In agreement with the another commenter, this is an upper class B horror flick. I came across it randomly the other night, and sacrificed much needed sleep because I had to see how it ends. Heaven & Hell movies are intriguing. Anders is impressively precise and mature. His confidence in his lines make his character believable. He has good foreshadowing qualities - a bit of Loki in his eyes. Monica does the horror damsel thing well. She's good at crying, funny at running. Tim Thomerson steals the show with his Soul-Eating Grandpa. Good plot structure - shocking beginning into good filler and wrap it up. I will be adding this one to my archives.

Just saw the movie, and it was pretty bad. Usually, when one watches a "horror" movie, you don't expect great dialouge. But this bordered on ridiculous! Monica Keena ("Celia") might have possibly given one of the worst performances I've seen. And the special effects certainly reflected the very low budget....come on guys, flashing lights as an effect for EVERY SINGLE PLOT POINT??? It kind of felt like when the a.v. kids in high school make a horror movie with their dad's camcorder.Okay, so with that slam out of the way, I do have to say that David Anders, who played the guardian angel Donovan, was actually quite good in the movie. He delivered the aforementioned awful dialouge with poise and interest, and I found myself rooting for him instead of the supposed heroine. I hope he starts getting larger roles because he is really an untapped talent (not counting Alias of course. he was amazing in it, but seeing as how that's over...).

Well i think this movie is based on a great idea ... but damn' the acting is poor. And it wasn't such a hard to play role... isn't it??For the good vs evil movies fan .. well you should see this movie once... bun never try it twice or more ;D!Such a shame... It could be a very good movie.For sure isn't a great movie, but i think you should find it interesting after all.The action.... the storyline... sometimes goes far beyond simple logic... why she keeps going outside? why the soul-eaters so fast sometimes.. in other situations trip on the stairs?... but... than again... isn't a great movie...:D

Left in Darkness starts on the 21st birthday of parentless Celia (Monica Keena) who goes along to a frat party with her best friend Justine (Jessica Stroup) as way of celebration. However a scumbag guy named Doug (Chris Engen) & his mates spike Celia's drink & when she's suitably unconscious Doug rapes her. Celia wakes up only to see her own body in the corner of the room, obviously shocked she runs downstairs where she meets her dead Grandfather (Tim Thomerson) who tells her that she is dead & stuck in a place somewhere between heaven & hell & that a load of soul eating zombies are trying to, well, eat her soul. Can she survive death, even though she's already dead if you know what I mean & get to heaven where good little girls like he go?Directed by Steven R. Monroe I personally hated Left in Darkness & it's as simple & straight forward as that. The script by Philip Daay & Jane Whitney tries to be different but ends up being a load of old tosh, it's slow, it's boring & it introduces so many obscure 'rules' it's hard to keep track of things & even harder to care. Firstly there's the sanctuary bit, the bit about where the zombies are & aren't allowed, the touching the mirror, being able to affect certain objects & situations, some nonsense about a dead persons light that gives protection, a guardian angel dude who becomes the focus of the most obvious 'twist' ending ever, Celia all of a sudden having to complete tasks, zombies not being able to touch her unless she touches them & more besides. Now don't get me wrong as I love something a bit different, something where you have to think & something totally original but I also hate bad films & ladies & gentlemen I suggest to you that Left in Darkness is a very bad film. All these silly elements are thrown together with one new rule being introduced every few minutes as the previous one is totally forgotten, I found it incredibly tedious to watch, I couldn't get into the story because of all the stupid shifts in the narrative, the film lacks any decent horror elements & as a whole I have no fondness for Left in Darkness at all.Director Monroe does OK although it's neither any better nor any worse than the dozens of low budget straight-to-video horror films that seem to be around at the moment. There's zero atmosphere, there's zero tension & zero gore. I couldn't get over he ridiculous sounding fact that zombies were trying to kill someone who was in principal already dead, the more I think about this film the more I want to lower my IMDb score for it.Technically the film is fine, it's reasonably well made with no obvious problems. Shame about the over-elaborate & confused script which tries to throw some new pointless 'rule' in every few minutes. The acting wasn't that great either, leading lady Keena was easy on the eyes but I doubt she'll get much work because of Left in Darkness.Left in Darkness is crap, I'll give it three stars out of ten because I will openly admit that it does at least try to do something a bit different, it's just a shame it all turned out so terrible. Definitely not recommend.