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[[File:Darkling 2000film.jpg|thumb|200px|right|''The Darkling (2000 film)''....]]

==Summary==


When a down-on-his-luck mechanic meets a mysterious benefactor, he discovers the source of his benefactor's wealth and power: a caged creature called a "Darkling", whose strange gifts come with a terrible price.

==Details==

* Release Date: 2000
* Country/Language: US, English
* Genres/Technical: Fantasy, Horror, made-for-TV
* Runtime: 2 hr
* Starring: F. Murray Abraham, Aidan Gillen, Lisa Linde
* Director: Po-Chih Leong
* Writer: Preston Sturges Jr.
* Producer/Production Co: USA Network
* View Trailer: ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ll0o1nFpPdI link])

==Ratings==
===[http://www.mpaa.org/film-ratings/ MPAA Ratings]===

* Rated: (not rated) (perhaps TV-PG for mild made-for-TV Violence and Adult Content)

===Tentacle Ratings===
A rough [[Tentacle Ratings|measure]] of how "Lovecraftian" the work is:
* S____ (One Tentacle: Debateably Lovecraftian; has almost no direct connection to Lovecraft's work)

Really, not very "Lovecraftian", though the bizarre "Darkling" creature (a sort of Djinn) might not be far out of place in a Dreamlands story, for example.

''Note: This rating is not intended as a measure of quality, merely of how closely related to Lovecraftian "Weird" fiction the work is.''

===Reviews===

Review Links:
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==Synopsis==

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When a down-on-his-luck mechanic meets a mysterious benefactor, he discovers the source of his benefactor's wealth and power: a caged creature called a "Darkling", whose strange gifts come with a terrible price.
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==Notes==

===Comments, Trivia, Dedication===


===Associated Mythos Elements===
* TO DO

===Keeper Notes===

* Perhaps the investigators are hired by an unwitting "companion" of a Darkling to travel into the Dreamlands to free their client of the Darkling's bargain....

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+When a down-on-his-luck mechanic meets a mysterious benefactor, he discovers the source of his benefactor's wealth and power:  a caged creature called a "Darkling", whose generous gifts come with a terrible price, in this variation on the basic "deal with a devil" story.
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