Darkness is the absence of light.
Darkness or The Darkness may also refer to:
Film and television
Characters and concepts
Darkness, a character from the film Legend (1985)
The Darkness, a name for one of the man-eating lions in The Ghost and the Darkness (1996), a historical adventure film
The Darkness, the source of destruction of Wonderland in the animated film Wonder Park
The Darkness (Supernatural), known as Amara in human form, a dark evil in the eleventh season of Supernatural
Film
Darkness (1916 film), an Italian silent film
Darkness (1923 film), a British silent crime film
Darkness (1993 film), an American independent horror film
Darkness (2002 film), an English-language horror film
Darkness, a 2009 Czech film directed by Juraj Herz
Darkness (2015 film), a Serbian film
The Darkness (2016 American film), a supernatural horror film directed by Greg McLean
The Darkness (2016 Mexican film), a horror thriller film directed by Daniel Castro Zimbrón
Darkness (2019 film), an Italian drama film
Television
"Darkness" (Der Pass), a 2019 episode
"Darkness" (The Secret Circle), a 2012 episode
"Darkness" (Stargate Universe), a 2009 episode
The Darkness (TV series), a 2024 Icelandic mystery series directed by Lasse Hallström, based on the novel by Ragnar Jónasson
Literature
"Darkness" (poem), a poem by Lord Byron
Darkness (short stories), a collection of stories by Bharati Mukherjee
Darkness (novel), by John Saul, 1991
The Darkness (novel), a 2000 novel by Anthony Eaton
"The Darkness", a short story by David Drake
The Darkness Series, a novel series by Harry Turtledove
Darknesses, a novel in The Corean Chronicles by L. E. Modesitt, Jr.
Darkness (KonoSuba), a character in the light novel series KonoSuba
The Darkness (2018; translation of Dimma, 2015), a novel by Ragnar Jónasson in the Hidden Iceland series
Music
The Darkness (band), a British rock band
The Darkness (Twiztid album), 2015
The Darkness (Dawn of Solace album), 2006
Darkness, a German Eurodance act featuring Nana
"Darkness" (Aerosmith song)
"Darkness" (Darren Hayes song)
"Darkness" (Eminem song)
"Darkness" (Peter Gabriel song)
"Darkness", a song by Black Uhuru from Chill Out
"Darkness", a song by Disturbed from Believe
"Darkness", a song by Lamb from Between Darkness and Wonder
"Darkness", a song by Leonard Cohen from Old Ideas
"Darkness", a song by Rage Against the Machine from The Crow film soundtrack
"Darkness", a song by SPF 1000 used in the animated TV series The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy
"Darkness", a song by Third Eye Blind from Blue
"Darkness", a song by The Police from Ghost in the Machine
"Darkness", a song by The Human League from Dare
"Darkness", a song by Jolin Tsai from Magic
"The Darkness", a song by the Cat Empire from So Many Nights
Other uses
The Darkness (character), an Image Comics character and series
The Darkness (video game), a video game based on the comics
The Darkness II, video game and sequel to The Darkness
Darkness, a horse that ran in the 2009 Grand National