Troy Nixey's upcoming film Don't Be Afraid of the Dark shares elements in common with producer Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth -- the little girl heroine, the gothic old mansion, a world of fantastical creatures with sinister secrets -- but its supernatural antagonists are tinier, scarier, and way more desperate for you to come "play" with them. Find out more about the goblin-like "homunculi" that live in the basement in two new clips from the upcoming horror-fantasy.
In the film, a young girl named Sally (Bailee Madison) comes to live with her distracted architect father (Guy Pearce) and his new girlfriend (Katie Holmes) in Blackwood Manor, a historic mansion with a dark history and mysterious, seemingly friendly fairy-like creatures in the basement who whisper to Sally, desperate to be set free.
Sally learns her lesson, but it's too late. Luckily, she discovers a use for that old One-Step...
Long live the Polaroid!
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark opens nationwide on August 26.