the darkling be a very interesting and entertaining film while f. murray abraham be in it . spoiler represent about halfway through and f. murray get zap and because the darkling be some kind of demon like creature who enjoy live vicariously . he take bum and loser and pervert them far while give them all they want in term of success . he feed from their enjoyment of the seven deadly sin . however and part of it be that he need to get people who may be flaw but not completely evil . otherwise he can not pervert their natural goodness . that what the little guy say in his barry white voice and which i find both charming and amuse . mostly amuse . like imagine barry white if he be a little dwarf and he be tell aiden gillen dee plane and dee plane and bos and here eet come and dee plane . all through the movie and dee dwarf ( actually a robotronic cherub ) talk to aiden gillen in the barry white voice and say thing like it ok to be bad and you know you want it . now you have commit murder and youre really move up in the world and other remark that sound like commercial for be evil store or something . it really be hilarious in a sick way . anyhow and aiden gillen be no f. murray abraham and and the movie tank as soon a murray get the axe ( or knife . ) . f. murray bring a certain happy malevolence to his role in this film . he be a good actor . aiden gillen on the other hand have a permanent happy smirk on his face and and he look like maybe his remedial english comp . class have never hit the mythological character and he could not imagine what the movie be about . the end be really creepy and yet almost comical . if this movie be a parody and the end be perfect . if it be not a parody and then it be creepy while but a cheap use of a little girl to deliver a gross out that the movie itself could not deliver . the people who make this movie lose whatever it be that they want to do with it somewhere before the end . it just end like they just realize that they have run out of money and have to film a quickie end .