The Big Picture

  • Lights Out was a surprise hit, earning close to $150 million on a budget of just $5 million, due to its edge-of-your-seat thrills and jump scares.
  • The film revolves around Rebecca and her younger half-brother Martin, who must confront a supernatural spirit attached to their mentally troubled mother.
  • Rebecca discovers that the spirit, Diana, is a manifestation of a mentally ill girl her mother met at a psychiatric hospital, and she must find a way to defeat Diana without endangering her mother.