FilmEdge previews Miramax's horror chiller as GUILLERMO DEL TORO and MARK  JOHNSON present DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK Directed by TROY NIXEY Screenplay by GUILLERMO DEL TORO & MATTHEW ROBBINS Starring KATIE HOLMES  GUY PEARCE  BAILEE MADISON  JACK THOMPSON

STORY SYNOPSIS

Producers Guillermo del Toro (PAN'S LABRYNTH, THE ORPHANAGE) and Mark Johnson (CHRONICLES OF NARNIA) join forces
to deliver DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK, a tale of hair-raising, spine-chilling horror.

Sally Hurst (Bailee Madison), a lonely, withdrawn child, has just arrived in Rhode Island to live with her father Alex (Guy Pearce) and his new girlfriend Kim (Katie Holmes) at the 19th-century mansion they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.

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