one of my absolute favorites!

It's funny watching the elements come together in this complicated scam. On one hand, the set-up isn't quite as complex as it seems, but there's an easy sense of fun in every exchange.

It is not only a funny movie, but it allows a great amount of joy for anyone who watches it.

A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

After seeing the viral horror short, which was pretty effective I thought maybe it carry over to a feature, but not a chance.This was the 2-minute short scare gags running for 90-minutes. Scene after scene with just unbelievable bad writing and unrealistic situations. Every piece of dialogue was overly written exposition to make sure we got jam packed information of background stories so we are supposed to care about them. Typical formula Hollywood writing. Cram in information through dialogue (TELL) rather than SHOWING us.Sometimes you don't need to give us that much exposition. It can inferred in good writing scenes.A prime example of bad writing it the scene where the boy's sisters takes him from his mom in the beginning. The mom doesn't want this to happen but she just stands there helpless and et's her "daughter" take her son away. Not even an attempt to resist. Nothing. No mother would ever let that happen. the movie is just filled ridiculous scene after scene like that. The boyfriend brings this up, not at the time or in the car, but AFTER they get home. Right, again, would never happen.Skip it.

With decent metascores, I figured this movie would be worth a watch. The trailer looked cool, the concept seemed cool, even the movie poster was cool. But I have to say, while I made it through till the end, and was mildly entertained, it was just nothing special.This movie is fairly formulated...and I felt like I had seen it before. I had, but in parts of many other horror movies. From the kid being drug under the bed by his ankles, to the basement door slamming shut and locking the people in the basement, to the cops getting killed because they ignored the pleas of the people who knew about the monster, to the discovered box of files linking the monster to a dead mental institution patient, I just felt like I'd seen this all a hundred times.Marie Bello was good, as always, but the rest of the acting was just OK. The little boy was annoying because he didn't act very well. The effects were good, and the monster was creepy. Other than that I don't have much positive things to say about it.If you are looking for a good movie in this genre, watch The Babadook instead.

I will first admit to not liking ghost stories of any kind, so if you do, maybe this is for you. A woman who has spent time in a nut house has recurring visits from a ghost who was a previous tenant of the crazy house. We get a husband, a son and a daughter. The daughter attempts to care for her younger brother, as mom is pretty much out to lunch. A family custody struggle ensues, and, of course some bad things happen to all involved. Lights out is neither scary or entertaining in any way. Do your self a favor and avoid this snooze fest and watch a few episodes of the Twilight Zone instead.

I enjoy horror movies, a lot, but not these melodramas mixing mental issues and supernatural. They lack the essence of a good horror movie which is to entice the audience in a psychological thriller to a point where you believe that what is going on the big screen could potentially happen when you go back to your house. Especially if you are American and live in one of those nice big houses. Ghosts usually do not pick Latin America houses. That's because they will probably have to haunt a studio place, where the living room is also the bedroom and there is one bathroom which in a standard American house would be a cat or do; g area. Anyway, my point is, this movie is a 5 or 6, it will scare you in a couple of scenes but that's it. As soon as you leave the theater, you will turn on your cell, check some e-mails, FB, and think of what you will see next time. This movie will definitely not stick only that when someone ask, you will probably say: "Oh yes, I saw it once". Please make the Sixth Sense sequal.