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Nightlight

  • 2015
  • R
  • 1h 25m
IMDb RATING
4.4/10
2.5K
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Carter Jenkins, Shelby Young, Chloe Bridges, Mitch Hewer, and Taylor Murphy in Nightlight (2015)
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Five friends play a game in a ''mysterious'' forest with a long history as a beacon for troubled young people contemplating suicide.Five friends play a game in a ''mysterious'' forest with a long history as a beacon for troubled young people contemplating suicide.Five friends play a game in a ''mysterious'' forest with a long history as a beacon for troubled young people contemplating suicide.

  • Directors
    • Scott Beck
    • Bryan Woods
  • Writers
    • Scott Beck
    • Bryan Woods
  • Stars
    • Shelby Young
    • Carter Jenkins
    • Chloe Bridges
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.4/10
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    • Directors
      • Scott Beck
      • Bryan Woods
    • Writers
      • Scott Beck
      • Bryan Woods
    • Stars
      • Shelby Young
      • Carter Jenkins
      • Chloe Bridges
    • 51User reviews
    • 25Critic reviews
    • 27Metascore
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    Shelby Young
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    • Robin
    Carter Jenkins
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    • Chris
    Chloe Bridges
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    • Nia
    Taylor Murphy
    Taylor Murphy
    • Amelia
    Mitch Hewer
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    • Ben
    Kyle Fain
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    • Ethan
    Russell Nunley
    • Dark Entity
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    5paytonking-94849

    it doesn't deserve the hate

    I honestly love shitty horror movies! This movie was not as bad as the reviews suggest. I'm not saying it's amazing, I'm not saying its bad, its a decent horror movie with a decent cast.
    6autumnx

    Jumpy but not scary

    this movie definitely wasn't as good as I thought it'd be... But it wasn't terrible. I thought the idea for the movie was really neat, and it was very jumpy at a lot of parts.

    It didn't scare me like I wanted it to though. It was also kind of hard to follow, it jumped around a lot. But all in all. It was an okay movie.

    the way it was shot was annoying to me. the actors did pretty well though. cool idea, but definitely could've been better

    The beginning was the best part. I'd say it's worth watching :)

    Just don't go in thinking you're gonna be real scared
    5Kamurai25

    "Sleepy Time Tree"

    Decent watch, probably won't watch it again, and can only recommend for found footage fans.

    This lovely little piece of found footage garbage actually has a somewhat interesting premise, reminding me a lot of Slenderman in the way that the demon stalks and haunts the cast.

    While it was a delightful surprise to see Chloe Bridges, the movie suffers from a lot of problems that audiences have with found footage, including its plausibility. They literally throw something over the camera at one point and I thought, "Really, the budget was that bad you couldn't just have the camera turned away?" The actual action of covering the camera, and thus the light made (some) sense, but that the camera was in that position in the first place felt contrived and covering the camera just made me feel like I was going to be ripped off.

    Now, it's a game in the dark with shadows everywhere on a budget so the production value is low and it's hard to see most of the time.

    There is a lot of good in this too, but ultimately I think it needs a rewrite and reboot without found footage.
    5Manpreet_S

    I liked the "twist". Watch it if you are a fan of found footage movies. Avoid, if not.

    A lot of people hate found footage movies but I love them. This one is not the worst one or the best one. Just somewhere in between. Overall I liked it. Whole movie is set in a deep forest in total darkness so it does have an eerie atmosphere from the beginning till the end.

    Plot is nothing special just an excuse for some dumb teens to go into the woods and get in trouble. However, unlike other Found Footage movies, this one has little twist in the end which gives us a whole new reason behind this being filmed as a found footage movie. Acting is okay. There are few jump scares, none of which will make you jump if you watch horror movies often.

    In the end, I did like it but obviously, could have been better. If you love found footage movies, give this one a try.
    5thilagaraj-96121

    Could be better😒

    I will mot tell this is the best movie nor worst. Movie started good, it did well for first 30 mins. When main lead Ben died as first victim of the movie It went of the track. Even continued so for a while until it decided to over stretch it, over use it and annoy its audience!

    Director must have thought that No one would have guess a Main male lead(Ben) would die in first 30 min as first death on the movie. But it gave a negative impression towards the story moving. At that point it was easier final judgement that everyone would die. So no thrilling when you know everyone is going o die on ending without second guess.

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    • Trivia
      This film was shot in 2013 and for unknown reasons not released until 2015.
    • Quotes

      Nia: You brought the flashlight of your deceased friend to the haunted forest where he mysteriously died? That's not a rational decision

      Robin: Yeah, well hey, neither is fingering yourself to The Grinch, but here we are.

    • Connections
      References How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)

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    • Release date
      • March 27, 2015 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Ночной огонёк
    • Filming locations
      • Thousand Oaks, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Herrick Entertainment
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    • Budget
      • $2,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $77,567
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 25m(85 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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