Search of Darkness 00:06
His friend and his teacher are coming to the house to try to...
It opens up a gateway to hell and the whole house freezes because hell froze over. - In Search of Darkness 00:06
It opens up a gateway to hell and the whole house freezes be...
So it was kind of a funny little thing that Robert Englund threw in there. - In Search of Darkness 00:04
So it was kind of a funny little thing that Robert Englund t...
One of the few female directors in horror at that time and it scared the crap out of me - In Search of Darkness 00:09
One of the few female directors in horror at that time and i...