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Straight into Darkness
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Wikipedia article
'Straight into Darkness' is a 2004 American horror war film directed by Jeff Burr and starring Ryan Francis and Scott MacDonald. It was produced by Mark Hanna and Chuck Williams.
Plot
Cast
*Ryan Francis as Losey
*Scott MacDonald as Demming
*Linda Thorson as Maria
*James LeGros as Soldier
*Daniel Roebuck as Soldier
*David Warner as Deacon
*Liliana Perepelicinic as Anna
*Gabriel Spahiu as The Lunatic Priest
*Nelu Dinu as Nelu
*Mihai Verbintschi as Buchler
*Ion Bechet as Sergeant
Release
Home media
The film was released on DVD by MCA Home Video and Bleiberg on June 6 and November 13, 2006 respectively. In 2010, it was released twice by Screen Media as both a single-feature, and multi-feature movie pack. It was released for the first time on Blu-ray by Willette Acquisition Corp. on December 8, 2015.Reception
Scott Weinberg from 'eFilmCritic' gave the film 4/4 stars, writing, "Jeff Burr's 'Straight Into Darkness' starts out like a straight war flick, almost turns into a horror movie, slowly becomes a moving piece of drama, and spits you out on the other side both impressed with the end product...and more than a little shaken." Robert Koehler of 'Variety' wrote, "Jeff Burrs neo-gothic WWII drama 'Straight Into Darkness' ends up resisting categorization. Theres pleasure to be had in watching a period war pic made with a personal touch and with a self-conscious pedigree, but this diminishes as Burr excessively lays on themes and action." Ian Jane from DVD Talk gave the film 3/5 stars, writing, "'Straight Into Darkness' is an interesting and at times almost surreal war film that does a good job of mixing horror movie elements with some serious drama. Unfortunately it gets a little buried under its own message but that doesn't mean it isn't worthwhile."
Jon Condit from Dread Central awarded the film a score of 2.5 out of 5, calling it "fundamentally flawed", but commended the film's visuals.
References
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