Humanity has always strived for light. Therefore, the darkness and what is hidden in it scare people. The actors of the film “And the lights go out” clearly demonstrated a nightmare horror that is not visible in the light and manifests itself in darkness.
The plot of the film "And the lights go out"
The director of the film, David Sandberg, is very partial to darkness and darkness. A talented resident of Sweden has become known throughout the world thanks to short horror films. The bright and impressive film called Lights out 2013 was incredibly popular on the Internet. This short action became a viral video. The result of this popularity was the move to David of Hollywood with his wife Lotta Lorsten, who was involved in two films. Here, thanks to the financial support of James Wang, Sandberg creates the full-length film “And the Lights Go Out”, the actors in which reliably portray the fear of darkness.
The main character of the film is an ordinary girl named Rebecca. The only difference between her and her peers is the terrible and nightmare visions she saw in her childhood. She awaited the advent of every night with fear and horror. However, after her family moved to another house, all the terrible manifestations ended. As she grows older, the girl begins to realize that children's terrible nightmares may have been a figment of her childhood imagination. Engaged in everyday affairs, Rebecca gradually forgets the horrors of childhood.
However, something is wrong now with her younger brother Martin. Already this child in their family sees things that are not noticeable to other people. He also hears voices. Rebecca believes that little brother invents and fantasizes a lot. However, she recalls her childhood and seeks help from her mother. Now the girl is sure that a curse weighs on her family that has haunted them for many years.
In the film “The Lights Go Out” (2016), the actors Teresa Palmer and Gabriel Bateman played the roles of sister and brother.
Theresa Palmer
The charming Teresa was born on February 26, 1986 in the city of Adelaide, located in southern Australia. She was the only child in the family. Her parents, investor Kevin Palmer and nurse Paula Sanders, broke the marriage three years after her birth. The girl lived in two families at the same time. At first she lived with her mother, who was a mentally unstable woman and periodically experienced bouts of manic depression. Then Theresa lived under the same roof with dad, his new wife and four of his children.
Palmer played the first major role in the Australian film "2:37". Spectators in Cannes at the premiere of the picture stood up and applauded. Thanks to this tape, Teresa was noticed by her future Hollywood agent David Seltzer. The debut of the young actress in American cinema took place in 2006 in the work "Curse 2". Already today, in the girl’s biography, such popular films as “Mad Max 4”, “Sorcerer's Apprentice”, “I am the Fourth”. In the film "And the lights go out," the actors, together with Palmer, very skillfully beat the relationship of people with a monster from darkness.
Gabriel Bateman
Gabriel Michael Bateman was born on September 10, 2004. In his family, he was the youngest of nine brothers and sisters. With the beginning of his acting career, his family from the city of Turlock, California, moved to Southern California. After months of listening to Gabriel, they began filming in commercials and print ads. In feature films, Bateman appeared in such projects as Stalker, Resuscitation, Curse of Anabel, and The Evil City. Then the director invited the boy to the film “And the lights go out”. The actors who starred in this film were fascinated by the work of the young actor.
Maria Bello
The future popular actress Maria Bello appeared in the Italian and Polish family on April 18, 1967. Bello's childhood passed in Pennsylvania. While receiving a law degree at the university, Maria simultaneously attended acting classes. After graduating, the young girl in 1995 moved to the capital of the world film industry. The aspiring actress was involved in the television projects "Mr. and Mrs. Smith", "Ambulance."
In 1998, Maria Bello was presented for the Screen Actors Guild Award. She received the coveted award in the nomination "Best Acting Ensemble in a TV Drama." In 2004 and 2006, the actress was nominated for the Golden Globe Award. However, Bello never got it.
Maria starred in more than forty films and series, among them "And the Light Goes Out". Actors Palmer and Bateman, along with Maria, created an atmospheric horror film.
Interesting facts about the film "And the lights go out"
- The figure, whose head shakes and a smile is drawn across the entire face, sends the viewer to a short film called Lights out 2013.
- During the creation of the film, computer special effects were practically not used.
- The mannequins that were in the house are not specially selected props. This is the property of the owner of the estate.
- For young Gabriel Bateman, "And the Lights Go Out" was already the second horror film directed by James Wang.
- The basement of the house in which the events took place in the film, for some reason, six months after the end of filming burned down.
- During the filming of the film, the director used real genuine light from candles and fluorescent lamps.
- The film paid off on the very first day of rental, so they planned to shoot the continuation of the story.