![]() The only reason this story fulfills its 81 minute runtime is because of the line: “she’s still our mom.” While this excuse works for a little bit, when mom begins to blatantly put her children in harm’s way (i.e.Example: When you are trying to get away from a monster who can only attack in the dark, you obviously run into the basement the only room in the house with no windows. Characters make a ridiculous amount of stupid horror film mistakes.“Lights Out” was elongated for the big screen by writer Eric Heisserer (Final Destination 5). Awful cornball dialogue (especially the dramatic bits).The makers of this movie don’t seem to know anything about how CPS (Child Protective Services) works.Another example of rule-bending: Said monster can only survive in the dark, but somehow travels during the day from building to building. Sometimes when the main character is vulnerable in a bathroom, it can only make the lights flicker, but other times it can shut off power to the entire street. ![]() Example: The monster has the power to turn off lights…well, only sometimes. The rules of this particular world vary by situation.Yet people in this movie spend a weird amount of time shuffling through drawers in a dark house and are shocked when they are attacked. Example: It is established that someone can only be attacked in the dark. Nobody is as scared as they should be.Once the first death occurs, the movie’s timeline goes out the window.Here are the top 15 reasons why “Lights Out” is a bad movie: Rather than do a long write-up of why “Lights Out” isn’t worth your time, let me fast-track it for you. Soon Rebecca traces this fear back to their mother who has randomly quit taking her meds and to a monster that talks to the mom and can only survive in the dark. Synopsis: A young boy named Martin is discovered to have a fear of something in the dark, by his older sister, Rebecca. ![]() Whenever I hear about an acclaimed horror short film being made into a feature, what I fear most is that it will be elongated in such a way, that a convoluted storyline will replace what I’d originally found scary about the short to begin with. ![]()
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