Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

Synopsis

A young girl sent to live with her father and his new girlfriend discovers creatures in her new home who want to claim her as one of their own.

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Cast

Katie Holmes

Kim

Guy Pearce

Alex Hirst

Bailee Madison

Sally Hirst

Jack Thompson

Harris

Alan Dale

Jacoby

Emelia Burns

Caterer

Nicholas Bell

Psychiatrist

James Mackay

Librarian

Eddie Ritchard

Housekeeper

Garry McDonald

Blackwood

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Bruce Gleeson

Buggy Driver

Carolyn Shakespeare-Allen

Airport Cart Driver

Julia Blake

Mrs. Underhill

Trudy Hellier

Evelyn Jacoby

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Terry Kenwrick

Bill

Grant Piro

Creature (voice)

Todd MacDonald

Creature (voice)

Dylan Young

Creature (voice)

Guillermo del Toro

Creature (Voice)

Libby Gott

Nurse

Crew

Art

• Roger Ford Production Design
• Lucinda Thomson Art Direction
• Kerrie Brown Set Decoration
• Shanthi Nadaraja Art Department Coordinator
• Michael Bell Assistant Art Director
• Elaine Kusmishko Assistant Art Director
• Max Haymes Construction Coordinator
• Christopher Hand Greensman
• Simon Harkom Greensman
• Marko Anttonen Set Designer
• Nicholas Dare Set Designer
• Gary Tippett Sculptor

Camera

• Oliver Stapleton Director of Photography
• Mark Hanneysee Best Boy Grip
• Darrin Keough Camera Operator
• Calum McFarlane Camera Operator
• Peter McCaffrey Steadicam Operator
• Louis Puli Additional Camera
• Carolyn Johns Still Photographer

Costume & Make-Up

• Wendy Chuck Costume Design
• Erica Wells Hairstylist
• Chiara Tripodi Makeup Artist
• Kerry Thompson Costume Supervisor
• Carolyn Wells Set Costumer
• Mia'Kate Russell Makeup Artist

Crew

• Katherine Brown Makeup Effects
• Ian Richter Scenic Artist
• Steven Sallybanks Scenic Artist
• Amelia Ford Visual Effects Editor
• Chris Anderson Stunt Coordinator
• Ross Emery Second Unit Cinematographer
• Laura Erikson Studio Teachers
• Anna Vincent Unit Publicist

Directing

• Troy Nixey Director
• Kristin Witcombe Script Supervisor
• Lisa Inman Script Supervisor

Editing

• Jill Bilcock Editor
• Erin McGookin Digital Intermediate
• David Hollingsworth Digital Intermediate
• Billy Browne First Assistant Editor

Production

• Guillermo del Toro Producer
• Nick Nunziata Producer
• William Horberg Executive Producer
• Stephen Jones Executive Producer
• Tom Williams Executive Producer
• Venus Kanani Casting
• Christine King Casting
• Mary Vernieu Casting
• Ben Lowe Location Manager
• Mark Johnson Producer
• Terri Taylor Casting Consultant

Sound

• Marco Beltrami Original Music Composer
• Buck Sanders Original Music Composer
• Bruce Emery Dolby Consultant
• Adam Connelly Foley
• Mario Vaccaro Foley
• Glenn Newnham Supervising Sound Editor
• Robert Mackenzie Sound Designer
• Andrew Neil Sound Effects Editor
• Jason Ruder Music Editor
• Craig Beckett Music Editor

Visual Effects

• Ineke Majoor Visual Effects Producer
• Scott Shapiro Visual Effects Producer
• Nicholas Tripodi Animation
• Shane Hall Animation
• Daniel Fotheringham Animation

Writing

• Guillermo del Toro Screenplay
• Matthew Robbins Screenplay
• Nigel McKeand Teleplay

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