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Key Features:
Supernatural horror, Family curse, Psychological thriller, Darkness, Mental illness, Paranormal, Jump scares, Family secrets, Protective parent, Trauma, Nightmare, Female protagonist
Tone:
suspense-driven, serious
Target Audience:
Horror fans, Suspense thriller enthusiasts, Young adults, Supernatural themes
Emotional Arc:
Fear → Investigation → Confrontation

Lights Out

2016-07-21
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Rebecca must unlock the terror behind her little brother's experiences that once tested her sanity, bringing her face to face with a supernatural spirit attached to their mother.

Genres
Horror
Cast
Teresa Palmer, Maria Bello, Gabriel Bateman, Alexander DiPersia, Alicia Vela-Bailey, Billy Burke, Andi Osho, Maria Russell, Rolando Boyce, Lotta Losten
Crew
David F. Sandberg, Eric Heisserer
Rating
6.365(4018 votes)
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Lights Out
7.277

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



Fear of the Dark
5.2

Twelve year old Ryan Billings has been diagnosed with an acute fear of the dark. He spends each night lying awake in torment, waiting and watching as the evil in the darkness grows stronger, feeding off his fear. His older brother Dale, suspects that there is nothing wrong with Ryan and that this is just a ploy for more attention. Regardless, he promises to watch over his little brother as their parents head off to a party for the night. Outside a storm rages and when the power goes out, darkness envelops the house. Ryan knows that tonight the evil has finally come to claim him. Dale desperately tries everything to try and calm him down, until the horrors in the dark make him realize Ryan had good reason to be so afraid!



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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.



Dark Light
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A woman returns to her family home and discovers it to be inhabited by monsters.



Danika
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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.



Out of the Dark
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Poltergeist
5.2

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5.381

Christy returns to her hometown years after a car accident that disfigured her older sister. Haunted by the accident in which she was the driver, she learns that her worst nightmares have either come true ... or are about to.



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5.2

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5.388

A torn suburban family refuses to heed the warning of an innocent prank left upon them which causes an unknown supernatural force to wreak havoc.



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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.



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Mamá(2008)
6.1

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



Paranormal Entity
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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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The Boogeyman
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A group of people are trapped in an elevator high above Philadelphia, and one of them is the devil.



Julia's Eyes
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Julia, a woman suffering from a degenerative sight disease, finds her blind sister Sara hung in a basement. Despite all signs pointing to suicide, Julia decides to investigate what she intuitively feels is a murder case.



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5.725

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Sator
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5

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



Lights Out
6.934

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Mirrors
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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.



Son
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The Front Room
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Demonic
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4.8

A young woman unleashes terrifying demons when supernatural forces at the root of a decades-old rift between mother and daughter are ruthlessly revealed.



The Hole
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5.8

After moving into a new neighbourhood, brothers Dane & Lucas and their neighbour Julie discover a bottomless hole in the basement of their home. They find that once the hole is exposed, evil is unleashed. With strange shadows lurking around every corner and nightmares coming to life, they are forced to come face to face with their darkest fears to put an end to the mystery of THE HOLE.



White Noise 2: The Light

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Hereditary
7.3

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All the Colours of the Dark

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This House Has People in It

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Red Lights
6.176

Two investigators of paranormal hoaxes, the veteran Dr. Margaret Matheson and her young assistant, Tom Buckley, study the most varied metaphysical phenomena with the aim of proving their fraudulent origins. Simon Silver, a legendary blind psychic, reappears after an enigmatic absence of 30 years to become the greatest international challenge to both orthodox science and professional sceptics. Tom starts to develop an intense obsession with Silver, whose magnetism becomes stronger with each new manifestation of inexplicable events. As Tom gets closer to Silver, tension mounts, and his worldview is threatened to its core.



Night Shift
6.216

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6.527

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5.4

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5.164

An intelligent pulse of electricity moves from house to house, terrorizing occupants through their own appliances. Having already destroyed one household in a quiet neighborhood, the pulse finds itself in the home of a boy and his divorced father.



I Trapped the Devil
4.923

A man descends into paranoia after trapping what he believes to be the devil in his basement, but things take a dark turn when his family unexpectedly arrive for Christmas.



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Mother
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Two Eyes Staring
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Poltergeist
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Insidious: Chapter 2

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Death Whisperer
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The Wasteland
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La Casa
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6.4

Responding to an urgent call for help, a police officer becomes trapped by the evil spirits of a cursed house.



13 Exorcisms
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Darkness Rising
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Nearly murdered as a child by her mother, a woman (Katrina Law) returns to the house where her mom went mad.



The Whole Truth
6.5

When two siblings stumble on a strange hole in the wall of their grandparents' house, horrifying incidents reveal sinister secrets about their family.



Shock
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6.3

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Mortuary
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4.4

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Satan's Slaves 2: Communion

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The Eyes of My Mother
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5.697

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Exorcismus
5.5

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5.398

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6.538

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Motherly(2022)
6.132

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4.5

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6.093

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5.067

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5.111

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