Jeremy Rodriguez – Darkness Falls (2003)
If the Tooth Fairy comes, don’t peek.
Well, guess what? I peeked and it gave me nightmares during my early teens! I like to consider myself a horror buff. I am obsessed with Wes Craven and Stephen King movies. My stomach can even handle the torture porn and gore of Saw and The Human Centipede. But the movie that I still remember terrifying me the most was about a murderous tooth fairy.
Darkness Falls was far from a box office smash and it can’t even be considered a cult classic but the moody film has just what it needs to make you afraid of the dark corners of your very home. The story centers on the legend of Matilda Dixon, a 19th century woman who received visits from children. They would give her their teeth they recently lost in exchange for a gold coin.
That’s creepy enough but it gets worst when Matilda is wrongfully accused of kidnapping two missing children. The town burns her and it turns Matilda into a hermit, afraid to be seen in the light of day. Now, Matilda visits children at night as the Tooth Fairy and murders anyone who lays eyes on her.
Yes. The premise is silly but when I watched it for the first time, I actually believed it was real. On top of that, the DVD version of the movie included a bonus “documentary” about “the real Matilda Dixon.” As I got older, I was able to tolerate the movie but I still feel a little uneasy when I think about it.
A few years ago, my nephew lost a tooth and it happened to be in the same week when I was staying with him on vacation. Of course, I had to share a room with him. You better believe I kept my eyes closed! I didn’t want the Tooth Fairy to kill me! Even I can’t take that last sentence seriously.
The one thing I was always thankful for was that I lost my last baby tooth BEFORE I saw this movie.
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