Aug 01, 2016 07:21 PM
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“Lights Out” adds another name to the recent surge of quality indie horror with an innovative idea, cool monster design, and no bullshit storyline.
“Lights Out” is by no means as good as the likes of “It Follows” or “The Babadook, ” but it’s an entertaining ride. The film is good for what it is – an interesting concept that got fleshed out into a feature film on a relatively shoestring budget. Sandberg made the most of his story and got the best possible bang for Blumhouse’s buck.
I was pleasantly satisfied with this flick.'Lights Out' is possibly one of the best films I have seen in awhile. Normally, you see some spooky jump scare trailers and would immediately slate this off with the high chance of failure. Two things kept me from doing that; 1. Tagging James Wan as the producer and 2. Making it about something people are genuinely afraid of.
Let me explain that one a bit. How many of you ever had that fear of running up your steps from your basement because the creepy monster was coming up behind you? How many of you closed your closet doors at night because of the spooky ghosty that would come out if you did not?'Lights Out' brings that popular fear of when you turn the lights out, a being is there, but when you turn them back on? It is gone. Truly terrifying for some, genius in regards to the creators. Concept aside, 'Lights Out' did jump scares impressively well, and that is me saying that. For an hour and twenty-one minute long movie, the plot creates detailed characters with deep stories and also throws in a solid plot-twist that some may not see coming. My own major gripe though? The classic horror-stupid decisions. It is common knowledge that the IQ of the typical human drops ten-fold in horror movies, well this film proves it. All in all, 'Lights Out' is a satisfying horror film, and quite possibly one of the best ones I have seen in a long time. Highly recommended and good luck sleeping at night!
This one, a debut feature, is awfully inept, whereas the short isn’t long enough for ineptitude to take hold, or for a story to develop.
