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Lights Out - 2016 (currently 559 views)
Dreamscale
Posted: March 21st, 2017, 10:01am
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Saw this on HBO or Cinemax this last weekend. This movie is critically liked, made a shitload of money, and has alot of talent both behind it and on the screen. It's also one of those PG13 horror films that I oh so despise. So, how did I like it? I didn't like it...but while watching, I didn't really dislike it either. The longer it went, and then when it was over, I realized it was so poorly written and conceived, and made absolutely ZERO sense. This was based on a short that drew interest and for me, it was pretty obvious that once the interest was there, no one really cared about making a movie that made sense. The more I think about this, the worse it gets in my mind. Teresa Palmer is a cutie for sure and not a bad actress, but she can't carry this on her looks alone. Maria Bello is also (or was) a real looker and a pretty good actress, but her role here is pretty redorkulous. It's sad that this is the kind of shit Hollywood calls horror now, and it's eve sadder that audiences and critics seem to like it. Grade - C-
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LC
Posted: March 21st, 2017, 6:10pm
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Agree. Too many hokey moments. And very forgettable. The 'short' was scary and effective. Spinning it into a feature, not so effective Teresa Palmer equipped herself well, (she's an Aussie, after all), as is James Wan (Saw) and Maria Bello is always a solid actress. 4.9 million budget, 148.9 million box office. If that's accurate I don't think there's any regrets. Horror sells. I wonder if the writer of the 'short' got anything?
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Demento
Posted: March 22nd, 2017, 8:07pm
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I wonder if the writer of the 'short' got anything?
He directed the feature. Then directed the sequel to Annabelle.
He made a bunch of horror shorts, wrote and directed them over the last few year. They were on his vimeo page if I remember correctly.
Anyway, the Lights Out short had a few million views on Youtube and this guy built a Hollywood career on his 2-3 min short.
The stuff of dreams.
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