Lights Out debuted in 1934 and was radio's premier horror series. Want to hear about it? Then turn out your lights!' I not only enjoyed her performance but I feel she looks the part she looks like a younger version of her.'This is the witching hour! It is an hour when dogs howl, and evil things are let loose on a sleeping world. Not all bad, though - I feel like the choice of Teresa Palmer as Maria Bello (Sophie)'s character's daughter was a fantastic choice. There's just so little variation in horror these days. Although that's kind of how I also feel about kids being creepy (or 'troubled'), too. I thought the mental asylum backstory was so played out I feel like maybe that trope should be burned alive. When there are two many jump-atchas, it is jarring and does not make for high replay value (for me, anyway). I'm not a huge fan of 'BOO!' gotcha horror movies, though I come from a generation that was raised on the original Halloween and, for me, that is the apex of subtle, creepy, slow burn etc - everything that makes one get enveloped in a movie. The short film was unsettling and creepy as it was giving it a back story and more detail made it feel cheapened. I feel like we see this a lot - capitalize off some popular internet thing that, when extended, loses some of what made it special in the first place.

While I really loved the short film, I don't necessarily agree that it needed the full length treatment. I knew the lights off/lights on shadow figure thing seemed familiar.

It wasn't until I checked the credits that I realized this was based off of the short film by David F.

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