The Dark (2018 film)

The Dark is a 2018 Austrian horror film written and directed by Justin P. Lange and starring Nadia Alexander, Toby Nichols, and Karl Markovics. The plot features an undead teenage girl befriending an abused, blind boy and regaining humanity in the process. The film debuted at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival^[1] and was released in the US on 26 October 2018.

The Dark
Film poster
Directed by	Justin P. Lange
Written by	Justin P. Lange
Produced by	Danny Krausz Kurt Stocker Florian Krügel
Starring	Nadia Alexander Toby Nichols Karl Markovics
Cinematography	Klemens Hufnagl
Edited by	Julia Drack
Music by	Iva Zabkar
Production company	Dark Sky Films
Release date	31 August 2018 (2018-08-31) (United States)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Austria
Language	English

Cast

• Nadia Alexander as Mina
• Toby Nichols as Alex
• Karl Markovics as Josef

Reception

Variety described The Dark as "well-crafted and well-acted", but that "in trying to succeed as something both metaphorical and very literal-minded, the movie ends up being neither one nor the other — not psychologically deep enough to succeed as pure drama, and too earnest to offer the usual rewards of a genre film."^[2]