![]() Let’s take a step back and review the ways that Diana parallels a classic abuser. Once Diana crosses into the physical realm she becomes…some…thing, or someone and therefore much more than a manifestation of one woman’s mind. No, I don’t mean in the biblical sense but rather in the sense of a person that came into her life and stole all her power. However, I see Diana as more than a manifestation of Sophie’s unstable mind. And the consequences of this disease can wreak havoc on the lives of loved ones if left untreated. I can readily accept that Sophie suffers from a disease. ![]() Girl suffering from major depressive disorder girl does not follow treatment plan girl suffers from psychotic features (i.e., Diana) family and livelihood suffer. This sounds all pretty formulaic on the surface. The film posits that Diana appears when Sophie is at her worst, i.e., not taking her medications nor attending her therapy appointments. It becomes clear that Sophie’s mental status significantly impacts the daily life of her family. Cut to the present day: Sophie has two kids Rebecca (Teresa Palmer) and Martin (Gabriel Bateman), a current husband Paul (Billy Burke), and a former husband who ran off. During a mishap in the hospital, Diana passes away and somehow becomes fused into Sophie’s psyche. Once in the hospital, Diana locates her next plaything in the form of Sophie, and, as we come to see, Diana plays for keeps. Diana is in the hospital for manipulating her father into killing himself by inserting her thoughts into his head. While in this hospital, Sophie meets Diana and forges a friendship as healthy as a host to its succubus. Sophie grew up struggling with depression which led to a childhood admission to an inpatient psychiatric hospital. In order for me to better explain my point of view, let’s review some of the background. However, I could not help but see the film two-fold with the antagonist Diana (Alicia Vela-Bailey) serving both as a manifestation of Sophie’s (Maria Bello) debilitating depression as well as her abusive partner. It was clear to me that the film’s underlying narrative is about the struggles of living life with a major depressive disorder. ![]() Therefore, this piece focuses on the monster rather than the movie. While I found the film worthwhile, I was more captivated by the function of the monster rather than the storyline. If you are looking for a review of the film, you won’t find it here (but you will find plot spoilers so proceed with caution). ![]() However, a woman unable to resist the sinister force, so fight the Darkness have it in no way guilty of the children, who will have to answer for the sins of the mother when the time comes and the lights go out. Only the mother of heroes, Sophie knows the mystery of this shadow, the time hiding from the eyes, and waits for nightfall. Rebecca realizes that it is necessary to go back and again face to face with the mysterious creature, coming, when night descends and the lights go out. But it's time for her little brother Martin to know the depth of the horror, living under the roof of his home. When Rebecca grew up and left home, she thought all her adolescent fears, nightmares, phobias in the past that the entire The darkness of her childhood left behind. ") to the judges of the horror genre circles caused serious resonance, so only a matter of time was the emergence of a full-length version of the horror story invented by Eric Hayssererom and David F. Eponymous short film in 2013 (the same name for the English-speaking viewer - we somehow shorties lights Out / "No light" became a lights Out / " darkness ", but in the end common sense has won the final title and the picture - "and the lights go out. Sandberg.Īctors: Teresa Palmer, Emily Elin Lind, Alicia Vela-Bailey, Gabriel Bateman, Amiah Miller, Alexander DiPersia Andy Osho, Elizabeth Pan, Mary Russell, Ava Cantrell.Īuthor of cult horror movie "The Spell", "Saw: The game of survival" and "Astral" James Van is the new horror film "Darkness" / "And the lights go out. ![]()
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