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DevelopmentHell: Sanberg announced he was worked on a sequel less than a year after the film released, but nothing has been said about it since.
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* DevelopmentHell: Sanberg announced he was worked on a sequel less than a year after the film released, but nothing has been said about it since.
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* DVDCommentary: Sandberg wasn't approached to do a commentary on the film when it was released on Blu-Ray; as a way to compensate for that, he and his wife Lotta made their own, which one can listen to while watching the film right [[https://soundcloud.com/ponysmasher/lights-out-commentary here]] (Sandberg has instructions at the beginning to let the listener know when to start the commentary).
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* CreatorBacklash: David Sandburg felt the FocusGroupEnding ultimately hurt the film more than it helped.
DevelopmentHell: Sanberg announced he was worked on a sequel less than a year after the film released, but nothing has been said about it since.
* DVDCommentary: Sandberg wasn't approached to do a commentary on the film when it was released on Blu-Ray; as a way to compensate for that, he and his wife Lotta made their own, which one can listen to while watching the film right [[https://soundcloud.com/ponysmasher/lights-out-commentary here]] (Sandberg has instructions at the beginning to let the listener know when to start the commentary).
DevelopmentHell: Sanberg announced he was worked on a sequel less than a year after the film released, but nothing has been said about it since.
* DVDCommentary: Sandberg wasn't approached to do a commentary on the film when it was released on Blu-Ray; as a way to compensate for that, he and his wife Lotta made their own, which one can listen to while watching the film right [[https://soundcloud.com/ponysmasher/lights-out-commentary here]] (Sandberg has instructions at the beginning to let the listener know when to start the commentary).
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* FocusGroupEnding: The original version was about 10 minutes longer but was cut out due to negative audience reaction. In both versions, Sophie kills herself to sever Diana's only link to the physical world, but in the extended ending it didn't actually work so her family had to put Diana down another way. Focus groups rejected it as it made the suicide feel pointless, though with the unfortunate side effect of the new ending appearing to advocate people with depression killing themselves. Sandberg was so disturbed by this he promptly set out making a sequel to undo the unfortunate implications.
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* FocusGroupEnding: The original version was about 10 minutes longer but was cut out due to negative audience reaction. In both versions, [[spoiler: Sophie kills herself to sever Diana's only link to the physical world, but in the extended ending it didn't actually work so her family had to put Diana down another way. Focus groups rejected it as it made the suicide feel pointless, though with the unfortunate side effect of the new ending appearing to advocate people with depression killing themselves. ]] Sandberg was so disturbed by this that he promptly set out making to make a sequel to undo the unfortunate implications.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Sandberg has an [[https://dauid.com/Lights_out_treatment_20140530.pdf early treatment]] for the film available on his website, which is different in many ways from the final product. Notably, Diana is outright said to be a demon feeding on grief, and the ending is closer to what Sandberg originally planned before the FocusGroupEnding was decided upon.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Sandberg has an [[https://dauid.com/Lights_out_treatment_20140530.pdf early treatment]] for the film available on his website, which is different in many ways from the final product. Notably, [[spoiler: Diana is outright said to be a demon feeding on grief, grief,]] and the ending is closer to what Sandberg originally planned before the FocusGroupEnding was decided upon.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Sandberg has an [[https://dauid.com/Lights_out_treatment_20140530.pdf early treatment]] for the film available on his website, which is different in many ways from the final product. Notably, Diana is outright said to be a demon feeding on grief, and the ending is closer to what Sandberg originally planed before the FocusGroupEnding was decided upon.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Sandberg has an [[https://dauid.com/Lights_out_treatment_20140530.pdf early treatment]] for the film available on his website, which is different in many ways from the final product. Notably, Diana is outright said to be a demon feeding on grief, and the ending is closer to what Sandberg originally planed planned before the FocusGroupEnding was decided upon.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Sandberg has an [[https://dauid.com/Lights_out_treatment_20140530.pdf early treatment]] of for the film available on his website, which is different in many ways from the final product. Notably, Diana is outright said to be a demon feeding on grief, and the ending is closer to what Sandberg originally planed before the FocusGroupEnding was decided upon.
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* DVDCommentary: Sandberg wasn't approached to do a commentary on the film when it was released on Blu-Ray; as a way to compensate for that, he and his wife Lotta made their own, which one can listen to while watching the film right [[https://soundcloud.com/ponysmasher/lights-out-commentary here]] (Sandberg has instructions at the beginning to let the listener know when to start the commentary).
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Sandberg has an [[https://dauid.com/Lights_out_treatment_20140530.pdf early treatment]] of the film available on his website, which is different in many ways from the final product. Notably, Diana is outright said to be a demon feeding on grief, and the ending is closer to what Sandberg originally planed before the FocusGroupEnding was decided upon.
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* AuthorsSavingThrow: David Sandburg intended it to be just one standalone story with no thought toward sequels, but then started writing one entirely because of [[spoiler:the FocusGroupEnding inadvertently giving the message that depressed people should kill themselves.]]
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* FocusGroupEnding: The original version was about 10 minutes longer but was cut out due to negative audience reaction. In both versions, Sophie kills herself to sever Diana's only link to the physical world, but in the extended ending it didn't actually work so her family had to put Diana down another way. Focus groups rejected it as it made the suicide feel pointless, though with the unfortunate side effect of the new ending appearing to advocate people with depression killing themselves. Sandberg was so disturbed by this he promptly set out making a sequel to undo the UnfortunateImplications.unfortunate implications.
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* RealLifeRelative: David F. Sandberg's wife, actress Lotta Losten, plays Esther in the opening scene. (Losten had also appeared as the protagonist in the original short film.)
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* RealLifeRelative: David F. Sandberg's wife, actress Lotta Losten, plays Esther in the opening scene. (Losten had also appeared as the unnamed protagonist in the original short film.)
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* RealLifeRelative: David F. Sandberg's wife, actress Lotta Losten, plays Esther in the opening scene. (Losten had also appeared as the protagonist in the original short film.)
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* FakeAmerican: Teresa Palmer, who plays Rebecca, is Australian.
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* FocusGroupEnding: The original version was about 10 minutes longer but was cut out due to negative audience reaction. In both versions, Sophie kills herself to sever Diana's only link to the physical world, but in the extended ending it didn't actually work so her family had to put Diana down another way. Focus groups rejected it as it made the suicide feel pointless, though with the unfortunate side effect of the new ending appearing to advocate people with depression killing themselves. Sandberg was so disturbed by this he promptly set out making a sequel to undo the UnfortunateImplications.
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