Lights Out is based on a 2 minute and 41 seconds short by directing newcomer David F. Sandberg. Creepy from its opening scene all the way to its final second, which WILL creep you out, the film got the funding to be developed into a full-length film that stars not one but two well-known actresses. Unfortunately, the 2016 release flew under the radar. I never even heard of the film until it was brought up on repeated occasions of The Film Vault, a movie podcast site that inspired the Six Pack feature on my blog. If you’re a person who watches A LOT of movies, the Film Vault is a weekly must listen to. Anderson and Bryan review all the recent films while also doing a Top Five segment each week (top five stabbings, top five divas, top five movies we can’t wait to show our kids, etc.). Also, they assign each other movies that the other one probably would never see on their own and require each other to follow through on these assignments. Like almost all podcasts, it can get a little long at times, and sometimes the movies they discuss are so obscure that you might have only seen two or three of the 15+ films they discuss each week. But if you watch a lot of movies, even if you don’t necessarily agree with their lists entirely, you’re going to be introduced to a lot of movies you’ve never heard of. And, if nothing else, you’ll at least be intrigued to research some of these films to learn more. That’s exactly what happened to me with Lights Out.
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