Lights Out (2016)

Lights Out (2016)

Horror/Thriller

Rebecca thought leaving from her home and being away from her mother, Sophie, she could forget the horrors in her  childhood. She has been trying to forget horrible childhood memories. Rebecca has seeing Bret, her boyfriend for eight months, though she still has commitment issues with everyone, especially Bret. When Rebecca's little brother Martin starts having issues in school for falling asleep in class, she pays a visit to Sophie, their mother. Rebecca has a suspicion that Sophie has been of her meds. Rebecca takes Martin to stay with her for a while until Sophie gets on meds again and
feels better. The next morning social worker Emma visits Rebecca's apartment and lets her know she can't take Martin from Sophie just because she wants to avenge her mother. After Emma leaves with Martin, Rebecca discovers Diana's name under her carpet, through her childhood she though Diana was someone Sophie made up because of her depression, but realizes Diana is real. She and Bret visit Sophie, realizing she is not home, they enter the house and look for clues that could make them understand who Diana really is. Rebecca finds a box full of information about Sophie's stay at mental institution when she was a young girl. Listening to voice recordings, Rebecca finds out Diana was a girl, who Sophie befriended at mental hospital. Diana suffered a rare skin disorder, which made her avoid light. Doctors tried experimental procedure of her to cure her, which ended with Diana's death. Rebecca hears a creeping sound in her old room and goes to wonder in it, the door closes and Diana tries strangle Rebecca with her own necklace. Rebecca understands Martin is not safe alone with Sophie in the house, so she and Bret stay for the night. In the middle of the night, Martin wakes up, realizes Rebecca is gone and finds her in the basement. A brother and sister get locked up in the basement by Diana, who will stop at nothing to keep her friendship with Sophie and keeps the children away, who don't understand her. Bret tries toget Rebecca and Martin out of the basement, but furious Diana attacks him and he drives off from the house, leaving them with diddly quat of light source. Rebecca finds writings on the wall in the basement and is finally figuring out that Diana has been living in the basement since it's comfortable dark there. Bret hurries back with two police officers, though he warns them to bring them flashlights, police doesn't listen to him. Rebecca and Martin are freed from the basement in virtue of police officers. Officer Andrews is killed by Diana, a female officer goes looking for the person, who killed him,
while Bret gets Martin out of the house for safety and Rebecca goes searching for Sophie. Diana realizes what Rebecca wants to do and attacks her. Sophie pulls out a gun to save Rebecca's from Diana's ruthless actions. She understands that to make Diana disappear, she has to disappear and shoots herself in the head to save her children.
Directed by David F. Sandberg, who directed short horror movie Attic Panic in 2015.
Screenplay written by Eric Heisserer, who screenplay for Final Destination 5 in 2011.

Starring: Teresa Palmer, Gabriel Bateman, Maria Bello, Alexander DiPersia