I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

Very disappointing...

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

A ghost story set in 1970s Yorkshire is unusual. The Maynards move in to a new house in 1974. Their teenage daughter quickly believes that their is something spooky in the house with unusual paranormal activities.It soon becomes clear a poltergeist is in the house and is threatening the family and anyone else entering the house. The family get a priest to perform an exorcism. It seems that there are two spirits in the house. An evil priest that once raped and killed young girls and another, a young girl which is trying to warn the family to get out of the house.The film has a good period setting which stinks of mid 1970s Britain and its also goes for eeriness rather than gore as well as some Yorkshire wit and grit.However it does feel a lot like a television film to me not helped by the fact that several members of the cast of the television series, Line of Duty turn up here. It also reminded me somewhat of the recent BBC television series, Remember Me that starred Michael Palin.The more obvious comparisons are though is the original version of Poltergeist with shades of The Exorcism thrown in.So there is nothing novel here but its a well made, low budget drama. The ending however just feels a little too contrived and feel good though.

The movie is, essentially, a ghost story but could also be described as a family drama. It is set on a council estate in Yorkshire, England which is a change from the "mansion in the middle of nowhere" setting, commonplace in many ghost story horrors that I've seen over the years. Additionally, it's set in the 1970s, which is one of the reasons why I loved this movie so much; everything is, to my knowledge, periodically correct (except for the manga poster above the bed - weird!). The costume and cultural aspects (eg. the wearing of flares, and Top of The Pops on the television) were amazing as well. As a result, I feel lots of British viewers, especially those 40+, could relate to this movie because they would have grown up in houses just like this, with similar families etc. Don't get me wrong, it is also interesting and entertaining for younger generations. The only really bad part was the Priest's accent.. was he Scottish? Irish? South African? In terms of plot, it's nothing we haven't seen before; a ghost haunting a family. There are a few good scares though. All in all, I really enjoyed this film and I think it's an excellent example of British horror.

Despite the interesting set (England, 1974) and acceptable acting, When the Lights Went Out is a poor horror movie, mainly because of a presumably low budget and mediocre special effects. It creates enough empathy with the characters to make you feel sorry for what's happening to them (the girls in particular), it delivers a slight twist at the end and the story is interesting enough... but on the other side, the climax is just pitiful, the ghosts aren't scary and the mentioned twist is nothing but a way to keep the movie going for another 3 or 4 minutes. The movie generally fails its horror promise and leaves some questions unanswered (like... was there a more specific reason - other than the ghosts - why the girl wasn't allowed in her friend's house?). I have mixed feelings about this one, but can't give it a positive grade, 4 is as good as it gets.

In 1974 the Maynard family move in to a new house . Their teenage daughter quickly becomes more and more disconcerted about being in the house , almost as if there's a supernatural presence at play . Within a short period of time it becomes clear a poltergeist is stalking the family Supposedly based on a real life haunting that became known The Black Monk Of Prontefract . I knew nothing about this case so looked it up on Wikipedia to find that the researchers found it to be faked . Oh what a surprise that was . I mean if ghosts exist that means there's a life after death when most human beings spend their entire existence wondering at nearly every point if there might actually be a life before death . Perhaps the debunking meant the story didn't ingrain itself on the British psyche similar to that one in Amityville ? It might also explain why the characters have had their names changed in this film Despite being fiction WHEN THE LIGHTS WENT OUT does succeed in doing what it sets out to do - scare the audience . Okay director Pat Holden hardly needs to break sweat because of the scare tactics are achieved through sound mixing silence followed by deafening crashes but is more than efficient in making the audience jump . Some people might be annoyed by a lack of a truly physical threat but as someone who has spent the last few eeks watching one grade Z horror film after another where the selling point is gore then this is a nice , understated restrained change of pace One thing Holden is possibly conscious of is how ridiculous the mid 1970s were culture wise . Music and fashion reached a nadir in this decade which had never been seen before and thankfully one hopes will never be seen again . Imagine watching Gary Glitter on TOP OF THE POPS presented by Jimmy Savile followed by IT'S A KNOCKOUT with Stuart Hall . Add to this hideous hairstyles and flared trousers and you wonder why the dead would bother contact the living , therefore Holden doesn't make WHEN THE LIGHTS WENT OUT seem too much like the 1970s