Synopsis
Rebecca must unlock the terror behind her little brother's experiences that once tested her sanity, bringing her face to face with a supernatural spirit attached to their mother.
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Cast
- Teresa PalmerRebecca
- Maria BelloSophie
- Gabriel BatemanMartin
- Alexander DiPersiaBret
- Alicia Vela-BaileyDiana
- Billy BurkePaul
- Andi OshoEmma
- Maria RussellGomez
- Rolando BoyceBrian Andrews
- Lotta LostenEsther
Recommendations
- 80
New York Daily News
While the central visual of the figure in the dark goes a long way to provide the essential scares, the success of the film is just as much about what the filmmakers do to develop the characters that the audience cares about. - 75
Chicago Tribune
Palmer and Bello really do seem like world-weary, spook-addled daughter and mother, and they play the stakes just so, favoring neither blase understatement nor yellow-highlighter melodrama. They're strong enough to take your mind off some lapses in narrative judgment. - 70
Village Voice
When Sandberg isn’t spinning his wheels in the why, he’s capable of doling out a steady diet of scares. - 63
Movie Nation
You don’t realize how much a good horror movie depends on acting until you stumble in that rare one whose cast actually gets it right. - 60
The Hollywood Reporter
Coming in a few notches below the terror factor of Wan’s most exemplary material, this somewhat less-satisfying variation of an ill-fated haunting nonetheless represents a solid debut for Swedish filmmaker David F. Sandberg - 60
TheWrap
That the film occasionally succumbs to certain rudimentary hallmarks of industrial studio horror is regrettable, but for the most part it’s agreeably suspenseful, date-night arm-squeezing genre fare. - 60
Variety
Very obviously a first feature, Lights Out is full of camp (most of it clearly intentional, some perhaps not), and its underlying mythology is confused and often ridiculous. But there’s an invigorating leanness — and a giddy, almost innocent energy — to the filmmaking. - 60
Time Out
The central idea here is as durable and effective as a well-told fireside ghost story, but in the cold light of day, the film fades.
