Synopsis

A small community is besieged by vampires. After he watches friends ravaged in a convenience store, a lone avenger goes off to do battle with the undead, armed with shotgun, chainsaw, and Holy water. Later he finds other survivors and they try to stay alive long enough to do battle with Liven, king of the vampires.

Official Review

Where else but in the underground independent scene would you find a splatterific gold nugget like this one? Apparently the director, Leif Jonker, and some of his crew sold their blood to partially finance the film. Now that’s dedication to your craft. Shot on Super 8 for about two months salary, Darkness is an über-gory splatter epic combining elements of Evil Dead, Night of the Living Dead, and the similar vampire gore-fest, Near Dark. …Read More