Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

Good concept, poorly executed.

Best movie ever!

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

The Three Acts:The initial tableaux: The very beginning of the film is consists of archival footage of logging backed up with atonal, jump-out-of-your-skin music. Trees are ripped apart, with chunks of them turned to chips by automatic machinery. Tree trunks are dumped skinned (figuratively speaking) of their bark, separated from limbs and roots, on the ground for future pickup.Next we switch to a staged logging site with modern photography, no current tree destruction, and next to no sound. The site is closing down for the weekend; a winter storm is coming in. The foreman checks up on the last crew still on the (moderately) secure and closed site. This does not go well. The early splatter set my expectations going in the wrong direction for a moment. This is more of a suspenseful film.Delineation of conflicts: Near the town of Tanner, the logging company cuts down trees to produce lumber to sell. Creatures in that wooded area are forced to move to find a new habitat. In Maiden Woods, to the south of Tanner, the local animal owners would like their animals to be safe, while the new creatures in the woods are hungry. Hunters would like to shoot deer as usual, and wonder about the migration of animals.The local Sheriff, Paul Shields, his wife Susan, and their remaining son Adam are separated after the death of their other son, Tim. Everyone in town wants the sheriff to heal from this, but he is wallowing in it. Various religious themes are batted about with little consensus. Is the creature the devil, or some animal thought extinct? Does the Sheriff need to reconnect to the deity, or is he just lost in sorrow? Was the deputy from New York City 'meant' to have moved to the film's small town, or was this just a single workaholic man drifting through life?While dealing with his emotional issues, Paul has to help out the town, the horse owners, the hunters, and the Sheriff's department by figuring out what's going on.Resolution: The Sheriff, Deputy Saunders, the forest rangers, and local hunters get closer to understanding the threat to Maiden Woods. Is there a workable solution?

Not much to say about this movie, it's one of those movies where mysterious things are going on but the "action" doesn't really start until the last 20 minutes.And for those sort of movies to work they need to have interesting enough characters etc, and a good pay off which unfortunately this does not.Kevin Durant and Lucas Haas are both reasonably good actors usually but it was kinda like the director told them to downplay every emotion as much as possible... that or they just didn't care too much to deliver the wooden dialogue they were given.Also a very ugly looking movie due to a constant blue filter which is some attempt to make the movie even more moody than it already is, and tbh moody horrors aren't really my favorites... Although I'd barely call this a horror.

Unlike many of the reviewers, I enjoyed the movie right up to and including the end. Decent acting, and the decisions and actions of the sheriff as the film progressed were logical for the most part. I didn't think the creature was THAT bad either, sorry.It did seem that the movie was a little dark and jerky at times, and of course those were the times you wanted to see more clearly what was happening!!I also agree with other reviews in that the creature's actions did not seem logical at times, and it seemed to have some strange affinity for the sheriff.Also, why would it go after a church containing the few people of the town who had not evacuated, when there was a fully stocked (only missing one) horse ranch on the edge of town??Overall, 8 out of 10. I have seen soooo many that were worse.

I'm very critical of horror movies. Few impress me because I think blood, guts & torture are not scary, just gross. I can watch the news for those. Give me atmosphere & suspense. Dark Was the Night had good atmosphere & great cinematography. I liked the "washed out, almost colorless" look of the film. Kevin Durand was really good. His emotional portrayal was totally believable. He's a very underrated actor. I also liked Lukas Haas' character's & his loyalty to the sheriff. I have to agree with other reviewers that the ending was ...not on par with the rest of the film. This was sad because of the strong acting. I would definitely watch anything else with Kevin Durand, as he greatly impressed me.