Source: FEARnet | Posted By: Dan Geer

Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, written by Guillermo del Toro and directed by Troy Nixey, is arriving in theaters tomorrow to help kick-start the typical fall horror season a bit early. The film, starring Guy Pearce and Katie Holmes, has been getting some positive buzz, with people saying it is one of the scariest movies to be made in quite a while (Update: I saw the film on opening day and, while it’s creepy at certain points in the film, I personally did not find it to be all that scary).

But what people may not know is that the film is based on a TV movie from 1973 with the same title starring Kim Darby and Jim Hutton, which has been recently remastered for DVD. FEARnet has posted a clip from the original film (via Warner Brothers) called “Scare Her” and, just from watching this clip alone, I can definitely see why Guillermo del Toro says it is the scariest TV movie he has ever seen. Hit the jump to check it out!

Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark (1973) “Scare Her” Clip:

Head on over to Amazon.com to purchase Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark (1973) (Remastered, Special Edition) on DVD!

Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark (2011), directed by Troy Nixey and co-written/produced by Guillermo del Toro, stars Guy Pearce, Katie Holmes and Bailee Madison. It hits theaters nationwide tomorrow, August 26th!