![]() Because he has been falling asleep in class, his teacher Emma (Andi Osho) calls Rebecca to the school. Sophie has mental illness and depression that has resurfaced, in which she talks to an apparently imaginary "friend." When Martin sees the apparition with his mom, his fear gives him insomnia. Paul's stepdaughter Rebecca (Teresa Palmer) lives alone in an apartment, away from her mother, Sophie (Maria Bello), and brother, Martin (Gabriel Bateman). Paul is later dragged into the darkness and gruesomely killed by the woman. She warns owner Paul (Billy Burke) about the apparition and leaves. Overall it was fun to go see in a theater filled with jumpy teenagers, but not really worth a second watch.In a mannequin warehouse, co-worker Esther (Lotta Losten) sees a silhouette of a woman with monstrously long fingers when she turns the lights off, but sees nothing when the lights are on. Definitely a creature to inspire nightmares when you turn out the lights. By not ever showing her real form for much time outside of the shadows, she managed to be pretty horrifying. However, the film succeeded in making Diana frightening. This was only accentuated by sub-par acting from quite a bit of the cast. It tried to explore a deeper meaning, touching on mental illness and family problems (think The Babadook but not nearly as good), but it only managed to scratch the surface in a pretty shallow and uninteresting way. ![]() This film tried to be more than what is was. By adding so much to the concept, it threw off the pacing. The short film this movie was based off was simple, and effectively scary. Usually I go into PG-13 horror films with low expectations, which allowed me to enjoy the movie for what it is: a bunch of jump scares. Lights Out wasn't a bad film, and it's always nice when a horror film comes out that has some scary moments and is only PG-13.
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