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By Tirdad Derakhshani on July 22, 2016
Format: Amazon Video
Comment 6 people found this helpful. Was this review helpful to you? YesNo Report abuseGood horror is so rare that fans veritably go gaga when an effective film lands. Thus, the look of ecstatic satisfaction on my face as I walked out of Swedish-born filmmaker David Sandberg's ultra-creepy feature debut, Lights Out.
A well-shot, gore-free psychological thriller about our elemental fear of darkness, Lights Out has a good deal in common with The Babadook. While it can't touch Jennifer Kent's masterpiece, it does mark the arrival of a major new talent.
Maria Bello stars as Sophie, an unstable mother of two whose obsessive love for her imaginary friend Diana (Alicia Vela-Bailey) has alienated her kids, the depressive black-clad rocker chick Rebecca (Teresa Palmer) and Martin (Gabriel Bateman), a remarkably good-natured innocent.
But are they delusions? Diana, a shadowy monster with wild flowing black hair, long sinewy arms, and sharp claws, does appear in the flesh - but only when there's total darkness. Is she a real person, or at least a real entity?
One thing's for sure: Diana likes to kill people who love her galpal, and she quickly dispatches Sophie's husband, Paul (Billy Burke), in the film's only gory scene. When the spectral being goes after Martin, his big sister steps in to save the day.
Touched at every point by paranoia and hallucinatory despair, Sandberg's tightrope plotline is driven by a breathless hysteria that never quite goes away. It's not hard to divine that Bello and her daughter both have a deep-seated fear of men. (One keeps expecting Miss Havisham to show up.)
The few men in the film are subordinate to their mates (or dead). Rebecca's sensitive beau, Bret (Alexander DiPersia), for one, is a useful lad when there's heavy lifting to be done and who asks for little in return.Read more �
A well-shot, gore-free psychological thriller about our elemental fear of darkness, Lights Out has a good deal in common with The Babadook. While it can't touch Jennifer Kent's masterpiece, it does mark the arrival of a major new talent.
Maria Bello stars as Sophie, an unstable mother of two whose obsessive love for her imaginary friend Diana (Alicia Vela-Bailey) has alienated her kids, the depressive black-clad rocker chick Rebecca (Teresa Palmer) and Martin (Gabriel Bateman), a remarkably good-natured innocent.
But are they delusions? Diana, a shadowy monster with wild flowing black hair, long sinewy arms, and sharp claws, does appear in the flesh - but only when there's total darkness. Is she a real person, or at least a real entity?
One thing's for sure: Diana likes to kill people who love her galpal, and she quickly dispatches Sophie's husband, Paul (Billy Burke), in the film's only gory scene. When the spectral being goes after Martin, his big sister steps in to save the day.
Touched at every point by paranoia and hallucinatory despair, Sandberg's tightrope plotline is driven by a breathless hysteria that never quite goes away. It's not hard to divine that Bello and her daughter both have a deep-seated fear of men. (One keeps expecting Miss Havisham to show up.)
The few men in the film are subordinate to their mates (or dead). Rebecca's sensitive beau, Bret (Alexander DiPersia), for one, is a useful lad when there's heavy lifting to be done and who asks for little in return.Read more �
By Anthony L. Wallace on July 24, 2016
Format: Blu-ray
Comment 3 people found this helpful. Was this review helpful to you? YesNo Report abuseFrom Producer James Wan, the director of �The Conjuring� and �Insidious�, brings us a new twist in horror with first time Director David Sandberg in �Lights Out�. As Martin begins to develop fears of the dark he turns to his sister Rebecca as their mom grows more unstable due to her depression. We learn that a shadowy figure named Diana is living in the dark and was a friend of their mother Sophie when both were in a mental facility as kids. After suffering from a rare skin disorder and the doctor�s failed attempts to treat Diana�s condition it takes a turn for the worse. Now Diana is preying on Sophie�s family and will go at nothing to have all but Sophie to herself. The film stars Teresa Palmer, Gabriel Bateman, Alexander DiPersia, and Maria Bello.
This was one of those films that could�ve been a straight rip-off of �Darkness Falls� (2003) or Robert Harmon�s �They� (2002), but instead we get an inventive take on many people�s worst fears of being afraid of the dark. A nail biter is an understatement as David Sandberg focuses on the light and how terrifying it would be if something was living in the shadows. My overall impressions of the film was that it was excellent and had a well-rounded cast that not only served for the purposes of the movie but also gave us reasons for caring for the characters as well. Never was the movie dull nor did it skip a beat as it followed a tight pace in its 82 minute runtime.
As we mentioned before, what many horror films lack is in character development. Rather in �Lights Out� everyone plays a contributing role to where we end up caring for all of them in some way.Read more �
This was one of those films that could�ve been a straight rip-off of �Darkness Falls� (2003) or Robert Harmon�s �They� (2002), but instead we get an inventive take on many people�s worst fears of being afraid of the dark. A nail biter is an understatement as David Sandberg focuses on the light and how terrifying it would be if something was living in the shadows. My overall impressions of the film was that it was excellent and had a well-rounded cast that not only served for the purposes of the movie but also gave us reasons for caring for the characters as well. Never was the movie dull nor did it skip a beat as it followed a tight pace in its 82 minute runtime.
As we mentioned before, what many horror films lack is in character development. Rather in �Lights Out� everyone plays a contributing role to where we end up caring for all of them in some way.Read more �
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