Lights Out

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	Teresa Palmer	Rebecca
	Gabriel Bateman	Martin
	Alexander DiPersia	Bret
	Billy Burke	Paul
	Maria Bello	Sophie
	Alicia Vela-Bailey	Diana
	Andi Osho	Emma
	Rolando Boyce	Officer Brian Andrews
	Maria Russell	Officer Gomez
	Elizabeth Pan	Nurse
	Lotta Losten	Esther
	Amiah Miller	Young Rebecca
	Ava Cantrell	Teen Diana
	Emily Alyn Lind	Teen Sophie
	Ariel Dupin	Young Diana

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Director	David F. Sandberg
Writer	Eric Heisserer, David F. Sandberg
Producer	Richard Brener, Michael Clear, Ben Everard, Lloyd Everard, Lawrence Grey, Walter Hamada, Eric Heisserer, Lawrence Kao, Steven Mnuchin, Cyrus Mojibi, Michelle Morrissey, Jack L. Murray, Dave Neustadter, Zak Olkewicz, Patrick Wade, James Wan
Musician	Benjamin Wallfisch
Photography	Marc Spicer

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My quick rating - 6,8/10. Behold the fear of the dark. Many people have it and will identify with that. I assume not so many have had to deal with this level of the phobia. The setup is introduced quickly so me telling you a spirit that only appears in the dark and vanishes in the light is no spoiler. Just that this particular ghost kills anyone that threatens her. With that being said, the stage is set to scare the crap out of the viewer at any given moment making an 81 minute movie fly by. The director (if you saw the short film on "The Fear" TV show from England) took his 5 minute idea and blew it up into a full length scarefest. To take that simple idea and incorporate the actual anxiety of psychological issues people have into horror was done quite well. Kinda reminded me of "The Babbadook" in that aspect. The eerie looking ghost of "Diana" was creepy looking throughout even in the dark. The lighting, of course, is critical in this movie. Each flicker of light, or dark space is a key part of the film and if it wasn't done properly, would ruin scene after scene. The good news is this did not happen. Every bit of attention was given to this detail as good directors will do. Such was the case with "Crawl or Die" and countless other well crafted films like this one. Suggesting to turn off the lights and watch this next to your loved one goes without saying but I would shoe the kids out of the room unless you want to be awoken when they have nightmares. A very good film with a powerful ending that may leave you a bit surprised. Enjoy

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