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The Devils Footprints phenomenon rears its head in a wintery town in New York
A grieving sheriff & his deputy (Kevin Durand and Lukas Haas) investigate mysterious happenings as animals go missing and people start dying. Is it some kind of unknown predatory animal, a spirit-beast linked to American Indian lore, or something else?
Dark Was the Night (2014) is mystery/horror of the monster-in-the-woods variety, but not the cabin-in-the-woods kind. Like the more recent The Hunting (2021), theres a reverent ambiance to the slow-burn proceedings along the lines of The Mothman Prophecies (2002) and Wendigo (2001). Its grim and deadly serious so dont expect the zippy black amusement of, say, "The Wolf of Snow Hollow" (2020).
While ...