Peur(s) du noir 2007

Luke Y. Thompson, L.A. Weekly: Highly recommended. In a world where the Best Animated Feature Oscar were not basically owned by Disney and Dreamworks, it would be a deserving champion. Read more

Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune: Read more

J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader: Sinister and beautiful. Read more

Mark Rahner, Seattle Times: Maybe different things scare the French. But I'll give them this: Prattling monologues can be unsettling. Read more

Tasha Robinson, AV Club: Almost all of Fear(s) Of The Dark's entries boast remarkable visual and sound design, with weighty shadows, complicated texturing, or unsettlingly fluid movement pushing at the traditional boundaries of animation. Read more

Boston Globe: The black-and-white images are so cutting edge, you could bleed. Read more

Gregory Kirschling, Entertainment Weekly: Six graphic artists contribute tales of gloom, but only one -- about a boy and his insect-infested girlfriend, drawn by distinctive American artist Charles Burns (Black Hole) -- gets under your skin. Read more

V.A. Musetto, New York Post: There isn't a dud in the 10 shorts, although some are more dud-ish than others. Read more

Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer: Brilliantly creepy. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Despite the title and the ads, this is not really a horror movie but more of a demonstration of the skills of the animators. The segments are like calling cards. Younger horror movie fans will not much identify with it. Read more

Reyhan Harmanci, San Francisco Chronicle: Fear(s) of the Dark is a feast for the eyes, even if it doesn't always get the pulse racing. Read more

St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Read more

Jason Anderson, Toronto Star: This French-made chiller proves just how scary a pitch-black theatre can be. Read more

Hank Sartin, Time Out: Read more

David Fear, Time Out: These types of multidirector, mix-and-match affairs always end up a mere sum of their scattershot parts. Read more

Tom Huddlestone, Time Out: It comes together magnificently in the final segment, an unnerving dark-house mystery told in high contrast, white faces looming from black shadows. A patchy, enjoyable experiment. Read more

Jay Weissberg, Variety: Unquestionably geared toward adults, pic can't shake the feeling of a concept film with little to hold it together, other than as a showcase for a group of talented artists; the monologue injects an unwelcome note of pretension and silliness. Read more

Aaron Hillis, Village Voice: Though multi-director projects are patchy by definition, Fear(s) of the Dark hits with an all-star batting average. Read more