Sort of like when I watched the The Ring fourteen years ago, absolutely shit myself and couldn’t sleep for two months. Maybe it wasn’t quite as frightening as I’d dared let myself hope but for a new generation of horror fans who missed The Ring and Grudge boat, it should have more impact. Though I don’t think Lights Out will be remembered as some groundbreaking modern day classic (like It Follows for example) it was still a decent, likable film and clearly made with care by someone who loves the horror genre. It’s hard to make something completely new nowadays no matter how earnest the effort. But a lot of this is to do with having seen it all before – if I’d watched Lights Out fifteen years ago I’d still be trembling now. I just felt more gleefully scared than flat-out terrified. Though this will never be my ‘favourite’ horror movie, I enjoyed it fine and found the story satisfying enough, as were scenes with the creature itself. I could see people around me cowering in their seats and covering their faces with popcorn containers and whilst I didn’t find it terrifying to the point I was shielding my eyes, it would be stupid to say it wasn’t frightening or tense – of course it was. And while Lights Out is obviously reminiscent of the Japanese ‘long black hair and creaky limbs’ type horror (which hopefully isn’t a spoiler because this angle has been peddled a lot in its marketing) it also had a stranger feel at times, reminding me a little of the dark disturbance in The Babadook. And when I say ‘the norm’ I mean the droves of horror movies they release each year like ‘Ouija’ or ‘Mama’ or ‘Devil’s Due’ – bog standard and unremarkable. The way some scary scenes are presented is slightly more offbeat than the norm too. It jumps straight into the story (and the action) and felt snappy and fresh throughout, never boring. It has a short duration of just 81 minutes which pleased me. Though the story in Lights Out is fairly standard and familiar, the film still felt better than average. Maria Bello, Teresa Palmer and Gabriel Bateman play the family who are haunted by it and they all played their parts well, especially kid actor Bateman. The basic story – without giving anything away – is about a scary, spindly entity that only shows itself in the dark. He made the feature after horror reg James Wan picked up on the short and liked it. It’s based on the 2013 short film by same director David F. No comment. So whilst I was looking forward to it very much, I knew it could go either way. I’d heard it was pretty good and ‘terrifying’ but I’ve heard that loads of the times. The music was composed by Benjamin Wallfisch.I went to see Lights Out last night with mixed anticipation. Cinematography was done by Marc Spicer and editing by Kirk Morri and Michel Aller. The screenplay for the movie was written by Eric Heisserer. Lights Out was made on a budget of $4 million and at the box office it grossed only $0 million. Lights Out was released on 22nd July 2016 and takes a screen time of 81 minutes. Pictures acquired the distribution rights for the movie. Sandberg and David Sandberg and it is directed by David F. Lights Out is written by Eric Heisserer, David F. were the production houses involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Eric Heisserer, James Wan and Lawrence Grey. New Line Cinema in association with RatPac-Dune Entertainment, Atomic Monster Productions and Grey Matter Productions. The movie is based on Lights Out by David F. Cinematic effective impressive serious Lights Out is a 2016 American English-language Horror Drama movie featuring Teresa Palmer, Gabriel Bateman, Billy Burke, Maria Bello, Alexander Dipersia, Alicia Vela-bailey and Ariel Dupin.
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