Don't Be Afraid of the Dark is a 2010 dark fantasy horror film written by Matthew Robbins and Guillermo del Toro and directed by comic book artist Troy Nixey. An international co-production between the United States, Australia, and Mexico, the film revolves around Sally who desperately tries to warn her father Alex and his girlfriend Kim that she has unknowingly unleashed a horde of bloodsucking monsters from the basement of his gothic mansion.