Fear[s] of the Dark

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FEAR(S) OF THE DARK is a wildly inventive and visually dazzling collection of fearful tales by six of the world's most renowned comic and graphic artists - Blutch, Charles Burns, Marie Caillou, Pierre Di Sciullo, Lorenzo Mattotti, and Richard McGuire. From a besotted student whose girlfriend is weirdly ardent in her affections, to a Japanese schoolgirl menaced by a long-dead samurai, and a pack of hounds on a bloodthirsty rampage, FEAR(S) has a story strand to trouble every sleep - not to mention a stunning range of animation styles. Shot in shimmering black and white, the six intertwined tales create an unprecedented epic where phobias and nightmares come to life and reveal Fear at its most naked and intense.

TRAILER: http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/fearsofthedark/

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Fears of the Dark

The trailer is great and no one can tell me otherwise.  But the film, as to be expected from horror (any?) anthologies, a mixed bag.  A few of them are pretty good and the rest are pretty boring. Charles Burns and Richard McGuire's are the best stories and stylistically coolest looking but none of the stories are carried far enough.  Worth watching if you're flipping through the channels but, as usual, not a satisfying collection for a feature.  It did inspire me to pickup Black Hole on the way home and start reading it.  So there's that.