Review of Lights Out (2016) by Lambo442 — 05 Oct 2016

I was really hyped for this film as the trailer looked good and James Wan produced it, but it turned out to be a boring, unbelievable mess with bad acting, bad dialogue and has a very lazy and disappointing climax.

The core concept, that of a ghost which only appears in the dark, should have provided a lot more possibilities for frights, but the way it was handled, specifically, the way the ghost is introduced and seen so quickly, in the first few minutes of the film, means there's no real buildup or suspense.

The only real mystery left is who the heck the ghost is/was, which turns out to be some poor disabled girl who can't be in the sunlight and everyone just calls her 'evil' because her skin is black, which means she probably just decides she may as well be evil.

Then, her only friend (who also wants rid of her) decides to blow her own brains out as she's just part of her psychosis anyway. Which begs the question, was she real or wasn't she? I'm not sure even the Director knows or cares.

No likeable characters, just another waste of time and money.