In the Dark Half (2012)

… This identification with the characters, their emotions and their worlds is what makes In The Dark Half succeed in its marriage of realism and the supernatural; a challenging combination for filmmakers. “What, we were set on from the beginning was avoiding the clichés of both genres. No crows, no candles became the mantra in terms of the supernatural. And we made an effort with the cinematography to avoid the bleakness that is familiar to social realism and instead imbue it with a warmth,” Siddons explains. In avoiding these tired formulas Siddons found that the film was not fenced in by them, and created a piece that suspends disbelief and really transports the viewer to other worlds, while allowing them to remain grounded in the reality of known experience.

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