![]() ![]() (Ranking: Every Horror Movie Sequel From Worst to Best) As such, Rebecca and Martin must band together with Rebecca’s dopey boyfriend, Bret ( Alexander DiPersia, looking fresh off a tour with Daughtry), to both overcome Diana and bring Sophie back from the brink of mental collapse. And since she wants Sophie all to herself that means killing off the others. But Diana, it turns out, is much more than a vision rather, she’s a spectral monster that thrives in darkness and is harmed by light both natural and superficial. It still concerns this creature of the darkness, but centers the story around twentysomething Rebecca ( Teresa Palmer) and pre-teen Martin ( Gabriel Bateman), a pair of siblings whose disturbed mother, Sophie ( Maria Bello), is beset by visions of someone named Diana. ![]() Unfortunately, Lights Out, Sandberg’s feature-length adaptation of the short, is neither of those things. A brief respite, then he does it again, eventually giving us an even freakier final image. Lights on, lights off, lights on and off again, until a glimpse at the shadow’s true form couples with a slight squeal of strings to make us shriek. When she turns the light on, however, it disappears. In it, actress Lotta Losten plays a woman who sees a human-shaped entity in the darkness of her apartment. ![]() Sandberg made “Lights Out”, a three-minute master class in how to execute an effective jump scare.
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