

A scary and unsettling flick that garnered very positive reception on the internet in spite of its short budget, as the picture goes on growing more and more and developing little by little until the unexpected conclusion. This starts off at the very beginning occuring mysterious happenings, as the camera lurks suspensenful behind its actors and beside them and above them and everywhere else. A creepy and thrilling film about a haunting house where lives a weird being, it packs inexplicable disturbing occurrences, shocks, thrills, suspense, chills, hair-rising events and surprising final twist. Everything then changes in eerie way and things go wrong. Later on, Rebecca is shocked when to be aware about the weird person there inhabits. At mother's house takes place a series of strange and eerie incidents. Stars Rebecca (Teresa Palmer) who must unlock the horror behind her traumatized little sibling's (Gabriel Bateman)grisly experiences that once tested her sanity, bringing her face to face with a supernatural spirit attached to their mother (Maria Bello). One of the film's strongest points is the fact that there's quite a lot of fun to be had with the supernatural aspects of the storyline. Enjoyable horror movie with thrills, chills and strange events, while the roles scream and panic her way through most of their scenes and including limited CGI. Palmer and Maria are also effective in their respective roles.Mystery and horror movie including chills, intrigue, terrifying happenings and it's certainly better than most other films of the same genre concerning a diabolic and mysterious terror appearing at a house. Perhaps he'll excel in the upcoming Annabelle sequel which has a premise with lots of potential. Sandberg tries his best to keep the concept going however and his direction shows promise. The short story succeeds precisely because the initial scare is clever and the concept holds steam within the few minutes the story takes to finish - however, this feature length Lights Out loses steam, purely because whilst the initial scares are cleverly put together, the audience becomes so familiar with the concept that the would-be scares no longer terrify, but in some instances become comical.

This presence can only be seen - yep you guessed it - when the lights are out.

It tells the story of a mother (Maria Bello) and daughter (Teresa Palmer) and their estranged relationship, brought about in part by the mother's mental illness and also a ghostly presence that has latched itself on to the mother.
