Source: Yahoo! Movies | Empire | IGN | Posted By: Dan Geer

While this post arrives a bit late due to my current busy vacation schedule, my love for “old dark house” Gothic horror movies made it impossible to skip out on posting the new full-length trailer for Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, co-written/produced by Guillermo del Toro and directed by Troy Nixey. While the creepy teaser trailer released last August didn’t show much, this new full-length trailer reveals more of the story – while still keeping the thrills and chills in tact, of course! Hit the jump to watch both the UK and US versions of the trailer (and make sure to turn the lights off and the sound up)!

Official Plot Synopsis:

Sally Hurst (Bailee Madison), a lonely, withdrawn child, has just arrived in Rhode Island to live with her father Alex (Guy Pearce) and his new girlfriend Kim (Katie Holmes) at the 19th-century mansion they are restoring. While exploring the sprawling estate, the young girl discovers a hidden basement, undisturbed since the strange disappearance of the mansion’s builder a century ago. When Sally unwittingly lets loose a race of ancient, dark-dwelling creatures who conspire to drag her down into the mysterious house’s bottomless depths, she must convince Alex and Kim that it’s not a fantasy—before the evil lurking in the dark consumes them all.

UK Trailer:

US Trailer:

Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, directed by Troy Nixey and co-written/produced by Guillermo del Toro, stars Guy Pearce, Katie Holmes and Bailee Madison. It hits theaters nationwide August 26th!