Don't Be Afraid of the Dark Movie

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.

Writing credits (WGA) Guillermo del Toro (screenplay) & Matthew Robbins (screenplay) Nigel McKeand (1973 teleplay) Cast (in alphabetical order) Katie Holmes Kim Guy Pearce Alex Hirst Bailee Madison Sally Hirst Alan Dale Jacoby Jack Thompson Harris Julia Blake Mrs. Underhill Eliza Taylor (as Eliza Taylor-Cotter) Nicholas Bell The Doctor Emelia Burns   Dylan Young Homunculi Edwina Ritchard Miss Winter Garry McDonald Emerson Blackwood James Mackay The Librarian Lisa N Edwards Party Guest Gabriela Iturrizaga Flight passenger Ande Orbach Dinner Party Guest Produced by Melanie Chryss assistant producer William Horberg executive producer Mark Johnson producer Stephen Jones executive producer Nick Nunziata associate producer Guillermo del Toro producer   Original Music by Marco Beltrami Buck Sanders   Cinematography by Oliver Stapleton   Film Editing by Jill Bilcock   Casting by Venus Kanani   Christine King   Mary Vernieu     Production Design by Roger Ford   Art Direction by Lucinda Thomson   Set Decoration by Kerrie Brown   Costume Design by Wendy Chuck   Makeup Department Mia Kate Russell makeup artist: additional unit Zeljka Stanin key hair Zeljka Stanin key makeup Chiara Tripodi key make-up and hair designer   Production Management Dean Hood unit production manager   Second Unit Director or Assistant Director Mark Boskell first assistant director: second unit Corrie Chen third assistant director Todd Embling second assistant director Bruce Hunt second unit director: splinter unit Yuki Nagashima additional assistant director Greg Spiller second second assistant director   Art Department Milo Angel graphic artist: pre-production Marko Anttonen set designer Michael Bell assistant art director Graeme Callander storyboard artist Dan Caplan storyboard artist: Los Angeles Ben Corless construction manager Nicholas Dare set designer Rohan Dawson 2IC painter Craig Fison sculptor Gary Grimes scenic foreman Max Haymes construction coordinator (2009) Nick Hepburn art swing gang Elaine Kusmishko assistant art director Elaine Kusmishko props master Michael Madden set designer Tim McGaw senior propmaker Jordan Molloy art department runner Sara Moroney art department accountant Shanthi Nadaraja art department coordinator Mélanie Poudroux sculptor Ian Richter scenic artist Andy Robinson hod scenic Tim Russell stagehand sculpture Steven Sallybanks decorative artist Keith Thompson Blackwood drawings Keith Thompson creature designer Kirsty Vogel clearances coordinator Nathan Wentworth set decorating runner David Hirschfield set designer (uncredited)   Sound Department Adam Connelly foley artist Brendan Geaney foley editor Chris Goodes sound editor Robert Mackenzie sound designer Robert Mackenzie sound re-recording mixer Glenn Newnham supervising sound editor Greg Steele adr mixer Gretchen Thornburn sound recordist: second unit Greg Zimmerman adr recordist   Special Effects by Genevieve Bevan-John special effects technician Roland Blancaflor special effects crew: Spectral Motion, Inc. Rob Heggie on set supervisor Hiroshi Katagiri key artist: Spectral Motion inc Timothy O'Brien special effects workshop coordinator Tim O'Brien special effects workshop coordinator Angelo Sahin special effects supervisor Dave Seaborn special effects technician   Visual Effects by Grant Adam lead technical director: Iloura Dan Ashton film recording technician: Weta Digital Aaron Auty lighting technical director: Iloura Nick Booth film recording supervisor: Weta Digital Paul Buckley lead animator: Iloura Eddie Chew animator: Iloura Andrew Clarke matte painter Holger Dielenberg animator: Iloura Domenic DiGiorgio charater td: Iloura Julian Dimsey visual effects supervisor (Iloura) Laura Dubsky digital compositor: Iloura Chris Dwyer data manager: Iloura Mike Elizalde creature design consultant Dean Elliott animator: Iloura Alan Fairlie digital compositor: Iloura Amelia Ford visual