From the fantastic mind of Guillermo Del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth) comes Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, a creepy, spine-tingling story, set modern day but playing up fears from gothic childhood fairytales – that demons, evil fairies, gnomes and ghouls lurk just outside our range of vision, and we’d better watch out.

Sally Hurst (Bailee Madison), a lonely, withdrawn child moves in with her father (Guy Pearce) and his new girlfriend (Katie Holmes) as they restore the Gothic estate, the sprawling Blackwood Manor. Sally discovers a hidden basement, undisturbed since the strange disappearance of the mansion’s owner a century ago.

Voices draw Sally in and she unwittingly opens a gateway into a hellish underworld from which an army of ancient, dark-dwelling creatures emerge – small in size but endless in number. As they conspire to drag her down into the macabre mansion’s bottomless depths, Sally tries to warn everyone it’s not make-believe – before the evil lurking in the dark consumes them all.

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ONLY IN CINEMAS 3 NOVEMBER 2011.

Win tickets!
Thanks to Hopscotch, we have 15 double in season passes to see Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark, showing at Hoyts Belconnen. For your chance to win, tell us in 25 words or less the childhood fear that you’ve never quite shaken.

Fill out your answer and details in the entry form to right. Entries will be judged on creativity and only winners will be notified by email. Competition closes 5.00pm, Monday 31 October, 2011.