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