{"id":71258,"date":"2020-09-20T07:57:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-20T04:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/dark-was-the-night-is-a-nifty-little-creature-feature\/"},"modified":"2020-09-20T07:57:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-20T04:57:00","slug":"dark-was-the-night-is-a-nifty-little-creature-feature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/dark-was-the-night-is-a-nifty-little-creature-feature\/","title":{"rendered":"#&#8217;Dark Was the Night&#8217; Is a Nifty Little Creature Feature"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3405858b3b1\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3405858b3b1\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/dark-was-the-night-is-a-nifty-little-creature-feature\/#Whats_it_about\" >What\u2019s it about?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/dark-was-the-night-is-a-nifty-little-creature-feature\/#What_makes_it_sublime\" >What makes it sublime?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/dark-was-the-night-is-a-nifty-little-creature-feature\/#And_in_conclusion%E2%80%A6\" >And in conclusion\u2026<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#&#8217;Dark Was the Night&#8217; Is a Nifty Little Creature Feature<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">watch Movies<\/a> or TV series visit the <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/dizi.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dizi.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\">\n                <\/aside>\n<p><!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 3.7.7--><em>Welcome to\u00a0<strong>The Prime Sublime<\/strong>, a weekly column dedicated to the underseen and underloved films buried beneath page after page of far more popular fare on Amazon\u2019s Prime Video collection. We\u2019re not just cherry-picking obscure titles, though, as these are movies that we find beautiful in their own, often unique ways. You might even say we think they\u2019re sublime\u2026 and this week an atypical lead actor is immersed in a creature feature called \u2018Dark Was the Night<\/em><em>.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cSublime \/s\u0259\u02c8bl\u012bm\/: of such excellence, grandeur, or beauty as to inspire great admiration or awe\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>Creature features are too few and far between these days. With the age of practical effects having passed, and with the lower costs associated with making movies about ghosts, zombies, and other one-note threats, the number of pure monster movies are sadly in decline. That means we have to celebrate the good ones when they do come along, and that means we should be celebrating 2014\u2019s <strong><em>Dark Was the Night<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0which is currently streaming on Amazon Prime.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Whats_it_about\"><\/span>What\u2019s it about?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A small town in upstate New York wakes one morning to find a strange set of footprints trailing their way from house to house and then out into the woods beyond. The tracks are hooved and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ear to be made by something walking on two legs, and no one has a clue what to make of them. Animals go missing, some people are attacked and killed, other wildlife makes an odd migration out of the area. Theories abound ranging from pranks to Native American legends to the devil himself, but whatever it is the town is looking towards one man to protect them.<\/p>\n<p>Sheriff Paul Shields (Kevin Durand) is that man, but he\u2019s not too sure he\u2019s up to the task. He\u2019s currently separated from his wife after the accidental death of one of their sons on his watch, and as some of the tougher locals like to remind him \u2014 how can he protect the town when he couldn\u2019t even protect his family? He\u2019ll find out soon enough as a storm moves in, most of the townspeople evacuate out, and those who\u2019ve remained come under siege by the beast.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_makes_it_sublime\"><\/span>What makes it sublime?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><em>Dark Was the Night<\/em> isn\u2019t a fancy film, and there isn\u2019t anything here that makes it a must-see, but not every movie has to be the best movie. That said, it\u2019s a fun time thanks to some suspenseful monster beats and choices made in both the casting and writing departments. Director Jack Heller keeps things moving and works well with shadows, and Tyler Hisel\u2019s script introduces ideas that seem familiar on their surface even as they don\u2019t always play out in the expected ways.<\/p>\n<p>The most im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>te observation worth highlighting is the casting of the two leads. Durand is a familiar face in genre fare, but he\u2019s exclusively a supporting player elsewhere \u2014 and typically a villain at that \u2014 making this a new experience all around. He proves himself up to the task of being both heroic and dramatic, and the added character beats regarding the loss of his child and the uncertainty of his marriage never feel contrived. He carries the weight and guilt of the boy\u2019s death, and it lingers in the air rather than finding itself forced down viewers\u2019 throats.<\/p>\n<p>Lukas Haas plays his deputy, and it\u2019s again an unlikely casting choice. Dep. Donny Saunders is a transplant from New York City, and while everyone wants to know why he left the big city behind for this small town the answer remains elusive at first. He\u2019s leaving something traumatic behind, but he also introduces the idea of purpose and god into the mix \u2014 could he be here in order to protect someone? The relationship between the two suggests an outcome that most genre fans will know to expect, but the script isn\u2019t always ready to match those narrative expectations.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s especially the case with the film\u2019s ending. The town\u2019s survivors take refuge in a church to wait out the night, and if you think there\u2019s symbolism in that you\u2019re not wrong \u2014 but that still doesn\u2019t mean the film\u2019s final beats will support a reading that\u2019s positive towards faith. Man is deemed responsible for the creature\u2019s arrival, but is man enough to defeat it too?<\/p>\n<p>The creature effects run the gamut from some solid practical work \u2014 one scene is an entertainingly direct nod to <em>Jurassic Park<\/em> (1993) \u2014 to some dodgy CG in the third act. It\u2019s not ideal, and clearly more money would have helped with what the filmmakers envisioned, but it\u2019s a forgivable sin for an indie affair. And that\u2019s especially the case when those final frames roll by.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"And_in_conclusion%E2%80%A6\"><\/span>And in conclusion\u2026<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><em>Dark Was the Night<\/em> may not do anything new, really, and what it does it does on a limited budget, but it\u2019s a fun ninety minutes for monster movie fans. Toss in a some beats that play against conventions and you have a film that delivers a handful of surprises too. Plus, and this again can\u2019t be understated, Kevin Durand as a lead protagonist is the kind of offbeat casting more films should embrace.<\/p>\n<p>Want more sublime Prime finds? 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