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Darkest Miriam
Darkest Miriam is a 2024 Canadian drama directed by Naomi Jaye, adapted from Martha Baillie's novel The Incident Report, starring Britt Lower as a grieving Toronto librarian who receives threatening letters signed Rigoletto while starting a romance with Slovenian cab driver Janko; it premiered at Tribeca 2024.
DarkGame
DarkGame is a 2024 British horror thriller directed by Howard J. Ford, starring Ed Westwick as a detective chasing a dark web game show whose losers are executed live; released February 20, 2024 by Gravitas Ventures.
Darkhan (Дархан) (city)
Darkhan (Дархан) is Mongolia's third-largest city and the center of Darkhan-Uul Province, founded 17 October 1961 with socialist-country aid and known as the Friendship City, a major industrial, steel, and educational center 222 km from Ulaanbaatar.
Darkling beetle
Darkling beetle, member of the beetle family Tenebrionidae (about 20,000-30,000 species), including mealworms (Tenebrio molitor) and Namib Desert fog-basking Onymacris; known for desert water-conservation adaptations and stored-grain pests.
Darkly Dreaming Dexter
Darkly Dreaming Dexter, Jeff Lindsay's 2004 Doubleday debut thriller, introduces serial-killing Miami blood analyst Dexter Morgan; it won the 2005 Dilys Award and inspired Dexter season one.
Darkman
Darkman is a 1990 American superhero thriller directed by Sam Raimi and starring Liam Neeson as a scientist who takes masked revenge on the gangsters who disfigured him.
Darkness
Darkness: the near-absence of light and the natural nighttime environment. Covers rod-based scotopic vision, dark adaptation, circadian health, melatonin suppression by light at night, and light-pollution conservation.
Darkness at Noon
Darkness at Noon, Arthur Koestler's 1940 political novel (German original "Rubaschow"), portrays Old Bolshevik Rubashov's interrogation and confession during Stalin's show trials; lost German manuscript rediscovered 2015, retranslated 2019.
Darkness Falls (2003 film)
Darkness Falls is a 2003 supernatural horror film directed by Jonathan Liebesman, in which a vengeful Tooth Fairy spirit stalks the Maine town that lynched her.
Darkness of Man
Darkness of Man is a 2024 American action thriller directed by James Cullen Bressack, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme as former Interpol operative Russell Hatch protecting a slain informant's son; released digitally May 21, 2024 by Saban Films.
Darkness on the Edge of Town
Darkness on the Edge of Town is Bruce Springsteen's fourth studio album, released by Columbia on 2 June 1978 after a legal dispute with manager Mike Appel; about 70 songs were recorded, 10 made the cut, and it peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard 200.
Darknet
A darknet is an overlay network on the public internet, reachable only with special software or authorization, hosting the anonymous dark web; the largest is Tor.
Darknet market
Darknet markets (cryptomarkets, DNMs) are Tor-accessible e-commerce sites trading illicit goods, mainly drugs (about two thirds of activity), using cryptocurrency escrow; Silk Road (2011) was the first, followed by dozens of successors despite takedowns and exit scams.
Darko Miličić
Darko Miličić (Дарко Миличић), born in 1985 in Novi Sad, is a Serbian former basketball player drafted second overall by Detroit in 2003, now an apple farmer.
Darko Perić (Дарко Перић) (actor)
Darko Perić (Дарко Перић), born 1977 in Kladovo, Serbia, is a Serbian actor best known as Helsinki in Money Heist (La casa de papel), Emmy-winning in 2018, with 40+ roles across Spanish, Serbian and international productions.
Darko US
Darko US, an American experimental deathcore duo formed in 2020 by Tom Barber (Chelsea Grin, ex-Lorna Shore) and Josh "Baby J" Miller (Emmure), releases electronic-infused deathcore including Darko, Oni, Starfire, Oni 2, and the Dethmask EPs, all independent; distinct from other acts named Darko.
Darkover series
The Darkover series is a science fantasy sequence by Marion Zimmer Bradley, begun in 1958, set on a lost colony world ruled by telepathic feudal families.
Darkroom
Darkroom: a light-tight room for developing film and printing photographs under red or amber safelights using developer, stop bath, and fixer. Emerged with the 1839 daguerreotype; revived by community darkrooms amid the film photography resurgence.
Darkseid
Darkseid, born Uxas, is DC Comics' tyrannical ruler of Apokolips, created by Jack Kirby and first appearing in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #134 (1970). He seeks the Anti-Life Equation and wields the Omega Effect's tracking Omega Beams.
DARKSIDE
DARKSIDE is a band formed in 2011 by producer Nicolas Jaar and guitarist Dave Harrington, expanded to a trio in 2022, whose albums include Psychic, Spiral, and Nothing.
DarkSide-20k
DarkSide-20k is a next-generation dark matter experiment under construction at Italy's Gran Sasso laboratory, built around a 20-tonne liquid argon detector designed for a zero-background WIMP search.
DarkSide-50
DarkSide-50 was a direct-detection dark matter experiment at the Gran Sasso underground laboratory in Italy, operating from 2013 to 2019 and pioneering low-radioactivity underground argon as a dark matter target.
Darksiders
Darksiders: action-adventure hack-and-slash franchise by Vigil Games (Joe Madureira), debuting 2010 via THQ; stars the Four Horsemen (War, Death, Fury, Strife); now THQ Nordic, with Darksiders 4 by Gunfire Games announced 2025.
Darksiders Genesis
Darksiders Genesis: top-down hack-and-slash action RPG by Airship Syndicate, published by THQ Nordic; prequel introducing Horseman Strife, co-op with War, Creature Cores, released December 2019.
Darksiders II
Darksiders II (Darksiders 2) is Vigil Games' 2012 action RPG starring Death, questing parallel to Darksiders (2010) to clear War's name; Diablo-style loot, Harbinger/Necromancer skill trees, 1.4M sold, Metacritic 83, Deathinitive Edition remasters through 2024.
Darksiders III
Darksiders III is a 2018 hack-and-slash action-adventure by Gunfire Games and THQ Nordic starring Fury, who hunts the Seven Deadly Sins using four elemental Hollow forms in a Metroidvania-style world with Souls-like combat.
Darkstalkers
Darkstalkers (Vampire, ヴァンパイア) is Capcom's 1994-1997 gothic monster fighting game series on CPS II, with Morrigan, Demitri, chain combos, ES/EX moves, and Vampire Savior still played at Evo Japan.
Darkstar
Darkstar is a British electronic music duo from London, made up of James Young and Aiden Whalley, whose four albums run from 2010's dubstep-era North to 2020's Civic Jams.
Darkthrone
Darkthrone: Norwegian black metal duo from Kolbotn (Fenriz and Nocturno Culto), formed 1986 as Black Death; the unholy trinity of 1992-1994 albums founded second-wave black metal; no live shows since 1996.
Darktrace
Darktrace is a British cybersecurity company in Cambridge, England, founded in 2013, whose AI platform detects and responds to network, email, cloud, and endpoint threats.