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As I begin to type this I can't help but mention that it's kind of hard to identify solid examples (in movies at least) of successful use of dark matter. Because, after all, the reveal is a big moment in most monster movies, or horror movies so it goes without saying that at some point you're going to get to see what's been pissing Sigourney Weaver off so much.  Now of course you have many examples of certain things happening off stage or screen in order to utilize the macabre imaginations of it's audience instead of telegraphing each (usually gory) detail. Commonly referred to as 'implied violence' the examples are many, with the most famous probably being this one...       But what about a central plot or character dwelling in the dark matter? Picks are a bit slimmer but there was one movie that popped in to my mind. In many ways the whole production was an experiment in dark matter, in as much as what was not revealed made the entire experien...