After the death of his strictly religious parents, forlorn young Darkly gets lost in the woods. A truck driver, Jude, rescues the exhausted man, who has only a bible for comfort. He brings him to the house of Callie and Clay, two lovers who live in the forest. While Clay is away in the forest, beautiful Callie nurses Darkly .. Read more
| Starring | Brendan Fraser, Ashley Judd, Viggo Mortensen, Loren Dean |
|---|---|
| Director | Philip Ridley |
| Genres | Thriller |
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After the death of his strictly religious parents, forlorn young Darkly gets lost in the woods. A truck driver, Jude, rescues the exhausted man, who has only a bible for comfort. He brings him to the house of Callie and Clay, two lovers who live in the forest. While Clay is away in the forest, beautiful Callie nurses Darkly back to health, and he develops an obsession with her that is totally contrary to his upbringing. When Clay returns home and Darkly sees the two lovers kiss, it is too much for him. Every night he hears them making love. Darkly's descent into madness has begun.
| Starring | Brendan Fraser, Ashley Judd, Viggo Mortensen, Loren Dean, Grace Zabriskie |
|---|---|
| Director | Philip Ridley |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 40 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Thriller |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 1996 To Rent: DVD: not available |
Portentous and overwrought fable, involving incest and murder, full of symbols that will no doubt mean something to someone.
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One for the thinkers out there
If you liked Twin Peaks, this is a film for you. Fraser plays a repressed young man who stumbles out of the forest into Judd's cabin, only to be tempted ... read more »
[Highly rated reviewer]
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Absorbing & intense
This is a fantastic film, and the uninformative, smugly dismissive critic's review is a disgrace. With Judd looking effortlessly seductive, Fraser not ... read more »
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almost worth it...
This is just a terrible film. However, the haunting beauty of the early scenes almost makes up for that fact. I saw this film several years ago but the image ... read more »
[Highly rated reviewer]
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Must see
Ashley Judd is superb in this film, story will keep you on the edge of your seat !!
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