Cure vs The Dark
Cure has the higher audience score (7.6/10 against 5.7/10 for The Dark). The Dark is the shorter watch at 1h 27m compared with 1h 52m. Cure is the older of the two (1997 against 2005). Both are horror, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Cure
The Dark| Cure | The Dark | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.6/10 | ★ 5.7/10 |
| Year | 1997 | 2005 |
| Length | 1h 52m | 1h 27m |
| Genres | Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | Horror, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | John Fawcett |
| Main cast | Ren Osugi, Denden, Yoriko Doguchi, Koji Yakusho, Masato Hagiwara | Maria Bello, Maurice Roëves, Sean Bean, Abigail Stone, Richard Elfyn |
Synopsis
Cure
A detective starts spiraling out of control when a wave of gruesome murders with seemingly similar bizarre circumstances is sweeping Tokyo.
The Dark
In an attempt to pull her family together, Adèlle travels with her young daughter Sarah to Wales to visit her father. The morning after they arrive, Sarah mysteriously vanishes in the ocean. Not long after, a little girl bearing a striking resemblance to their missing daughter reveals that she has retuned from the dead — and that Sarah has been taken to the Welsh underworld.