Lights Out
You were right to be afraid of the dark.
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Production
Genre
Budget
$4 900 000
Box office
$149 368 835
Website
Director
Actors
Teresa Palmer, Maria Bello, Gabriel Bateman, Alexander DiPersia, Alicia Vela-Bailey, Billy Burke, Andi Osho, Maria Russell, Rolando Boyce, Lotta Losten
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
James Wan, Eric Heisserer, Lawrence Grey, Richard Brener, Jack L. Murray, Steven Mnuchin, Michael Clear, Walter Hamada
Camera operator
Marc Spicer
Composer
Artist
Jennifer Spence
Audition
Editing
Short description
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.
What's left behind the scenes
- The basement of the house where filming took place mysteriously caught fire some time after filming had wrapped.
- David F. Sandberg focused on traditional special effects and tried to minimize the use of computer graphics.
- This is the second joint project between Atomic Monster and New Line Cinema. The first was John R. Leonetti's "Annabelle" (2014).
- Lotta Losten, who played the main role in the original short film, also appears in "Lights Out".
- The decision to film a sequel was made as soon as it became known that the film had recouped its production costs during its opening weekend.
- Before its theatrical release on July 21st, the film was shown in Thailand for 5 days.
- A poster with the word "Dismissed" in Swedish is hanging on the wall in Rebecca's room.
- The mannequins in the basement were not brought in specifically for filming. They are the property of the homeowner and were already there.
- The creation of Diana's realistic costume was done by the person who, at the time, created the central character of Chris Columbus' comedy "Mrs. Doubtfire" (1993).
- Following preview screenings, the film received positive reviews, and its release date was moved from winter to summer.
- As director David F. Sandberg recounted, in the initial version of the film, Diana returns after Sophie's death and attacks Rebecca, Bret, and Martin, but this episode was later cut.
- This is director David F. Sandberg's debut in feature filmmaking. His identically named 2013 short film gained a wide audience and very flattering reviews online, and Sandberg decided to rework it into a full-length feature.
- Teresa Palmer saw Diana's costume for the first time only after filming the very first episode in a completely darkened soundstage.
- The heroine, Lotte Losten, is named Esther in honor of the Theater Esther troupe, where she performed until David F. Sandberg's short film “And the lights go out…” (2013) gained viral popularity online, after which she and the director were invited to Hollywood.
- Filming took place in the same house where "Ouija: Origin of Evil" (Stiles White, 2014) and "Ouija: The Curse of the Board" (Mike Flanagan, 2016) were filmed.
- At the beginning of the film, a doll's head with a wide smile is shown on a shelf in the office—a tribute to the original short film.
- This is Maria Bello's second horror film. The first was John Fawcett's "The Dark Side" (2005).
- This is Teresa Palmer's second horror film. She previously appeared in Takashi Shimizu's "The Grudge 2" (2006).
- The film's production costs were recouped on the first day of release.
- Writer and director David F. Sandberg utilized natural lighting whenever possible. Some scenes were shot exclusively using candlelight or fluorescent lamps.
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