When I sat down to watch the 1996 movie "Darklands" here in 2025, I had never heard about it. And the movie was listed as a horror movie, and thus, of course, I opted to watch it, given my love of all things horror.
However, this was not really a horror movie. It was, and that is even a far stretch, a thriller.
The storyline in the movie, as written by Julian Richards and David Mitchell, failed to capture my interest. And thus it was somewhat of a prolonged struggle to sit through 1 hour and 26 minutes of this narrative.
The only performer I was familiar with on the cast list was leading actor Craig Fairbrass. The acting performances in "Darklands" were actually fair, despite the rubbish script.
Visually, then you're not in for anything grand.
My rating of director Julian Richards's 1996 movie "Darklands" lands on a generous three out of ten stars.
