Afraid of the Dark (1991)

In the quiet, shadow-laden corners of a London neighborhood, we find Lucas, a young boy teetering on the precipice of total blindness. He is faced with an unnerving choice: to undergo a high-risk eye surgery with the potential to either restore his vision or plunge him into complete darkness. As fear gnaws at his sanity, Lucas finds solace in the grim sanctuary of his mind, where his deepest fears and forbidden desires run amok. His half-blind world is a playground of eerie silhouettes and whispers, where he spends his time peering into the lives of others and wandering the chillingly desolate local graveyard and mausoleum. A sinister specter haunts his distorted reality - a gruesome serial killer who stalks blind women, marking their doom with a chilling signature - a stab to the eyes. Despite the terror, Lucas keeps this morbid secret, not even entrusting his police officer father with his fears. As his world blurs further, Lucas' perception shifts, and those around him, who see the world clearly, become a reflection of his own impending blindness. A complex web of emotions unravels as he grapples with an unsettling attraction to his older stepsister. Her imminent departure from their family home to marry stokes a flame of jealousy against her future husband. Lucas' world spirals towards chaos as he encounters what he believes to be a rabid dog, and his mother, heavy with child, gives birth to his baby sister. Can Lucas claw his way back from the edge of sanity? And what, if anything, in his darkened world bears the imprint of reality? His journey is one of fear and fascination, and the line between imagination and reality becomes frighteningly thin. It's a story that explores the abyss of a mind consumed by fear and the haunting uncertainty of what lies in the shadows.

Afraid of the Dark is a drama movie featuring James Fox.

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