![]() As the both of them got into an argument, Sophie told her not to threaten her. Sophie immediately told her not to hurt her children, as they don't know any better, however Diana threatens Sophie. ![]() Diana then slams the door on the two, and meanwhile Sophie was looking for the kids until she sees Diana backing up from the light. As such, the two siblings attempt to keep the lights burning throughout the house however, a power outage results, causing the children to enter the basement in order to restart the generator. She began to manifest herself as a sentient shadow who could only be dispelled by light. Throughout the film, Becca and Martin attempt to free their mother of the malevolent spirit's power, which invokes Diana's wrath. Diana then manipulates Sophie into thinking that he left her. Later on, it is revealed that Diana also murdered the children's biological father when he was trying to get his wife stable. When Martin, his son, was informing him of Sophie going through one of her episodes, Diana kills him. Some years later, Sophie's husband, Paul was working late at night at a mannequin shop. Since then, her spirit had latched itself unto Sophie, and only appears when she would neglect to take her anti-depression medication. Unfortunately, the experiment went awry, and Diana was reduced to ashes. ![]() While at the mental hospital, Diana met and befriended a girl named Sophie, though as Sophie's daughter Becca pointed out, she most likely manipulated her mother into thinking that they were friends.Įventually, medical experiments were conducted on Diana intended to heal her skin. She was diagnosed with a skin condition that caused her to react negatively to light, and she suffered from violent tendencies. The film ends with the ghost girl turning the lights off, and presumably murdering the woman.Īt the age of 13, Diana was taken to a mental hospital after she had manipulated her father into killing himself via mind games. Lights Out opens nationwide on Friday, July 22.The short film revolves around an unnamed woman (portrayed by Lotta Losten) being haunted by the spirit of a mysterious girl that only manifests in the absence of light. Lights Out is an impressive debut by Sandberg that offers enough inventive scares out of a fairly simple idea and gives you characters you care enough about that you’re on the edge of your seat hoping they can overcome what’s waiting for them in the dark. Then again, for better or worse, all the best horror movies had sequels, with the exception maybe of Rosemary’s Baby, so if people really want to see more of Diana, they can probably figure out a way to bring her back. We don’t need a sequel to every horror movie. Unfortunately (or fortunately), the movie is left in a place where the story is really over and it might be hard to find a way to do a sequel, but maybe that’s a good thing. The quality of the acting and writing puts the film on a level with last year’s It Follows where it feels there’s a strong vision at work behind the camera. ![]() Bateman (previously in Annabelle) also does more to make Martin more interesting than most horror movie kids. Lights Out might have been a complete disaster without such a strong cast, but Palmer in particular brings more to the character of Rebecca than a less skilled actress, making Rebecca infinitely likable, especially in her rapport with DiPersia. They find a lot of inventive ways to have the four of them interact and counteract Diana’s ability to get around in the dark after she finds a way to take out the entire power grid in their location. There’s a point in the movie where it relies too heavily on the drama and the exposition, losing sight of why most will be interested in it, but it more than makes up for it during a fast-paced last act where the four main characters are trying to outsmart Diana before she kills them all. Produced by James Wan ( The Conjuring), the film has all the benchmarks found in his movies, including strong character development and storytelling, although in this case it feels slightly more unbalanced between the drama and the scares. Either way, Diana is a horror antagonist similar to Samara from The Ring and others, only with more of a personal connection to her victims. There’s much more to Diana’s backstory and how she became this mysterious and murderous figure, but that seems better left for when you watch the film. We soon learn that shadowy figure is what’s left of Diana, a childhood friend of their mother who suffered from a skin condition that wouldn’t allow her to be in light for any amount of time. ![]()
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