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Don't Look in the Dark

Don't Look in the Dark

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Don't Look in the Dark

"Is it a movie... or something more?"

2025

1h 14m

8.0(1 votes)

Horror

Mystery

Overview

A couple's phones secretly recorded their camping trip in Pinelands National Reserve on April 4, 2022, capturing fragmented audio/video of what happened. The blackouts remain as found in the footage.

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3 featured cast members

Starring

Ryder Freeman

The Child

Rebi Paganini

Maya

Dennis Puglisi

Golan

Creative team

Directed by: Sam Freeman
Produced by: Josh Blumenfeld

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