Many trailers for horror films nowadays either have to go through the motions or be cut down due to MPAA restrictions. Today we have a trailer, while much more effective in the theater, still scared the living s!%t out of me. It is for the Guillermo del Toro produced and co-written feature Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, directed by Troy Nixey. The film stars Katie Holmes, Guy Pearce and Bailee Madison and you can check out the trailer below via IGN.
Plot: Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark centers on a young girl, sent to live with her father and his new girlfriend, who discovers sinister creatures that live underneath the stairs. Madison will play the girl, who discovers the creatures and is fascinated by them — until they prove dangerous. Pearce will play the father, an author frustrated by his daughter’s tales of monsters, not believing her even when his girlfriend (Holmes) backs her.
Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark hits theaters January 21, 2011.
Did you find the teaser as scary as I did? Will you be checking out the film?