On Rotten Tomatoes, the supernatural horror film scored a rating of 77% and scored 58 out of 100 on Metacritic. A clunky script occasionally loosens its grip on the nerves, but chances are Diana will still have you sleeping with the lights on for a good while after leaving the theatre.” On similar lines, Justin Lowe of The Hollywood Reporter praised the tone of the film, writing, “Lights Out is a surprisingly maternal horror movie that relies as much on fraying emotional bonds as supernatural suspense to create tension, Lights Out deals with an array of primal fears that threaten to unravel a family’s fundamental relationships, along with their sanity.” The film was originally expected to drop as a streaming original on Hulu but the success of horror movies both during and after the pandemic ultimately earned the adaptation a theatrical release instead.Lucy O’Brien of IGN wrote “With an unnerving monster at its core, great cast and relentless final sequence, Light’s Out is a debut director Sandberg should be proud of. It wasn’t until 45 years later that a group of filmmakers decided to adapt that story into a film but it wasn’t until 2021 when the movie finally got the greenlight from the studio with Rob Savage brought on as a director. While “Carrie” was the first book he ever released, King’s reputation was first made through short stories he released including one called “The Boogeyman” that came out in Cavalier magazine in 1973. Stephen King is widely considered the greatest horror writer in history so it’s no surprise that his massive catalogue has been mined for adaptations on television and films ever since his first novel was released in 1974. ![]() In the latest episode of Rewind of the Living Dead, we’re going to make sure the lights stay turned on as we review the 2023 film “The Boogeyman”…
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