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Be Afraid of the Dark: Fantastic Short ‘Lights Out’ Gets Extended Into a Serviceable Horror Film

by Bob Grimm July 28th, 2016July 28th, 2016

Three years ago, director David F. Sandberg made Lights Out, a great short about a woman, home alone at night, who kept noticing a dark figure when she switched off the light. The payoff was both hilarious and scary as shit. So, of course, producer James Wan got hold of Sandberg, and now there’s a […]

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