Nightlight
Five friends play a game in a "mysterious" forest with a long history as a beacon for troubled young people contemplating suicide.
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- Cast:
- Shelby Young , Chloe Bridges , Carter Jenkins , Mitch Hewer , Taylor Ashley Murphy , Kyle Fain
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Strong and Moving!
Excellent but underrated film
Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.
This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.
A lot of people are slamming it for being another 'found footage' film, which I agree with; it's time to put that crap away and start shooting regular films again- this one would've been so much better without it. That being said, the acting was pretty good and the story was interesting. The special effects were good, what there were of them, and well played. I'd like to see this remade without the found footage BS in it as a regular film, but it was worth a watch and entertaining.
Rarely can I handle shaky Cam Horror Flicks yet NIGHTLIGHT is 1) Well Acted 2)Suspenseful 3)EngagingThe Negetative: NO Happy or even Neutral Ending!I do Not write Spoilers (and am Not going to write one now). Just say, if you want the Premise to be clear and have resolute at the end of your HORROR FILMS... NIGHTLIGHT will NOT provide that for you.It's creepy scary, in an unfamiliar woods with only flashlights. The actors, dialogue, darkened setting, and night sounds provide most of the Chills. Not an Alls Well That Ends Well feel. Pit in stomach sort of film, I am glad I hadn't viewed at night.Cannot say I recommend to anyone that's not a Hardcore Horror Fan. It's not visually "overtly graphic"... though it does contain some blood and gore. It's basically the knowledge that someone has perished, and the sound of that which is the creepy factor. So, watch if you root for "The Bad Guys" or want the unknown "The Things That Go Bump In The Night" to be victorious!
I'm not a fan of the reality horror movies because the shaky camera makes me feel a little sick and irate but I didn't get that from this movie, when the person was still the camera was still which made this movie very watchable for me.It was late at night when I watched this so it was very spooky and I felt a little on edge so I suggest you watch it at night too.The movie is set in a forest (and I'm not fond of being surrounded by trees especially at night) where a group of teenagers go to a place that is renowned to be haunted. The movie is shown from the flashlights point of view. I really didn't expect much from this movie but its special effects were really good, very creepy and very scary. I watched this movie 3 times and my mother watched it twice and I didn't think she would even like it but she did and she wouldn't let me take the dog outside alone she had to come with me and keep watch. We live near the woods so that probably had something to do with it. Another thing i want to add is that I saw stuff that I missed the first and second times I watched this movie. Well I hope you enjoy watching this movie as much as I did.
The only thing scary about NIGHTLIGHT is time wasted that you can't have back.I think this movie's biggest sin is its somehow believing that it can scare you when all it can do is make your head go dizzy. NIGHTLIGHT as a horror film is its own joke. It focuses too much on shaking and not enough on giving us what the hell is really happening. The mystery gets lost in the found footage style which I must say has gotten exhausted by this point.Directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, NIGHTLIGHT is your typical pretty people in peril horror. A group of teens journey into the dark Covington forest that holds a certain past for troubled youths. One of the teens, Robin (Shelby Young) reluctantly joins the group out of peer pressure and a boy crush. Soon enough their plans go haywire when they awaken a demonic presence that take hold of their deepest fears.NIGHTLIGHT probably would've worked if it had come out about 15 years ago at the heights of of "Blair Witch" popularity, but it just couldn't work anymore today. People want to see what's going on, people want to see what horrifying presence they're dealing with or what's at hand. Having a camera look at the ground because the character is running or focusing on someplace else, only annoys the hell out of us audience. The characters seem terrified but we don't feel the same impact because we can't see what it is that's terrorizing them. In some horror movies, less is more works, in some horror movies, you can do enough damage by not being graphic or too visual about it, but when you're dealing with something like NIGHTLIGHT, where everything is already set in the dark, making things even more invisible makes for a not so fun horror-watching experience. NIGHTLIGHT is generic, it's predictable, it's dizzying, it's a major time-waster.Read more at Ramascreen.Com