effects editor Daniel Fotheringham animator: Iloura Avi Goodman lead animator: Iloura Mat Govoni data wrangler Dominic Hellier digital compositor: Iloura Gilholme Jason match mover: Iloura Sam Jensen lead modeller: Iloura Andrew Keeble animator: Iloura Tom Keneally roto artist: Iloura Alan S.L. Lam roto artist: Iloura Adrian Lim animator: Iloura Ineke Majoor visual effects producer: Iloura Shelley Matulick data wrangler Glenn Melenhorst lead visual effects supervisor: Iloura Keith Meure roto artist: Iloura Jay C. Miller lighting technical director: Iloura Matt Omond digital compositor: Iloura Matt Omond on set visual effects supervisor: Iloura Heath Pagram animator: Iloura Matthew Pascuzzi digital compositor: Iloura Bruce Phillips on set visual effects supervisor: iloura James Robison technical director: Iloura Simon Rosenthal digital executive producer: Iloura Scott Shapiro visual effects producer Josh Simmonds lead lighting technical director: Iloura Frederick George Stuhrberg 3D scanning Christopher Sutton 3d scanning: Inition Evann Tjokrosetio match mover: Iloura Nick Tripodi lead animator: Iloura Jordan Walsh lighting technical director: Iloura Pete Williams film recording manager: Weta Digital Drew Wood-Davies lighting technical director: Iloura   Stunts Russell Frost additional stunt coordinator Warwick Sadler stunt double (Guy Pearce) Mark Wickham head stunt rigger   Camera and Electrical Department Steven Bailey second assistant camera: "a" camera, second unit Tov Belling first assistant camera Travis Bigg set grip Ben Bryan film loader Ross Emery director of photography: second unit Karl Engeler gaffer Chris Hansford crane technician: Technocrane Andrew Jerram additional first assistant camera Aaron Jones video assist operator Dora Krolikowska second assistant camera: "b" camera Chaz Lyon first assistant camera: "a" camera, second unit Lee Mariano second assistant camera: "a" camera Peter McCaffrey camera operator: "a" camera Peter McCaffrey steadicam operator David Nichols key grip Brook Rushton digital stills assistant Ricky Schamburg first assistant camera: "b" camera Garie Wetherill digital video assist: second unit   Animation Department James Humphries animator   Casting Department Lindsay Graham casting associate Kate Leonard extras casting John McAlary casting associate David Newman casting associate Jordan Peterson casting intern   Costume and Wardrobe Department Maria Pattison costume assistant   Editorial Department Billy Browne first assistant editor Rob Gordon senior on-line editor Katie Hinsen digital intermediate editor Erin McGookin digital intermediate producer   Music Department Craig Beckett music editor Craig Beckett score recordist William Boston orchestrator Daniel Brown score recordist Rossano Galante orchestrator John Kurlander music recording engineer John Kurlander score mixer James K. Lee music librarian Ewan Mitchell music stage manager Jason Ruder music editor Tim Ryan music editor Jessica Wells music preparation   Transportation Department Clare Hollins driver: cast James McCready driver Thomas McSweeney driver Teresa Ryan driver Joel Sprake driver Paul Wambach transportation coordinator   Other crew Peter Arvanitis stand-in: Guy Pearce Mark Campbell extras coordinator Wendy Cohen product placement/clearances Nicole Coulston accounts payable Jessica Dart assistant location manager Tara Dean production legal Emily Eckert assistant to Mark Johnson Serena Gattuso production coordinator Nathan Hart runner Lisa Inman script supervisor: splinter unit Ben Lowe location manager Gabriella Ludlow production legal Hamish MacLeod unit assistant Rachel McKellar-Harding rushes coordinator Sally-Anne Moody double: Katie Holmes Sally-Anne Moody stand-in: Katie Holmes Peter Murphy stand-in: Gary McDonald Kevin Plummer financial controller Lisa Schmigalla assistant accountant Anna Vincent unit publicist Kristin Witcombe script supervisor Linda A. Borgeson executive in charge of post production (uncredited)