Nightlight

"Five friends. One game. Zero chance of survival."

2015 1h 25m EN

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4.9

SKIP

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14%

ROTTEN

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METACRITIC

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4.4

IMDB

★4.9TMDB · 101🥫14%Rotten Tomatoes●27Metacritic★4.4IMDB · 2,399

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Synopsis

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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. One game. Zero chance of survival.”

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Cast

Shelby Young
Robin
Chloe Bridges
Nia
Carter Jenkins
Chris
Mitch Hewer
Ben
Taylor Murphy
Amelia
Kyle Fain
Ethan

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Scott Beck
Writers: Bryan Woods, Scott Beck
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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85 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 6

ERA

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Released 11 years ago.

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3 / 6

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 6

CAST

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Shelby Young and Chloe Bridges and Carter Jenkins carry the top of the cast.

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5 / 6

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Five friends. One game. Zero chance of survival.".

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6 / 6

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt2236160 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Scott Beck directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

185 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 11 years ago.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Shelby Young and Chloe Bridges and Carter Jenkins carry the top of the cast.
5Marketing tagline: "Five friends. One game. Zero chance of survival.".
6IMDB entry: tt2236160 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Stunt coordinator: Don Shanks
Runtime: 85 min · 1h 25m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Nightlight (2015)
Rotten Tomatoes: 14% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 27/100
IMDB rating: 4.4/10 · 2,399 votes
MPAA: R

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Kamurai2021-01-12
★ 5/10
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.