Hide in the Light

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Dreadfully boring and overly dark (lighting wise) supernatural one by one film. Eric Roberts is advertised as starring in this but I didnt see him. He must of been the voice on the recorder.

A sinister, vengeful spirit/demonic entity that hides in the darkness and cannot bear strong light. "Lights Out" pulled this premise off much, much better. This isn't the worst ghost story/haunted house movie that I've ever seen, but it's nowhere near the best, either.

Decent watch at best, probably won't watch again, and can't recommend unless it is for a Bad Movie Night. I was so happy it wasn't the movie where they play flashlight in a graveyard and invite a ghost to play, but that momentum quickly faded. It's like "As Above, So Below" and "Pitch Black" had a rather boring baby movie. Don't get me wrong, the premise is good: girl is linked to a demon that hides in the dark, but can physically hunt down and rip people apart. Plenty of potential to hold up to either of the parents, and thank goodness they didn't do this as found footage. With the merry band of idiots, I don't think I liked any of them as characters, to throw as fodder to a demon I was expecting to be excited about it getting them, but I just didn't care at all. The effect work was amazingly good compared to the rest of the movie, so they definitely prioritized what they thought would be their pivotal moments on the spread sheet at least. Honestly, go watch "As Above, So Below" and then "Pitch Black", then the rest of the "Riddick" series, then you can come back and watch this.

Yeahhhh... no. This was badly acted, badly written, and badly directed dog poop. Don't waste your time with this juvenile junk.

This is filled with so many halfway efforts, I'm convinced the director just wanted to make a movie that looks good. Vague story (which is so unoriginal, therefore it hurts the film to be that vague), random characters with fake problems (sister's issue with her brother seems so forced. I literally don't know why she cares so much, the actress is playing more of a disgruntled ex girlfriend than a caring sister. The stakes should have been MUCH higher for me to care about that sibling issue. The mother wasn't mentioned as being bothered by the marriage of her brother and the fact that i don't know why the sister needs to play "mom" when they have a mother already in the picture is confusing. Again, the stakes aren't high enough, comes off as "oh yeah, I need subplots and stuff"). I think we already know these characters have 0 personality. Any one of them could say each other's lines and it would've made no difference. Unbelievable dialect, the director/writer doesn't seem to know how a group of friends talk. Not to mention, the intro to this friends group was so in your face "can't you see we're friends?!" No individual personality that the actors could draw from cause I bet the director didn't write it for them. Talk about stories unwritten, the little girl, invisible monster is a story given little thought. I mean, think this through!!! Don't hash out some vague imitation of other ideas and expect us to buy it! If the director wanted to film a good looking movie, he did. It looks good for the horror genre (aside from the CG gaseous thing). But that's all it has. Direct other people's stuff, not your own writing. Too many minor details to go into how many holes the movie has, but just know it gives 50% effort aside from knowing how to look decent.

The movie is very good looking and the demon/little girl in it are perfect to me. BUT, the people in it are the stupidest I swear. If you want to see people kill themself by natural selection, this is the one.

Yes, the set-up and tropes are all cliches. Yes, some of the backstories given to flesh out the characters seem strained. And yes, it starts out slow, although the "What was that?" and "Did you see that?" moments seemed like promises of better things to come. No, the acting wasn't all horrible (several of the actors are professionals, although none of them boast A-list credentials, and most of them can act competently). There were moments when, listening to the dialogue between characters meant to establish histories and relationships, I was sorta reminded of the relationships between characters in 1980s slasher movies--while not examples of stellar screenwriting, the scripts of those flicks often strove to create some sense of sympathy for their characters, unlike many of today's low-budget concoctions. Nothing new (or really compelling) is offered, but it's hardly unwatchable, and a rather admirable effort.

Altho the movie has better effects than some it ends up being a sort of illogical mess. Base 5: -2 Poor Story / Writing -1 Unoriginal +1 A couple of funny moments but illogically timed.

There were two characters at the start of the movie that you wanted to punch in the face. The two so called "bro dudes" almost made me stop watching the movie. The other characters rational are just above normal so the rest was tolerable. The premise is a simple ghost story with the little girl wanting to play a game with you. Though most of the characters don't play the game correctly or try to cheat so they get what's coming to them. Overall the movie is a fun watch but there's better ghost movies out there.