Terrible Poster for DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK

A new poster has been released for the Guillermo del Toro produced Troy Nixie directed film Don't Be Afraid of the Dark. I've enjoyed all of the awesome posters for the film so far, but someone had a brain fart with this one. There's absolutely nothing cool about it. 

Regardless of the bad poster the movie still looks like it's going to be awesomely scary! It's based on a 1973 made for TV movie, and it stars Katie Holmes, Guy Pearce and Bailee Madison.

Here's the synopsis for the film:

Del Toro believes this is the scariest TV production ever made, the story follows Sally (Madison), a young girl who moves to Rhode Island to live with her father (Pearce) and his new girlfriend (Holmes) in the 19th-century mansion they are restoring. While exploring the house, Sally starts to hear voices coming from creatures in the basement whose hidden agenda is to claim her as one of their own.  Akin to del Toro’s PAN’S LABYRINTH, DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK focuses on a young girl’s struggle against menacing and terrifying forces. 

The movie is set to be released on August 26th 2011.