This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.

Just so...so bad

A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

"Dark Was the Night" and "Monster Hunter" are the same film. The small quiet town of Maiden Woods (Pop. 243) appears to be annoyed by a "Bigfoot" type creature as the virgin woods to the north is being harvested. Sheriff Paul Shields (Kevin Durand) who has some personal problems getting over the death of his son , is aided by Luke Haas (the kid from "Witness" all grown up) as they try to solve the problem of the missing horse, pets, and strange footprints all over town. The drama and action build up slow until the end when we get to see the creature (unless you have the UK DVD "Monster Hunter" then it's on the plot spoiler cover).People acted fairly civil in this film. The drama was mostly internal conflicts, i.e. Sheriff Paul fighting his own demon within until he has to face the legend of the woods. The slowness of the movie had "TV production" written all over it. For those who prefer high drama, low action horror, with character development, this one has it.

I watch a lot of monster,thriller,mystery, and sci-fi.. Dark was the night was really, really good. I screamed at times at my TV- Only movies that grab me can do that- There was a lot of suspense- I recognized the 2 lead actors - Lucas from "Witness" and Kevin from "Stargate Sg-1 - They were both fantastic!!! I really did not want the movie to end! I only have 1 complaint - the reason I gave it a 9 instead of 10--- DON'T READ FURTHER IF YOU HAVE NOT WATCHED THIS MOVIE!!!!!!! The ending! If they ended it after shooting the monster.. I would have loved it- We need a good monster movie with a HAPPY ENDING!!! But no- the director had to end it with many more monsters climbing on the church .. Why??? That's the only reason I gave it a 9 instead of 10- either way , it really is a great movie, a lot of fun!!

A small town sheriff must overcome a family tragedy to defend the townsfolk from a fearsome beast that stalks the woods.Simple, over-earnest creature feature. It starts interesting, with good camera work, a frosty tint to the images, and a gory killing that launches us into action. Then we focus on the hero's personal problems, and eventually the pace slackens to a gloomy crawl as he works out his unremarkable psychological block. It's not the actors fault, and the rest of the cast is fine, especially the wife who gives good close up - although the climax does have silly shots of a crowd shuffling about the place with nothing to do.The monster is handled well, making its presence known through glimpses here and there, a background growl, and mysterious prints, until the full reveal. But that's the only suspense, and even on the reveal there are implausible fights with something that has been bigged up so much for its speed and ferocity.The main problem is the script - straight as a die with no surprises (apart from a brief twist at the very end). And the dialogue is on the nose and often cringeworthy, with simple values being asserted, and bit parts trying to inject character and romance with little effect.Music was fine.Overall, weak material handled fairly well.

This is the type of movie that you will see once and then forget about it within the week. Nothing special at all about it. It could have been much better if you didn't have to wait until the last two minutes of the movie to see the actual creature / monster. Not that it is a real bad movie or so, but it's just not good enough to watch a second time in the future. The whole movie you hope that you will see the monster and that hell will break loose. But none of this happens and you wonder why. The actors were okay without being sublime or so. If you have absolutely nothing else to watch then it's okay to watch Dark was the night, otherwise just skip it and watch something way better.