Lights Out

I like to consider myself a horror film aficionado. Undoubtedly my favorite genre, I enjoy scaring myself to the point where I have to sleep with the lights on and don't go to the bathroom in the middle of the night because of what might be under my bed. I don't necessarily lump gory or torture-porn films under the horror umbrella even though that's how they are classified because those don't necessarily scare me. I love the Saw and Final Destination franchises, but they don't scare me. If I watch horror, I want to be scared (kind of odd for one with PTSD if you think about it).

Recently, I had the pleasure of seeing the best horror film I've seen in a very, very long time. Lights Out(2016), written and directed by David F. Sandberg (and based on his short film of the same name that you can watch on YouTube), was the most thrilling adrenaline ride I've experienced in quite a while. I love jump scares, and they were abundant in this film. I also had to cross my legs so my feet were not on the floor and viewed much of the film through one eye.