「Well, you have to try harder. I don't think you're really trying. → Really? Well, maybe you should explain "really trying" to me. Tell me, how would you be "really trying" if you were me? But you're not me, are you? You don't have my petty concerns to clutter your life and keep you from trying. You don't have three kids to feed, or worry about the future of a 17-year-old boy who nearly got himself killed driving back from some kind of a nightclub with his 30-year-old friend sitting drunk in the seat beside him. No, these are not your concerns. I see that. But perhaps you're right. Perhaps I could be trying a little harder.」
初看觉得不太像沙马兰拍的，但恐怖氛围和几处惊吓效果足够好，可以看看什么叫“精心设计出的业余感”.
全程英式冷幽默：外公带着熊孩子小镇观光时弟弟编的“不称职的警官杰瑞”，后来妈妈报警时无人接听，当地的警察还真叫杰瑞.
shit和镜子完成人物逆转，如此“雕琢过度”，处处对应的剧本设计在Mockumentary外壳下反而变得更加有趣，结尾还用姐姐本打算放在纪录片中与祖母对话时“妈妈最爱的那首配乐”解释了剪辑者，真是良心foundfootage了.
影片改编自同名畅销童书，讲述小学男孩Orion有强烈的生存危机和恐惧，害怕很多东西，尤其是怕黑.
而有一天，“黑”变成了一个活的实体出现在他面前，并出人意料地与他变得亲近起来……最终，Orion要决定自己是否能学会去接受未知，去摆脱恐惧对他的人生的掌控，去拥抱生活的快乐.
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