Movie; Lights Out (2016) Caution; Spoiler Alert

Lights Out

Came out; 2016

Time; 1 hour 21 Minutes

Watched on; Amazon

Rating; PG-13 for terror throughout, violence including disturbing images, some thematic material and brief drug content.

IMDB Rating; 6.4/10

Rotten Tomatoes Score; Tomatometer; 77%, Average Rating; 6.3/10, Reviews Counted 145, Fresh; 111, Rotten; 34. 64% Liked it.

Caution; Spoiler Alert

Synopsis; When her little brother, Martin, experiences the same events that once tested her sanity, Rebecca works to unlock the truth behind the terror, which brings her face to face with an entity that has an attachment to their mother, Sophie.

Staring;

Teresa Palmer as Rebecca

Gabriel Bateman as Martin

Alexander DiPersia as Bret

Billy Burke as Paul

Maria Bello as Sophie

Alicia Vela-Bailey as Diana

Andi Osho as Emma

Thoughts;

I love a good horror movie, it doesn’t even have to be that scary, just creepy. I love jump scares! This was a pretty good movie but I’m surprised that it received such a low rating from IMBD users.

The movie starts out with a man at what appears to be a clothing factory. The secretary and the man encounter something truly freaky in the dark. The man dies and the movie opens. Mother and son at home, at night. Mother appears to be talking to someone in her closet which clearly freaks the child out.

There are of course the middle “build up to the story” scenes but it isn’t until the oldest daughter discovers what is really going on that it starts to get really good.