After Evil Dead, Before Spiderman: DARKMAN!

Darkman is a 1990 film directed by Sam Raimi that was based on a short story he wrote that paid homage to Universal horror films of the 1930s. It stars Liam Neeson as Peyton Westlake, a scientist who is attacked and left for dead by an evil mobster, Durant (played by Larry Drake) after his girlfriend, an attorney (played by Frances McDormand) runs afoul of a corrupt developer (played by Colin Friels). Westlake survives, but is left totally disfigured. While hospitalized, he is subjected to a radical treatment that destroys the nerves connected to his brain, neutralizing his ability to sense pain. Now half-crazed, Westlake escapes the hospital and decides to get revenge on the criminals who took his life away, but now as a masked vigilante, known as Darkman. Unable to secure the rights to both The Shadow and Batman, Raimi decided to create his own superhero and struck a deal with Universal Studios to make his first Hollywood studio movie. He was subjected to a grueling screenwriting process and equally difficult post-production battle with the studio.

Darkman was generally well-received by critics and performed well at the box office, grossing almost $49 million worldwide, well above its $16 million budget. This financial success spawned two direct-to-video sequels, Darkman II: The Return of Durant and Darkman III: Die, Darkman, Die, as well as numerous comic books, video games and action figures.

For a long time, Sam Raimi had been interested in adapting a comic book into a movie. He had pursued and failed to secure the rights to both The Shadow and Batman and decided to create his own. The initial idea Raimi had for Darkman was of a man who could change his face.[4] He has said that he drew inspiration from such films as The Phantom of the Opera, The Elephant Man, Batman and The Shadow.[4] Raimi was also inspired by the Universal horror films of the 1930s and 1940s because "they made me fear the hideous nature of the hero and at the same time drew me to him. I went back to that idea of the man who is noble and turns into a monster".[5] He originally wrote a 30-page short story, entitled "The Darkman", and from this it was developed into a 40-page treatment. It was at this point that, according to Raimi, "it became the story of a man who had lost his face and had to take on other faces, a man who battled criminals using this power".[4] It also became more of a tragic love story in the tradition of The Hunchback of Notre Dame. In 1987, Raimi submitted the treatment to Universal Pictures which they liked, greenlighted a budget in the range of $8-12 million, and suggested that he get a screenwriter to flesh out the story.

Danny Elfman said of his score, "Again old-fashioned and melodramatic, but in a way that I'm crazy about. Sam Raimi has a wonderful visual style that lends itself easily to music. It was an enormous relief writing long, extended musical sequences, something which is very rare in modern films. No reason to hold back on this one

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darkman

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[ryan90546]

Someone really needs to put the pink elephant scene on here

[ccskate]

cool song

[MalliganTheUFO]

NIGHTWISH!!!

[drakeTM1]

@punkfanzrul when isnt liam neeson badass?...except in star wars...

[punkfanzrul]

liam neeson is a badass in this movie

[orsone93]

you know when i watched the darkman i was around 4years!i was hiding behind the couach because my parents forbid me to see it! and they were trhue! so like a silly boy i didn't obey ! and after watching it i was scared and i afraid and i had fever during the night! and after that i had a phobia and fear for all the people who are burned or puting bandage around their face!so yesterday i decided to cure my self by watching the film !it was hard sure but i found the film and the charaters amazing

[orsone93]

you know when i watched the darkman i was around 4years!i was hiding behind the couach because my parents forbid me to see it! and they were trhue! so like a silly boy i didn't obey ! and after watching it i was scared and i afraid and i had fever during the night! and after that i had a phobia and fear for all the people who are burned or puting bandage around their face!so yesterday i decided to cure my self by watching the film !it was hard sure but i found the film and the charaters amazing

[r3ini]

@ryan90546

"TAKE IT! TAKE IT! TAKE THE FUCKIN ELEPHANT!"

[themindbowler]

i dont know what your talking about but that sound badass

[CallMeBillSeries]

At the end of his life, the deadliest gunfighter of the Old West is given a choice: Hell or redemption. He chooses redemption and God's Archangel transports him to modern day Los Angeles to serve bloody, frontier justice on the worst dregs of society.

[emmthreejonny]

I love the trilogy. BTW, the music is gone. I see the copyright notice,