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Word of Mouth: 'Don't Be Afraid of the Dark' a team effort

Neophyte director Troy Nixey is mentored by producer Guillermo del Toro, on whose name the film is being sold.

August 25, 2011|By Gina McIntyre and John Horn, Los Angeles Times

"I like the same stuff he does," he said. "I love moving cameras, and I'm very, very particular about color palette, which he is as well. I think it worked really well. I wasn't trying to do something that was so completely far afield of maybe what he was thinking for the movie, but at the same time I felt very confident that I was able to put my stamp on it from the beginning."

Nixey has plans for a feature follow-up called "Simple Machines" that he penned himself. The story, the self-described "genre guy" said, also exists in the realm of the unreal — it's about an inventor who must save one of his creations.

"I definitely have some ideas that perhaps people haven't seen before, so I look forward to putting those on film," he said.

Mark Johnson, who produced "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark" with Del Toro, hopes that audiences will appreciate the film's style and restraint. "As scary as it is," Johnson said, "I think it has a certain elegance to it. It has the courage to take its time. I think its thrills are really earned."

gina.mcintyre@latimes.com

john.horn@latimes.com

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