Dark Touch

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Dark Touch

2013,

1h 32m,

Horror

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60%

10 Reviews

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28%

500+ Ratings

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60%

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10 Reviews

28%

Popcornmeter

500+ Ratings

In a remote Irish village, police are called to the scene of a massacre, but they ignore the lone survivor's claim that the house was responsible for the carnage.

Noel Murray

The Dissolve

Sep 30, 2013

3/5

Dark Touch is meant to touch a nerve, not merely spook. It's about deeper fears, and realer monsters.

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Jeannette Catsoulis

New York Times

Sep 26, 2013

4/5

Wielding his camera with jumpy precision, Mr. Conroy infuses even chaotic motion with stabilizing elegance.

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Alan Scherstuhl

Village Voice

Apr 24, 2013

For all its soaring cutlery, Dark Touch, like much of the best horror, works the fears that connect to real life.

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

Aug 29, 2019

Unfortunately, the film will have you recall Carrie more than it will draw you into its own narrative.

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Adi Robertson

The Verge

Jan 22, 2014

It's hampered by its need for easy resolutions and horror set pieces, neither quite embracing nor escaping its genre roots.

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Scott Weinberg

FEARnet

Oct 15, 2013

A frank and powerful horror film about the disastrous and irrevocable effects of child abuse.

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Anakin L

Oct 1, 2017

A nuanced take on the dire after-effects of childhood trauma, with a distinctly Carrie-meets-Children of the Corn feel, with a little bit of Poltergeist thrown in for good measure. The character of Niamh toes the fine line between victim and predator, embodying the self-perpetuating, cyclical nature of abuse with a child's black-and-white sense of right and wrong.

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Draco W

Aug 27, 2017

This movie is so infuriating, no autopsy on the baby? No complete medical examination of the girl to pick up on the abuse? Plus, not one person had any idea about how to help a girl who's been seriously abused since infancy, so everybody half-asses it, especially the couple who take her in whose idea of progress is strong-arming her into everything and slapping her around when she's difficult. Definitely need better closure with this film.

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Han S

Mar 18, 2017

My opinion --- I do not have much resentment, nor do I understand the things that are in power to make this movie a good movie. I find that "Marina De Van" by trying on horror film, music, music, music, music and music. "Missy Keating" was considered an excellent in her role and happy, otherwise the film would have been a disaster. In conclusion little horror movie with some good effects, it's too just to make a good movie ...

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Synopsis

In a remote Irish village, police are called to the scene of a massacre, but they ignore the lone survivor's claim that the house was responsible for the carnage.

Director: Marina de Van
Producer: Patrick Sobelman, Jean-Luc Ormières
Screenwriter: Marina de Van
Distributor: IFC Films
Production Co: Canal+, Ciné+
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 27, 2013, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 30, 2017
Runtime: 1h 32m

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