Lights Out

Lights Out, is quite possibly one of the most visually and mentally scary films in the last two years. The film is yet another in a string of horror movies that uses diseases as allegories for its premise, and this premise alone is genius. Lights Out is often unnerving and sometimes terrifying, dark in look and tone, without feeling recycled or derivative. The biggest strength of the film is that the story is constructed in a way that the audience is always wondering if something will happen.

The most genius element of the film is the look of the creature that haunts this movie "Diana." Diana is an all-black figure that lurks in the dark, and kills whoever threatens it. That being said throughout this film the audience has to fear that this character could pop out of any dark space at any given time. At 81 minutes, not a single second is calm or peaceful, because the mere sight of sight of this creature is unnerving. However, the writers and crew deserve credit for conceiving the idea of the film having a lot of darkness in it.

We often say lighting is a storytelling device, but in today's films it's become less true the more formulaic films get. In this film lighting is very much a storytelling device, and it is used perfectly. Every scene in this film contains, just the right amount of darkness and light, almost as if there are safe areas, and areas that characters should stay away from, and they're often changing. The dark look and tone of this film, create a very unnerving atmosphere, because one of the most common fears is a fear of the dark, and more notably a fear of the unknown, which exists in the dark.

The film really hit a note with me personally, because I have had nightmares in the past about all dark figures living in the dark, so the film felt that much more personal to me. That being said, the film really doesn't feel all that derivative of other recent horror films. A few moments, and scenes did feel familiar (Diana as a child), but those were few and far between. Even those moments that are a little familiar, are constructed in a way that they are still very scary.

The film does what The Babadook did a couple of years ago, and uses depression as an allegory for the creature in the film, which is turning into a very cool concept. The film is one of the few films within the system that uses lighting to tell the story, and does so in a way that is clever and terrifying at the same time. The film is admittedly dark, and relatively humorless, and not really for children, but that kinda goes without saying. For those horror buffs looking for a good scary movie, this may be your movie.

Martin is a little boy hounded by a monster in the dark. His dad (Billy Burke) is killed by a woman in the dark. His mother (Maria Bello) seems to be talking to that mysterious being called Diana. Children's Services calls in his step-sister Rebecca (Teresa Palmer) who has commitment issues unwilling to even let Bret keep one sock at her place. Rebecca takes Martin to her home upon seeing her mother in dire mental state.

The visual concept of a lurker in the dark is quite compelling. The movie could have done more with a slower burn. It does a big kill right at the beginning which leaves the shock of discovery less overwhelming. It becomes the same move over and over again. It's a great move but it would work so much better with a gradual ramp up. The mother's madness is intriguing. A little more thought could be used to maximize the story.

This is the full length film that all horror fans waiting for after watch short movie at YouTube.

Great storyline and great acting from al cast.

The atmosphere is there and wayyy to many jump scare plot.

In the film, a young woman must confront her childhood fears to protect her brother from a vengeful supernatural entity holding a mysterious attachment to their mother.

In a textile factory during closing hours, an employee named Esther encounters a silhouette of a strange woman with claw-like hands when the lights are off, but cannot see it when the lights are on. After she leaves, her boss Paul encounters the woman and tries to run away, but he is killed.

You guys need to watch this.

After the short film's success, Sandberg announced a film adaptation based on his short film.

Really recommended. Enjoy and entertaining movie.

Mystery and horror movie including chills , intrigue , terrifying happenings and it's certainly better than most other films of the same genre concerning a diabolic and mysterious terror appearing at a house . Enjoyable horror movie with thrills , chills and strange events , while the roles scream and panic her way through most of their scenes and including limited CGI . One of the film's strongest points is the fact that there's quite a lot of fun to be had with the supernatural aspects of the storyline . Stars Rebecca (Teresa Palmer) who must unlock the horror behind her traumatized little sibling's (Gabriel Bateman)grisly experiences that once tested her sanity , bringing her face to face with a supernatural spirit attached to their mother (Maria Bello) . At mother's house takes place a series of strange and eerie incidents . Later on , Rebecca is shocked when to be aware about the weird person there inhabits . Everything then changes in eerie way and things go wrong . You were right to be afraid of the dark. Darkness will consume you. Every Child Need To Feel Loved.

A creepy and thrilling film about a haunting house where lives a weird being , it packs inexplicable disturbing occurrences , shocks, thrills , suspense , chills, hair-rising events and surprising final twist . This starts off at the very beginning occuring mysterious happenings , as the camera lurks suspensenful behind its actors and beside them and above them and everywhere else . A scary and unsettling flick that garnered very positive reception on the internet in spite of its short budget , as the picture goes on growing more and more and developing little by little until the unexpected conclusion . The main and support cast are pretty well , giving attractive performances such as Teresa Palmer , Maria Bello , Gabriel Bateman , Alexander DiPersia and brief acting by Billy Burke as unfortunate father.

The pic contains a dark and colorful cinematography by Marc Spicer . Equally, a mysterious and suspenseful musical score by Benjamin Wallfisch , composing a sinister atmosphere . The motion picture was competently directed by horror expert David F. Sandberg who made the decision to focus on practical effects and avoided as much computed generator effects as possible . Being feature film debut of David F. Sandberg . As David decided to expand his original short film Lights out (2013) into a feature film thanks to producer James Wan , the latter has financed and directed notorious horror movies , such as : Swamp Thing , The Curse of La Llorona , Saw saga , Annabelle: Creation , Conjuring saga , Insidious saga , Demonic , Annabelle , among others . While fimmaker David Sanberg has made a few films all of them limited to short movies and terror genre as Annabelle : Creation , adding a peculiar superhero movie : ¡Shazam! (2019) . Rating 6.5/10. Acceptable and decent terror movie. Well worth watching.

Lights out really is a great modern horror film. It offers great thrills and also offers wonderful acting. Every actor did their job beautifully and the characters they portray are well constructed, they are not just surface level, cardboard cut out characters. The visuals are good, the darkness and the creepy eeriness effect of a lot of scenes work very well. There are some scenes that may even be somewhat hard to watch because of the utter creepiness. Diana and the visuals that make her up are done very well and the horror is real here, it's not cheap or cheesily boring. The opening of the film is also very effective in its attempt to be truly scary. This movie isn't very gory or overly grotesque either, it has a minimal amount of blood/gore, and some violent images, but not a whole whole lot, which it good and a wise decision by the filmmakers, because if a scary movie is too gory or overly disturbing, then it can be distracting from the plot. You want people focused on the plot of the movie and on what's going on, not on the ridiculous amount of gore. Lights out receives an 8/10 on my scale.