Sandberg was given a chance to expand the short into a full-length feature, Sandberg that was short on such elements as narrative complexity, characterĭevelopment and memorable dialogue (I don’t recall a single word being spoken) and long on coming up with more big jolts than would seem possible in such a short running time. John Carter of Mars: Edgar Rice Burroughs – Book R.“Lights Out” began life as a three-minute short film by David F.Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) – Review.Wonder Woman: Who's Afraid of Diana Prince? (1967).Has enough originality to offset the numerous clichés and cheap jump Rather thin premise, and the result is a taught little ghost story that Not wear out its welcome, Sandberg clearly knows how far he can push a At eighty minutes in length the movie does Malevolent Diana would let her, and you sit at the edge of your seat as Mental issues she so desperately wants to overcome, if only the You feel their helplessness, you pity Sophie and the Unimportant, but what really sells the movie is the cast who all doįantastic jobs. To who or what Diana is falls into the category of generic and Method of illumination to keep the creature at bay, and the mystery as Shortcomings, the last act is basically our heroes trying to use various Sandberg’s talent as director is key in overcoming the scripts Then there is Bret who we see wandering around outsideįor some unearthly reason, and of course poor Martin has to face offĪgainst Diana with his stupid little candle because he woke up to findį. With a hand crank powered flashlight, as she looks for the cause of the We then have to endure Rebecca stalking down dark hallways, While she goes off to investigate, with only a little candle as The house go out she even leaves her little brother asleep in bed, Horror movie cliché in the book is ticked off one by one during theįilms running time, and of course the idiots in this movie will wanderĪround the dark house alone for no bloody reason. Just before the characters in the movie uttered them. Is insanely predictable, I was spouting out exact lines of dialogue Nasty entity ruining a picture she drew as a child, kind of seals the Rebecca’s wooden floor, causing a flash back where she remember the The ghost also having carved her name into That the mysterious Diana is the reason for Rebecca’s fatherĭisappearing, and her running off to live on her own, just adds credence Ghost, who he calls Diana, has been living with him and his mom for some Is that it doesn’t waste time with our lead characters trying toĬonvince other people that there is a ghost haunting them, having beenĪttacked in her room Rebecca immediately believes Martin that this Strange figure that only becomes visible in the dark. Rebecca takes Bret to her place, anĪpartment above a tattoo parlor, and that night she to encounters a Suffers from depression, she even spent time in a mental institution asĪ child, and the recent death of her husband Paul has apparently sent School that the kid has been falling asleep in class, and that her She is alerted by her half-brother Martin’s ( Gabriel Bateman) Is her boyfriend and just someone she has sex with on a regular basis. Who she has been exclusively seeing and sleeping with for eight months, We are then introduced to Paul's stepdaughter Rebecca ( Teresa Palmer) who has commitment issues, refusing to acknowledge that her lover Bret ( Alexander DiPersia), Needless to say it doesn’t end well for him. Poor woman, who vainly tries warning her boss Paul ( Billy Burke), but he’s to wrapped up in his own problems to take her seriously. This goes on for a bit as this mysterious being hounds the Off she spots the silhouette of a woman with monstrously long fingers,īut upon waving her arms and the lights coming back on the strange woman Hallways of a textile warehouse, when the motion activated lights turn Who played the part in the original short) working in the gloomy The movie opens with the same basic concept Shadows whenever she turned off the light, but when the light is turnedīack on the figure vanishes. Short film dealt with a woman who noticed a dark silhouette in the
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