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It took me 3 hours to watch an hour and 20 min film...


...because it was that boring. I'm the type of person that likes to finish a movie, book, tv show, etc. even if I'm not all that impressed with it. I don't think people should give their opinion on movies they have not finished. I say this because some movies can redeem themselves. Or at least have an ending that ties all the "wtf moments" together making it less messy. This one, however, has no redeeming qualities about it whatsoever, and as frustrating as it was, I finally got through it after 3 hours with about 4 breaks thrown in there to keep myself from falling asleep.

This movie is basically one giant cliche ...I can name at least 7 movies that came to mind as I was viewing LO: Darkness Falls, The Ring, Mama, The Others, Babadook, The Grudge, and Insidious. Which are all sooooo much better than this 💩 (before you attack me, I'm not saying these movies are exactly the same as LO, they just have similar themes. That's why I'm making these connections).

Something sinister is in the house. Mother is seemingly nuts and no one believes her. Daughter is a bitch and annoying as hell. Boyfriend is a pointless character (although ironically the best actor of them all). Scared kid is scared. Jump scare, jump scare, jump scare. A tape player and saved news clippings are discovered. A very vague backstory is revealed *light bulb, gasp*. Jump scare, jump scare, jump scare. The cliches go on and on.

What really made me frustrated was the monster (Diana) that makes absolutely no sense. Is she human? Is she paranormal? Why does she disappear to escape the light sometimes and then stands there and screams in pain other times? What was the point of keeping Sophie hostage to keep herself alive? If she's a ghostlike ..thing, how does her arm get slammed and caught in the door? Why does she burn in every light but a black light? (Black lights burn A LOT hotter than regular bulbs, and do more damage to your skin). Why did Sophie have to kill herself to take out Diana? Couldn't they just somehow lock her in a room and blast her with lights until she burned to nonexistence? I generally go into a horror movie willing to have some suspension of disbelief, but as interesting as Diana was, I wanted more explanation about her and why she was doing what she was doing.

I was realllllly hoping for something better, and from what I could tell from the reviews/critics, I was kind of expecting something better. Idk, there still seems to be quite a lot of people who were pleased with it. Maybe I just went in with my expectations too high..? Maybe watching during the day cheapened the experience..? I really don't know, but I will not be recommending this to any of my horror watching friends.

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Me too. I had it playing on repeat in the background.

I had a free rental with Redbox and I picked the movie up around midnight. The majority of the time LO was playing, I was more interested in searching titles on Netflix. I decided I didn't want to actually pay for the rental if I didn't watch it that night and didn't want to keep it another night so I shut down the Netflix and tried to focus on LO.

Umm, BORING! The best part to me is when Rebecca is trying to kick Bret out so that he doesn't sleep over. Him trying to leave a sock at her house was cute, and their banter was fun!

I also read reviews and message boards and thought WOW, I MUST see this film. I had it on my watchlist for a long time and I was really looking forward to it. Lights Out wasn't the worst movie I've ever seen, but I definitely don't understand why so many thought it was so good. My rating 5/10, mostly for the cast.

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I watch it on blu-ray so i had the opportunity do my own cencorship on the needles and booring drama scenes.So i used around 40 min watching it.Still it felt like 3 hour with some good jump scares designed to wake people watching it on the big screen up.No wonder people thought it was scary.Just imagine your self sitting in the dark cinema with your eyes getting heavier and heavier then suddenly...boo!.Then over and over again!no thanks.zzzzz

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I get what you are saying but like with Halloween. Michael is a real man. Yet nobody in all the sequels thought to get chains or anything to hold him down and then actually make sure he is dead? Maybe set a trap for him? Get a chainsaw and cut off his legs? Dig a hole with bear traps and lead him into it?

Halloween is in my top 3 favorites for at least atmosphere. But like all horror movies it is kind of ridiculous. At least with the Exorcist they weren't going to kill a little girl so they had to go through all that crap.

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Same thing happened to me. As I watched this the movie Darkness Falls came to mind and how bad that movie was and how this followed in the steps. It's a shame because I actually enjoyed the first part of this movie.

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I agree with you OP...this is one boring mess of a try to make a horror movie and I have no doubt that Annabelle 2 will be just as boring from the same boring director...havent been this bored with a horror movie since first Annabelle....

~If the realistic details fails, the movie fails~

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