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“Mad About You” and “Aliens” star Paul Reiser landed in the Upside Down on “Stranger Things” Season 2. As Dr. Sam Owens, Reiser plays the open-minded foil to Matthew Modine’s Dr. Brenner. Ultimately, despite working in the Hawkins lab, Owens ends up siding with Joyce and Hopper. Reiser’s had a long career, so it’s no shock to see him in a flop or two. What’s rare, though, is starring in a movie hated by pretty much everyone who watched it. That’s what happened with 2006’s “The Darkness,” which wound up scoring a measly 3% on Rotten Tomatoes.
“The Darkness” is cheap thrills masquerading as a horror movie. Starring Kevin Bacon, this supernatural thriller is filled to the brim with tropes and clichés. When Pete Taylor’s (Bacon) son Michael (David Mazouz) starts acting strangely after returning from a vacation, the Taylor family finds themselves haunted by a supernatural force. Reiser plays Simon Richards, Pete’s well-meaning supervisor at work.
The nature of the evil force ends up lacking in the scare factor, and instead winds up being the movie’s own Achilles’ heel. Where “The Darkness” does excel is in dabbling in racial stereotypes and misappropriating Native American culture, making it near unwatchable by today’s standards.
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