Darkness Lives

Darkness Lives is a 2015 supernatural thriller film directed by Robert Fredrickson from a screenplay written by Oren Moverman and Kenneth Lonergan. It stars Billy Crudup as a church worker dealing with the sudden closing of the church he works at. While dealing with this loss he finds a pair of eyeglasses, only to find that some people are demons in disguise, leading to him and some others banding together to exorcise the demons to where they came from. It also features the voices of Matthew Broderick, AnnaSophia Robb, Rhys Ifans, Leslie Mann, Russell Peters, and Mads Mikkelsen.

The film was animated by Silver Link in Japan and produced by Reliance Entertainment and Cross Creek Pictures. The film premiered at the 2015 Fantasia International Film Festival, where it was picked up for distribution by A24 for the United States and Focus Features internationally. It began a limited theatrical release on October 16, 2015, before getting a wider release on November 13, 2015. It grossed $184.4 million against a budget of $40 million and received generally positive reviews from critics for it's characters, animation and homage to John Carpenter's works.

Release
Darkness Lives had its world premiere on July 20, 2015 at the Fantasia International Film Festival. Shortly afterwards, A24 acquired the U.S. distribution rights to the film for $8 million, beating Samuel Goldwyn Films, Dimension Films, Lionsgate and Open Road Films. Universal Pictures via Focus Features International secured the international distribution rights around the same time.

The film was later screened at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 15, 2015 and the New York Film Festival on September 26. It eventually opened in a limited theatrical release on October 16, 2015, before expanding to a wider release on November 13, 2015.

Home media
Darkness Lives was made available for digital download in the U.S. on February 9, 2016 and was later released on DVD and Blu-ray on February 16, 2016 by Lionsgate Home Entertainment.