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Movie poster: When the Lights Went Out (2012)
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When the Lights Went Out

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2012 · 86 min Thriller Drama Horror
5.7 / 10 · TMDB

Yorkshire, 1974, the Maynard family moves into their dream house. It's a dream that quickly descends into a panic stricken nightmare as the family discovers a horrifying truth, a truth that will make the history books. The house is already occupied by the most violent poltergeist ever documented, a poltergeist that will tear you from your bed as you sleep and drag you helplessly into the darkness.

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Year 2012
Country United Kingdom
Genre Thriller, Drama, Horror
Director Pat Holden
Runtime 86 min.
Rating TMDB: 5.7/10 (131 votes)

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Fear lives in the details here — in the frame, in the silence, in the pauses between lines. The director knows how to keep the viewer in a state of readiness, muscles tensing on their own.

Worth watching for the atmosphere and the use of space. The ending may disappoint — genre is genre. But the journey there is well-crafted.

For fans of atmospheric horror where dread matters more than fright.

Director: Pat Holden

— MovieFinder Editorial

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Viewing atmosphere: At night when it's dark outside. Better with someone — not because it's scary, but because there's something to discuss after.

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