Lights Out
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Rebecca must unlock the terror behind her little brother's experiences that once tested her sanity, bringing her face to face with a supernatural spirit attached to their mother.
What critics thought
A horror film that divided critics more sharply than its fresh aggregate suggests — enthusiasts found it a lean, emotionally grounded supernatural chiller built around an ingeniously simple monster, while detractors argued that the central conceit gets repetitive fast and that the characters and screenplay are too thin to support the scares. The gap between the majority who found it genuinely effective and the minority who found it gimmicky is the real story here.
“the film's screenplay focuses almost entirely on the number of resourceful and ingenious ways the characters dream up to keep the lights on, stave off the next attack and stay alive—lights from candles, flashlights, cellphones, the car in the driveway—before the batteries die; The fun wears out fast and so does the "gotcha" factor.”
Rex Reed·Observer
Genres
Horror
Cast & Crew
David F. SandbergDirector
Teresa PalmerRebecca
Maria BelloSophie
Gabriel BatemanMartin
Alexander DiPersiaBret
Alicia Vela-BaileyDiana
Billy BurkePaul
Andi OshoEmma
Maria RussellGomez
Rolando BoyceBrian Andrews
Lotta LostenEsther
Amiah MillerYoung Rebecca
Elizabeth PanNurse
Benjamin WallfischComposer
Eric HeissererWriter
Marc SpicerCinematographyFrom the studio
Lights Out
Rebecca must unlock the terror behind her little brother's experiences that once tested her sanity, bringing her face to face with a supernatural spirit attached to their mother.
What critics thought
A horror film that divided critics more sharply than its fresh aggregate suggests — enthusiasts found it a lean, emotionally grounded supernatural chiller built around an ingeniously simple monster, while detractors argued that the central conceit gets repetitive fast and that the characters and screenplay are too thin to support the scares. The gap between the majority who found it genuinely effective and the minority who found it gimmicky is the real story here.
“the film's screenplay focuses almost entirely on the number of resourceful and ingenious ways the characters dream up to keep the lights on, stave off the next attack and stay alive—lights from candles, flashlights, cellphones, the car in the driveway—before the batteries die; The fun wears out fast and so does the "gotcha" factor.”
Rex Reed·Observer
Genres
Horror
Cast & Crew
David F. SandbergDirectorTeresa PalmerRebeccaMaria BelloSophieGabriel BatemanMartinAlexander DiPersiaBretAlicia Vela-BaileyDianaBilly BurkePaulAndi OshoEmmaMaria RussellGomezRolando BoyceBrian AndrewsLotta LostenEstherAmiah MillerYoung RebeccaElizabeth PanNurseBenjamin WallfischComposerEric HeissererWriterMarc SpicerCinematographyFrom the studio
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