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Key Features:
Supernatural horror, Monster, Family secrets, Psychological thriller, Fear, Paranormal, Nightmare, Trauma, Gothic horror, Jump scares, Mystery
Tone:
suspense-driven, serious
Target Audience:
Horror fans, Suspense thriller enthusiasts, Fans of supernatural themes, Viewers seeking jump scares
Emotional Arc:
Intrigue → Dread → Terror

Lights Out

2014-05-10
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A woman prepares for bed, but realizes that something may be lurking in the shadows.

Genres
Horror
Cast
Lotta Losten
Crew
David F. Sandberg, David F. Sandberg
Rating
7.277(377 votes)
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Lights Out
6.365

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Dark Light
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Darkness, Light, Darkness

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The Sandman
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5.635

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5.388

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5.675

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5.381

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Insidious(2011)
6.9

A family discovers that dark spirits have invaded their home after their son inexplicably falls into an endless sleep. When they reach out to a professional for help, they learn things are a lot more personal than they thought.



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5.147

A group of friends must confront their most terrifying fears when they awaken the dark powers of an ancient spirit board.



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6.752

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6.905

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Lights Out
6.934

A drifting ex-soldier turns underground fighter with the help of a just-released ex-con, pitting him against corrupt cops and hired killers now gunning for him and all those he cares about.



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6.1

Lili wakes her sister Victoria and insists that they both leave the house.



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Danika(2006)
5.071

Traumatized since childhood by her brother's accidental death, Danika Merrick hallucinates a bank robbery and quits her job. Despite support from her three children and loving husband, Danika continues to experience unnerving visions. She seeks help from therapist Evelyn Harris but pervasive reports of violent incidents involving children make Danika fear for her own family, and she grows increasingly paranoid, worrying she may be going insane.



Two Eyes Staring
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Totem
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Silent House
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The Bunker
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Corona Depression
5.7

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The Wasteland
5.2

Lucía and her son live isolated from society in a flat place where there’s practically no life. The small family unit formed by mother and son hardly ever receives visitors, and their goal is to lead a quiet existence. At first they succeed, but the appearance of a mysterious, violent creature that starts stalking their small house will put the relationship that unites them to the test.



The Mimic
The Mimic(2017)
6.4

The mother of a missing child takes in a lost girl she finds in the woods, but soon begins to wonder if she is even human.



Darkened Room
5.4

Two young women find themselves in a dark room where there is a distinctly strange feeling.



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Shock
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6.3

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Angst
Angst(1983)
7.1

A killer is released from prison and breaks into a remote home to kill a woman, her handicapped son and her pretty daughter.



Mirrors
Mirrors(2008)
6.285

An ex-cop and his family are the target of an evil force that is using mirrors as a gateway into their home.



Let Her Out
4.862

Twenty-three years after her hooker mother tried to kill her in the womb Helen remains damaged psychological goods. A mindset that gets worse when she suffers a traumatic head injury in an accident. Awakening in hospital, it’s discovered Helen has a tumour growth in her brain causing her to experience dark visions, disembodied voices and the omnipresence of a strange young woman. Soon, lost in a walking nightmare, in which nothing is what it seems, and her vicious actions barely remembered, it becomes crystal clear that whatever is inside her cracked psyche will stop at nothing to get out.



Return
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6.434

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Abandoned
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5.822

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Haunted
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4.6

Set in the beautiful winter landscape of Norway, Haunted follows Catherine as she travels back to her old family estate after her father's death. When locals start telling stories of disappearances and possible murders, she is forced to confront her family's mysterious past.



Pod
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4.29

A family intervention goes horrifically awry within the snowy confines of an isolated lake house.



Fright
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6

Young babysitter Amanda arrives at the Lloyd residence to spend the evening looking after their young son. Soon after the Lloyds leave, a series of frightening occurrences in the gloomy old house have Amanda's nerves on edge. The real terror begins, however, when the child's biological father appears after recently escaping from a nearby mental institution.



Z
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The Boogeyman
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5.4

On her honeymoon, a young bride sleepwalks into the woods surrounding a secluded cabin. When she returns, she looks the same—but something about her is terrifyingly different.



Fear of the Dark
5.2

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Mortuary
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A year after the mysterious disappearance of an 8 year-old girl, we meet her grieving family as they return home from her memorial service in their small town. Later that evening, strange lights appear in the nearby forest and the family is exposed to an inexplicably strange phenomenon that rattles them to the core. The origin of the lights appear to be visitors from another world that seemingly terrorize the family. What they don't realize is that these 'beings' will lead the family to the truth behind the little girl's disturbing disappearance.



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Julia's Eyes
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Sleepwalker
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The Evil
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Alice in Terrorland
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The Whole Truth
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Estranged
Estranged(2015)
5.3

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Hideaways
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App
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A young psychology student is drawn into the dark and fearful world of a diabolic and mysterious App that starts to terrorize her, distributing compromising photographs, videos and text messages about herself and delves deeper and deeper into her personal life, flawlessly exposing all of her deepest secrets.



The Binding
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They
They(2002)
5

A psychology student who experienced night terrors as a child must face the chilling realization that her nightmares were not all in her head.



Sator
Sator(2019)
5

Secluded in a desolate forest, a broken family is observed by Sator, a supernatural entity who is attempting to claim them.



A Creature Was Stirring

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Wither
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Shortwave
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Cave
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Curfew
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Burnt Offerings
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5.333

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Lights in the Dusk
6.701

Outcast by his co-workers and living alone, Koistinen is a security guard who works the night shift in a luxury shopping mall in Helsinki. But when icy blonde Mirja approaches him, the lonely Koistinen falls helplessly for her, unaware she is manipulating him for her criminal boyfriend.



Paranormal Entity
5.153

Thomas Finley has been arrested for the murder of his nineteen-year old sister, Samantha and fifty-two year old, Edgar Lauren, a Professor and paranormal investigator. Police were called to the scene by Thomas himself in the early hours of the morning, finding him inside with his sister's body cradled in his arms. In his statement given in police custody, Thomas claimed that the victims were attacked by a demonic entity of unknown origin. Days later, he committed suicide. It is the opinion of those closely related to the family that a video found at the scene be shown to the public as a final testament to what actually happened inside the Finley home in those final days.



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6.666

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6.083

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Sijjin 5(2018)
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A Dark Song
6.3

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Annabelle
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5.8

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5.542

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Scare Me(2020)
5.8

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ID:A
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Dark Floors
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The Strange Ones
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Border(2018)
6.688

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They Look Like People
6.257

Suspecting that people are transforming into malevolent shape-shifters, Wyatt flees to New York City to seek out his estranged childhood friend Christian.



Pulse
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5.058

When the dead discover a means to contact the living through electronic devices, cellphones and computers become open gateways to monstrosities and destruction.



The Evil Next Door
6.122

A dad moves into a new house with his son and girlfriend. When he's out of town working, the son makes a new "friend" next doors.



The Attic
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3.824

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Laddaland
Laddaland(2011)
6.4

A family moves into a neighborhood where they encounter a series of terrifying paranormal events that lead them to the edge of sanity.



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4.879

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The Scary House
5.6

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5.2

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